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Rampant growth of DDoS attacks in 2016

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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.

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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.

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Seven Security predictions for 2017

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Device Security Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Security researchers at WatchGuard Technologies warn of ransomworms, IoT botnet zombies, civilian cyber cold war casualties and the use of AI in attacks in the next 12 months.

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Device Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

By Jeff Kukowski, Chief Operating Officer, SecureAuth.

NEWS

Cybersecurity - could do better

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Nuix has released the findings from its third annual survey of corporate information security practitioners who almost universally agreed that human behavior was their largest security threat. While businesses were investing to develop broad and mature cybersecurity capabilities, many survey respondents were uncertain about the most effective technologies and capabilities to focus on.

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The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), an international, non-profit organization focused on addressing systemic cyber risks, has appointed Troels Oerting, Group Chief Security Officer & Group Chief Information Security Officer of Barclays, as the 2017 Chairman of the Board. His one-year term begins on January 1, 2017.

Tailored security intelligence

RiskIQ has launched its RiskIQ Illuminate Internet Intelligence Platform, the only security...

Fortinet releases its 2022 Sustainability Report

Fortinet has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, detailing the company’s progress on...

Bring your own danger?

New data reveals organisations do not have sufficient visibility into the devices used by employees.

A quantum security risk?

Almost a quarter of security leaders are experimenting with quantum computing strategies, as more...

Data-centric SASE solutions

Forcepoint Dynamic Edge Protection’s new suite of SASE solutions, including Cloud Security...

A10 Networks delivers high performance DDoS protection

A10 Networks is offering a leap forward for service providers with DDoS protection at the scale...

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Case Study: @nifty Delivering IT Security to Their Customers with Kaspersky

NIFTY Corporation is one of the leading Telecoms and Internet Service Providers in Japan, supplying high-speed broadband connectivity to more than 1.39 million broadband users. Providing robust security for the many subscribers to its online services is very important because repeated security breaches or loss of service may result in customers suffering damage or losses - and ultimately leaving NIFTY and moving to competitors' services.

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