Security + Compliance

New year, new risks: 2017’s top cyber threats

If there’s one thing that 2016 has proved, it’s that cyber threats are relentlessly evolving. Ransomware attacks are becoming more widespread, data breaches are growing in scale, and as businesses’ IT infrastructure is becoming more advanced, so are the threats that stand against it.

Shortage of security staff over Christmas

Consumers growing less forgiving: only 4% would unconditionally stay with a business that failed to inform them of a cyber-attack.

Securing Tomorrow. Today: Security Pro, Did You Know? (Episode 13)

Data Security Predictions for 2017

This year has been a year of high profile hack after high profile hack.  It seems we still are to learn the lessons of the vital role of data security procedures in order to keep ourselves safe’, says Colin Tankard, Managing Director of data security company, Digital Pathways. Here, Tankard outlines his predictions for the data security world in 2017.

Rampant growth of DDoS attacks in 2016

Neustar has published “DDoS & Cyber Security Insights,” an in-depth research report that provides statistical analysis of the distributed denial of services (DDoS) attack and mitigation data collected through Neustar SiteProtect. The report examines the growth of DDoS attacks during 2016, providing specific in-sight into multiple attack vectors, such as DNSSEC amplification and Internet-of-things (IoT) botnets.

Collaborate against the state: 2017 security predictions

  With state-sponsored hacking now a mainstay of the global threat landscape and cybercriminals pushing into new, powerful forms of ransomware, 2017 is shaping up to be a challenging year for the security community. By Adam Vincent, CEO, ThreatConnect.