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Mar 14, 2019

Modern operational technology (OT) networks are constantly evolving due to developments such as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0, smart grid and more. To stay competitive, companies are adopting these beneficial technologies to optimize their operations and significantly cut operat...

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Mar 14, 2019

The need to improve security teams’ efficiency, integrate technologies, and speed up incident response has spurred the demand for orchestration and automation. Intelligence-driven orchestration goes a step further -- it takes things like environment, situational awareness, and circumstances in...

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Mar 13, 2019

Introduction: Active Directory Security Risks Why is Microsoft Active Directory (AD) the business world’s most targeted asset? Because with just a few queries to AD from a compromised endpoint, attackers obtain all the information they need to steal domain admin credentials and move laterally ...

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Mar 06, 2019

Results of an independent survey of 3,100 IT managers commissioned by Sophos. To understand the realities of endpoint security today, Sophos commissioned independent research specialist Vanson Bourne to survey 3,100 IT managers across the globe. The resulting paper reveals the experiences, concerns ...

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Mar 04, 2019

Most organizations have already invested heavily in cybersecurity solutions. From firewalls to proxies to endpoint protection to DLP, the average firm has more than 40 types of security technologies in place, each generating telemetry that grows every year. With employees, contractors, partners, and...

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Mar 01, 2019

Digital Transformation is a journey underway in organizations across the globe. Defined as an organization’s rapid adoption of technology and increased integration of business processes, Digital Transformation creates opportunities to gain strategic efficiencies and capabilities, by providing ...

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Feb 28, 2019

Gone are the days when random hackers or teenagers running code in their basements posed the greatest cybersecurity threats. Now, state and local governments are top targets of well-funded professional cyber criminals. Using various means to debilitate business processes, steal public records or dat...

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Feb 26, 2019

Ransomware is one of the hottest white-collar crimes of the 21st century1. Incidences are skyrocketing and cybercriminals have set their sights on more vulnerable small- and medium-sized businesses, as they usually have less resources to ward off an attack and are more likely to pay a ransom to retr...

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Feb 22, 2019

While the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) and the real applications of machine learning (ML) have been influencing various fields for years now, their full transformative potential is yet to be realized. ML-based technologies increasingly help fight large-scale fraud, evaluate and optimize busi...

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Feb 21, 2019

Tata Communications cyber-threat intelligence service integrates with combination of over 60+ open source and commercial threat providers to provide early warnings on emerging threats globally. Cyber-threat intelligence is any information that can help an organization to identify, assess, monitor an...

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Feb 21, 2019

In an era of increased connectivity and IoT, your customers have never been exposed to greater risk in the form of phishing attacks, identity and data theft, and more. Existing solutions have so far been incapable of offering you the protection required. Based in Poland, with Silicon Valley experien...

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Feb 19, 2019

To thrive in today’s competitive corporate environment, enterprises must deliver services and experiences that are innovative, effective, agile, and secure. Digital transformation, and the technologies that enable it, are central to this evolution. The most successful companies continuously ev...

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Feb 16, 2019

Creating smart cities is one of GOI’s prime initiatives to make technology accessible to its citizens, with a proposal to cover 100 cities between FY 2015-16 to FY 2019-20. Smart cities use technology to deliver a higher quality of living for their citizens, with its environment, infrastructur...

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Feb 15, 2019

The buildings that we live and work in are getting smarter and more connected. As we speak, the scenes we have only watched in sci-fi movies are becoming a reality, beginning with our homes and offices transforming into “smart buildings”. Only a few years ago, buildings offered very basi...

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Feb 14, 2019

FOR ENTERPRISES TODAY, RANSOMWARE ATTACKS ARE A MATTER OF “WHEN,” NOT “IF” Ransomware attacks are intensifying in scale and sophistication. A recent NTT Security survey revealed that ransomware attacks rose 350 percent in 2017 over the previous year.1 Nearly 75% of companies ...

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Feb 13, 2019

This white paper details how Dell EMC Isilon scale-out NAS storage and the Isilon OneFS operating system architecture provide high availability and data protection needed to meet the challenges organizations face as they deal with the deluge of digital content and unstructured data and the growing i...

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Feb 13, 2019

In recent years there have been numerous events of different threat severity, involving critical and industrial infrastructure. Famous incident names like “Wannacry” ,“Havex” and “Triton” are just a few and represent merely the tip of the iceberg. Some attacks on ...

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Feb 11, 2019

Pledgecamp is a next-generation crowdfunding platform that incorporates blockchain technology for security and accountability. Backers gain a decentralized escrow mechanism which protects their funds. Creators receive wide-ranging project support and lower platform fees. Platform Users can earn toke...

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Feb 07, 2019

The current era in cyber security is characterized by three fundamental challenges: the complexity of the enterprise network and connected infrastructure, the speed of newage attacks, and the strain of overwhelmed incident responders. In many ways, the expansion of networks and continual adoption of...

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Feb 06, 2019

In December 2017, the price of a bitcoin was more than USD 19,000 – nearly fifteen times the price for an ounce of gold. But while gold is a physical object that can be held, traded and used to make products and jewelry, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exist only digitally and derive their ...

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Feb 05, 2019

Segmentation of networks, devices, users, and applications has long been a best practice for supplementing edge security and breaking up flat internal networks. However, for network engineering and operations leaders who prioritize risk mitigation, achieving compliance and effective security posture...

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Feb 02, 2019

TRANSFORM YOUR DISASTER RECOVERY SITE INTO A VIRTUAL CYBER RANGE. VM2020 brings cutting-edge technology and cyber resilience content to enterprise risk management to let you realistically simulate the impact, remediation, and recovery from cyber threats – all using existing business continuity...

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Jan 31, 2019

The mobile telecommunications industry is under significant threat. Today’s threats are a realisation of traditional IP based threats within the all-IP 4G network combined with insecure legacy 2/3G generations. Moving into the 5G era the threat landscape will increase due to the new services a...

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Jan 30, 2019

The financial services industry is undergoing a digital transformation, introducing innovative products, services and organisational forms. Yet, while recent technological advancements such as distributed ledger technology foster innovation within the financial services industry, they also introduce...

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Jan 29, 2019

Maintaining compliance with data privacy and security regulations—GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, PSD2, PCI-DSS, GLBA, SOX, NERC-CIP and more—is top of mind for CIOs in 2019. The issues of privacy and security compliance affect ALL enterprise industries today. Security and privacy audits can be disru...

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Jan 25, 2019

Measure and Improve your Cybersecurity Approach A service enabling companies to assess, verify and improve cybersecurity across an enterprise and with third-party partners. “The Cybersecurity Framework may become the de facto standard and may impact legal definitions and enforcement guidelines...

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Jan 25, 2019

The nature of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the scale of their use is what makes securing them so hard. IoT devices emerged for industrial controls two decades ago and then expanded rapidly into business and consumer technologies. The first IoT devices had important but limited capabilities. ...

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Jan 25, 2019

3 powerful agents of change: digitalization, decarbonization and decentralization As the world’s growing need for energy meets the power of the Internet of Things, the traditional energy marketplace is rapidly transforming. Millions of meters and energy assets are connected and digitized each ...

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Jan 25, 2019

The Bioengineering supply chain begins with the acquisition of either a physical genetic sample or an existing data record, which could be downloaded from a repository such as the National Center for Biotechnology Information Genbank FTP website. This data is sequenced, stored, analyzed and dissemin...

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Jan 24, 2019

Space-based capabilities provide integral support to military, commercial, and civilian applications. Longstanding technological and cost barriers to space are falling, enabling more countries and commercial firms to participate in satellite construction, space launch, space exploration, and human s...

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Jan 24, 2019

The risk of high impact cyber-related breaches continues to be high on the agenda of organisations working across the financial services sector. The FCA’s recent publication of findings from a report on Cyber and Technology Resilience, has communicated a warning that there is “no immedia...

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Jan 24, 2019

Cyber risk is business risk. In the electricity industry, cyber risk is also an ecosystem-wide risk. Cyber resilience is a challenge for all organizations, but it is of particular importance for the electricity ecosystem. A large-scale blackout would have socioeconomic ramifications for households, ...

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Jan 24, 2019

Security at the edge is an approach to defending your business, your customers — all of your users — from security threats by deploying defense measures closer to the point of attack and as far away from your assets (your people, applications, or infrastructure) as possible. The edge is ...

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Jan 24, 2019

Finding the most effective and affordable way to secure your environment is not a simple choice. Between the changing topography of the cyberthreat landscape, the continual increase in security events and incidents; the shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals; and, let’s face it, the p...

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Jan 23, 2019

The purpose of this document is to help technically-oriented professionals understand the security-related value BeyondTrust can bring to your organization. BeyondTrust can help your organization stay secure and compliant, while improving the efficiency and success of your organization with a better...

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Jan 22, 2019

Industrial Control System (ICS) and IIoT networks require specialized security capabilities because traditional IT sandboxes cannot “explode” or run ICS malware. Traditional IT malware sandboxes provide an environment in which malware is allowed to roam free so that its behavior and payl...

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Jan 21, 2019

Organizations of all sizes face growing complexity in both networking and the threat landscape. Multi-cloud deployments and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices expand the attack surface, and disparate point solutions deployed to address new threat vectors often do not integrate with existing infrastruc...

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Jan 18, 2019

With the continuous emergence of new cybersecurity threats, organizations across all industries are striving to modernize their defenses and bolster cyber resiliency. One of the leading research firms Cybersecurity Ventures forecasts that cyber crime damage will cost the world $6 trillion annually b...

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Jan 18, 2019

Threat assessment: The cyber threat against the Danish maritime sector. This threat assessment outlines the cyber threats facing the Danish maritime sector. The Danish maritime sector is of vital importance to the functioning, stability, and economy of the Danish society. The purpose of this assessm...

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Jan 18, 2019

Starting with the Industrial Revolution in 18th-Century Manchester, the manufacturing industry has typically undergone a revolution every hundred years. In an age of ever increasing technological advancement, though, times are changing at a faster pace, as we see the era of controller-based automati...

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Jan 18, 2019

We have conducted our annual survey to improve our service to the end-user community. Respondents were asked for their opinions on various topics related to anti-virus software testing and anti-virus software in general. We would like to thank everyone who took the time to complete the survey.

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Jan 17, 2019

In this white paper, we will provide insight into the two most prevalent types of Android banking malware to date – sophisticated banking Trojans and fake banking apps – and compare their different approaches to achieving the same malicious goal. At the same time, we will explore the imp...

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Jan 17, 2019

ESG Lab evaluated the ThreatConnect threat intelligence, analytics, and orchestration platform to validate how it enables organizations to identify, manage, and block threats. We also gauged the extensibility of the platform to enable users to adapt and create automation for their processes, rather ...

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Jan 16, 2019

The OWASP Top 10 provides a list of the most common types of vulnerabilities often seen in web applications. To call out a common misperception often perpetuated by security vendors, the OWASP Top 10 does not provide a checklist of attack vectors that can be simply blocked by a web application firew...

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Jan 16, 2019

Traditionally, organizations have looked to the public cloud for cost savings, or to augment private data center capacity. However, organizations are now primarily looking to the public cloud for security, realizing that providers can invest more in people and processes to deliver secure infrastruct...

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Jan 16, 2019

There are a growing number of security breaches happening daily to both individuals and businesses. As a result, organizations and online services have shifted efforts in recent years to help educate employees and end users on proper password hygiene, two-factor authentication, signs of a phishing s...

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Jan 13, 2019

SAS builds quality software that is secure and privacy-preserving. Our products are built to be resistant to misuse and known cybersecurity threats. SAS guides its architects and developers based on our software security framework (see Figure 1). At the highest level of the framework, we have define...

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Jan 11, 2019

Cyber risk management is demanding work. Vulnerabilities are growing, threat actors are smarter and pressure from the executive team is intensifying. What used to be a side IT conversation is now a top business priority. You finally have the full attention of the C-suite and board – but, do yo...

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Jan 11, 2019

Slack’s mission is to make people’s working lives simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. We believe that we need to make your data secure, and that protecting it is one of our most important responsibilities. We’re committed to being transparent about our security practices a...

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Jan 10, 2019

Most AWS deployments have evolved from a single virtual private cloud (VPC) to multiple VPCs spread across several regions. The Fortinet Transit VPC solution supports organizations that have storage and compute infrastructures spread across on-premises data centers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) VPCs...

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Jan 10, 2019

Energy infrastructures are at serious risk As investments in the renewable energy industry rose rapidly in the last decade, utilities have become a popular target for cyber criminals. In fact, thanks to digitalization and increased interconnectivity, the huge amount of data coming from wind turbines...

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Jan 09, 2019

Tracking, analyzing, interpreting and mitigating constantly evolving IT security threats is a massive undertaking. Enterprises across all sectors are facing a shortage of the up-to-the-minute, relevant data they need to help them manage the risks associated with IT security threats. Threat Intellige...

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Jan 09, 2019

Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs) are challenging to implement. Hysolate delivers a brand new approach to PAW implementation that is secure-by-design, boosts admin productivity, and enables IT flexibility. THE CHALLENGE. Cyber attackers most commonly seek out one person in an organization: IT ad...

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Jan 09, 2019

This whitepaper is organized into three sections, starting with the executive overview. After the overview, the section titled “GoodData platform security” explains the security measures applied to the GoodData platform and provides guidance for GoodData customers on the security concept...

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Jan 05, 2019

TechConnect West Virginia has been the driving force behind the West Virginia Cybersecurity Workforce Strategic Initiative. TCWV is a non-profit coalition committed to the advancement of the innovation economy in West Virginia, focused on four technology sectors: advanced energy, chemicals and advan...

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Jan 04, 2019

In the 2011 report, Cisco claimed that IoT is about to change ourselves and everything that we know to be true6. This was a clear indication of a hype that typically surrounds introduction of a new technology. Today the forecasts and discussions on IoT seem to be more conservative. For instance, in ...

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Jan 03, 2019

TREND MICRO LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information provided herein is for general information and educational purposes only. It is not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The information contained herein may not be applicable to all situations and may not reflect the most curr...

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Jan 03, 2019

What Is Penetration Testing? A penetration test or ‘pen test’ is the process of evaluating the security infrastructure within a controlled environment to safely attack, identify, penetrate and exploit vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may exist in network, applications, database, pr...

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Jan 01, 2019

This white paper explains the use of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) in the context of HCE mobile payments and explores why companies deploying HCE mobile payment solutions should consider using TEEs to enable a higher level of security and to minimize the possibility of attacks. Dejamobile, i...

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Dec 31, 2018

INTRODUCING BLUE RIDGE NETWORKS’ TECHNOLOGY Blue Ridge Networks’ LinkGuard platform represents a best-in-class capability to protect the critical assets of commercial and government customers from increasingly destructive and costly cyber-attacks. Able to support a wide range of architec...

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Dec 31, 2018

Cyber-attacks in 2018 are increasingly moving at machinespeeds, encrypting or compromising machines within seconds. Strained security teams simply cannot keep pace, and struggle to respond fast enough. As attackers learn to move at unprecedented speeds, we have also seen AI become a fundamental ally...

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Dec 29, 2018

For several years now, ESET experts from around the world have been contributing to our annual Trends report, which offers a brief review of the milestones reached in the world of cybersecurity and our predictions about possible attack scenarios and measures to counteract them in 2019. The basic sce...

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Dec 28, 2018

Explosion of Automated Attacks in the Connected World. A White House study published in January of 2018 estimated that malicious cyber activity cost the U.S. economy between $57 billion and $109 billion in 20161 . An international report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)...

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Dec 28, 2018

By consolidating identity management across all internal and external systems with Oracle Identity Cloud Service, our customers can easily and securely access a wide range of services with a single ID. Implementation was quick and easy, enabling us to provide new services faster and support growth.

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Dec 28, 2018

MACROECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Cyber security as a global arms race is a story that continues to grow. Investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election continues to draw headlines. Now the US finds itself facing off against other world powers. China is looking to narrow the gap with the US...

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Dec 27, 2018

The purpose of this document is to help technically-oriented professionals understand the security-related value BeyondTrust can bring to your organization. BeyondTrust can help your support organization stay secure and compliant, while improving the efficiency and success of your organization with ...

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Dec 27, 2018

Security in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (OnPremises) The purpose of this document is to help technically-oriented professionals understand the security-related value BeyondTrust can bring to your organization. BeyondTrust can help your organization stay secure and compliant, while improving...

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Dec 27, 2018

2018 was a year of major cyberattacks, from all-too-common hacks, ransomware and phishing to new, sophisticated crypto-jacking. The year also brought dramatic privacy developments through enactment of the European General Protection Regulation (GDPR) and passage of the California Consumer Privacy Ac...

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Dec 21, 2018

WordPress at scale means two things: building an application or website that scales well for traffic growth or allocating additional infrastructure for planned and unplanned traffic spikes. At WP Engine, we leverage a modern technology stack to make sure our customers have the right tools for scalin...

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Dec 21, 2018

Reducing OT Risk from Unauthorized Remote Access. The March 2018 FBI/DHS alert clearly documented how threat actors are leveraging compromised remote access credentials to access critical infrastructure networks via remote desktop and VPN connections. By using trusted connections, this approach easi...

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Dec 21, 2018

Cyberattacks against small, medium, and large businesses are on the rise. Most likely, you just read about a major cyberattack within the last month. These days cyberattacks are pervasive, compared to just a decade ago, and cybercriminals do not confine themselves to attacking only large businesses....

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Dec 20, 2018

Beginning with Release 13 Update 18C, data security for Financial Reporting Compliance assessments is no longer dependent on data security for other objects. In Financial Reporting Compliance, data security policies determine which items are available to users. The policies are mapped to roles, whic...

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Dec 20, 2018

In the most recent cyber wake up call, the personal data of 1.5 million patients in Singapore has been hacked in the country’s largest cyber-attack, the Singaporean government announced recently. 160,000 of these patients, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, had their outpatient prescrip...

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Dec 20, 2018

Stackhouse Poland have been at the forefront of the Cyber insurance market for a number of years. We acknowledge the size and scope of risk facing UK businesses and, via our established National Practice Group, we have been working to create awareness of cyber risks to our clients and point to poten...

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Dec 20, 2018

Organizations are increasingly looking to move their IT infrastructure to the cloud. With the rise of bare-metal cloud offerings, organizations can easily scale up their operations in the cloud while retaining the confidence of having dedicated hardware. However, while the cloud removes the need to ...

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Dec 19, 2018

Enterprises face a plethora of different types of risk nowadays, including business, operational, market, and systemic risks. The advent of the World Wide Web and the evolution of connectivity generally, and e-business in particular, have brought with them an ever-present threat of cyberattacks, and...

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Dec 19, 2018

The threat landscape has changed significantly since NSPD-47/HSPD-16 directed the development of the NSAS. The past decade has seen the rise of emergent technologies, including cyber, unmanned aircraft, and spectrum-dependent systems that generate economic and social benefits, but also challenge the...

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Dec 19, 2018

City managers across the U.S. are looking for ways to better control traffic to reduce pressure on infrastructure, improve air quality, and make cities more livable. To that end, they are interweaving alternative modes of transportation, active traffic management, and connected vehicles into an inte...

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Dec 16, 2018

On December 6, 2018, threat actor X advertised the sale of the CVE-2018-8453 one-day exploit in a cyber crime forum. The exploit enables privilege escalation for an attacker that facilitates the full compromise of a victimized system. There is limited information on X, though he is associated with t...

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Dec 15, 2018

ASL Airlines France (ASL) is a cargo and passenger airline based in Tremblay-en-France at Bâtiment Le Séquoia. Their main base is Charles de Gaulle airport, Europe’s second busiest air traffic hub. A majority of ASL’s fleet operates on the behalf of delivery services through...

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Dec 15, 2018

MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 IS A DATA LOSS DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. If your business relies on Microsoft Office 365, you can expect reliable access to its applications with very high uptime. But many IT professionals are laboring under a dangerous misconception: that Microsoft provides fullyfledged data...

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Dec 13, 2018

In the industrial cybersecurity industry today, there are two main challenges facing those responsible for protecting their organizations’ networks: a largely unknown threat landscape and a shortage of experienced personnel with effective threat detection and response capabilities. With the nu...

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Dec 13, 2018

In mid-November 2017, the Dragos, Inc. team discovered ICS-tailored malware deployed against at least one victim in the Middle East. The team identifies this malware as TRISIS because it targets Schneider Electric’s Triconex safety instrumented system (SIS) enabling the replacement of logic in...

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Dec 13, 2018

This series of three cybersecurity whitepapers is intended for engineers and designers of industrial control processes and the systems that control those processes. Throughout the papers, we emphasize the point that data is not exhaust left-over from a sensor-heavy process, but it is the driver of f...

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Dec 12, 2018

Email is the most vulnerable vector for cyber-attacks because it is the highest volume data ingress point. Organizations face an ever-increasing number of security challenges from email-based advanced threats. Most advanced threats use email to deliver URLs linked to credential phishing sites and we...

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Dec 12, 2018

Good traffic management is essential for road safety. Together with handling heavy traffic flows and meeting sustainability targets, cyber security is crucial. The FlowNode is the next-generation in Traffic Light Controllers, a system built on a tradition of innovation, safety, usability and robustn...

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Dec 08, 2018

Managing a modern enterprise-class database can be monstrously complicated. If it’s a data warehouse, the index structure, partitioning plan, and various server settings must be just right to ensure good performance in handling complex queries. If it’s a transactional database, availabil...

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Dec 08, 2018

The advent of Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming the existing cyber-physical systems, impacting the way companies compete, operate, and grow. Increasingly organizations, across industries and geographies, are treading on the digital path by embracing the latest technology trends - from Int...

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Dec 07, 2018

CRASHOVERRIDE1 is the first publicly-known malware designed to impact electric grid operations. While some attention has already been paid to CRASHOVERRIDE’s ICS-specific effects, the broader scope of the attack – and the necessary prerequisites to its execution – have been woefull...

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Dec 07, 2018

The Subcommittee’s Cybersecurity Concepts and Priorities. In today’s connected world, where nearly all devices—from the phones in our pockets, to the refrigerators in our kitchens, to the multi-million-dollar equipment that runs our electric grid— are linked together through ...

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Dec 06, 2018

The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credentialing and training program provided by EC-Council is a respected and trusted ethical hacking program in the industry. [1] The credentialing program is also used as a hiring standard for Fortune 500 organizations, cybersecurity practices, and governments. W...

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Dec 05, 2018

Adoption of cloud computing in all forms continues to grow. Many organizations are making use of SaaS applications like Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce and workforce applications such as Dropbox and similar cloud storage and collaboration tools. In the SANS cloud security survey from 2016, 55 perce...

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Dec 04, 2018

A little more than three years ago we started hunting for OpenSSH backdoors being used in-the-wild. While we are always trying to improve defenses against Linux malware by discovering and analyzing examples, the scope of this hunt was specifically to catch server-side OpenSSH backdoors. Unfortunatel...

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Nov 30, 2018

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) are transforming discrete manufacturing. Early adopters have already made extensive use of IIoT technology to radically improve factory efficiency and product quality. This has unleashed new competitive pressures for manufacturers acro...

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Nov 30, 2018

To not only survive but thrive midst the large-scale disruption faced by the banking industry, large investments are being made in IT transformation. Low interest rates, regulatory pressure to cut fees, growing competition from new ‘digitally-native’ entrants and the disintermediation of...

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Nov 29, 2018

Improve cyber Responsiveness and mission effectiveness. Federal agencies and private entities alike are facing great challenges in areas such as cyber situational awareness, defense of cyber physical systems, and shortages in qualified staff. The burden on individuals to do the work required in thes...

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Nov 29, 2018

Every year brings new levels of sophistication and innovation in cybercrime, and the last year was no exception. Over the course of last year, we investigated one of the most complex and sophisticated ad fraud operations we have seen to date. We named this operation “3ve” (pronounced &ld...

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Nov 29, 2018

Cryptocurrency miners that infect the computers of unsuspecting users essentially operate according to the same business model as ransomware programs: the victim’s computing power is harnessed to enrich the cybercriminals. Only in the case of miners, it might be quite a while before the user n...

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Nov 26, 2018

Global network access/Connectivity trends (Fixed/Mobile/Wi-Fi) Traffic from wireless and mobile devices will account for 71 percent of total IP traffic by 2022. By 2022, wired devices will account for 29 percent of IP traffic, and Wi-Fi and mobile devices will account for 71 percent of IP traffic. I...

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Nov 23, 2018

There’s nothing more difficult than predicting. So, instead of gazing into a crystal ball, the idea here is to make educated guesses based on what has happened recently and where we see a trend that might be exploited in the coming months. Asking the most intelligent people I know, and basing ...

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Nov 23, 2018

The past few years have been very intense and eventful when it comes to incidents affecting the information security of industrial systems. That includes new vulnerabilities, new threat vectors, accidental infections of industrial systems and detected targeted attacks. In response, last year we deve...

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Nov 22, 2018

As a member of a maturing security team evaluating threat intelligence platforms (TIPs), you may be asking yourself whether you should use an open source solution like Malware Information Sharing Platform (MISP), or buy a TIP from one of many vendors offering solutions. In this whitepaper, we discus...

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Nov 22, 2018

The rapid evolution of new technologies and the emergence of smart devices has led to greater interconnectedness between people and businesses around the world. This has also led to an increased probability of businesses and people becoming targets of malicious cyber activity, and increased awarenes...

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Nov 22, 2018

Cleantech companies are expanding their products and services to broader industry segments than ever before. They are becoming players in the most important industries in the world, including energy, food, manufacturing, and transportation. As population increases, cleantech companies are working to...

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Nov 21, 2018

From online retail and mobile banking, through to cloud business productivity applications and digital infrastructure management, there is now an abundance of data that needs to be managed and stored in data centers. However, the increasing value of information has made data centers a prime target f...

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Nov 20, 2018

Cyber attacks targeting the network infrastructure have become increasingly sophisticated and damaging. Today’s evolving threat landscape requires business leaders to approach security differently. In addition to deploying multilayered security solutions that provide defense in-depth, organiza...

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Nov 19, 2018

Long ago, the name ‘DDoS attack’ was something for ICT staff to deal with. A number of incidents has changed this: a massive DDoS on Dutch Banking Services in 2013 and large-scale attacks aimed at Dutch services in January 2018. The latter affected the entire country. Both caused a great...

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Nov 19, 2018

Companies of all types are pursuing digital transformation. The goal is to improve customer value, operate with greater efficiency and agility, and increase innovation. But as companies leverage new cloud and DevOps workflows to build their digital business, security has not kept pace. The prolifera...

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Nov 18, 2018

The ESET Cybersecurity Barometer Canada is a survey of public opinion about cybersecurity and cybercrime. The survey was conducted because there is a dearth of contemporary research quantifying public attitudes toward, and experience of, cybercrime. Yet public support for cybersecurity efforts, incl...

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Nov 17, 2018

Today, digital customer experience transformations are mandatory to stay ahead in business, not optional. Customers are demanding cutting-edge digital experiences, delivered on every channel, via every device, anytime and anywhere they desire. To satisfy these customers, companies are transforming t...

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Nov 16, 2018

Caveat emptor (“buyer beware”) is the principle that it is the buyer's responsibility to spot if there is anything wrong with what they are being sold. This principle has been applied for centuries and it remains valid in the digital world. In cyberspace things aren’t always wh...

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Nov 15, 2018

We want to make clear that the results in this report are intended only to give an indication of the impact on system performance (mainly by the real-time/on-access components) of the consumer security products in these specific tests. Users are encouraged to try out the software on their own PC&rsq...

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Nov 15, 2018

Protecting the enterprise’s valuable digital assets from accidental or intentional misuse are key goals for every IT team today. Many organizations have deployed a variety of point encryption solutions as a primary method of protecting their data and to meet various compliance mandates and int...

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Nov 15, 2018

We are on the cusp of a truly revolutionary transformation in transportation. If the UK government’s vision becomes a reality, we will see the introduction of autonomous vehicles on UK roads within the next three years, changing the ways in which people, goods and services move from A to B for...

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Nov 14, 2018

The days of technical efficacy and "best-of-breed" functionality being the key drivers of security vendor selection are well and truly over, if they ever existed. Security buyers are more motivated by how well products and services fit in with their existing environment; how they enable be...

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Nov 14, 2018

It should come as no surprise that companies of all sizes are taking data security more and more seriously. Similarly, in recent years, Cyber Liability Insurance has become more commonplace which has allowed the insurance industry to gain important experience with regard to how various companies org...

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Nov 14, 2018

2018 saw cryptocurrency become an established part of many people’s lives, and a more attractive target for cybercriminals across the world. To some extent, the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies even prevailed over the main threat of the last few years: ransomware. However, in the second ha...

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Nov 14, 2018

Many organizations encounter an extremely high volume of proxy data on a daily basis. The volume of proxy data can range from 100 GB to over 1 TB an hour. Legacy security information and event management (SIEM) solutions struggle to handle this flow of data and still identify high-fidelity threats. ...

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Nov 13, 2018

ICS/SCADA and Operational Technology (OT) networks were traditionally kept separate or “air-gapped” from IT networks. However, new business requirements associated with the efficiency benefits of digitalization are forcing increased connectivity between IT and Operational Technology (OT)...

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Nov 13, 2018

ABSTRACT Cyber war is a subject that is highly contested among strategists and experts. This brief assesses the impact of cyber operations against strategic targets and demonstrates that while cyber war is a real phenomenon, it is far from producing decisive outcomes. The cyberspace is a medium to c...

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Nov 13, 2018

Let’s be honest. Most people just tune out when confronted with talk of IT security doom and cybersecurity jargon. It either sounds overwhelmingly complex and daunting, or you think ‘seriously, we have nothing worth stealing so why would anyone bother breaking in?’ It doesn’t...

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Nov 13, 2018

The International Anti-Botnet Guide was developed to facilitate the mitigation of botnets and other automated, distributed threats through voluntary participation and collaboration among disparate stakeholders throughout the global internet and communications ecosystem. The Guide provides informatio...

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Nov 10, 2018

HOW T&C RECOGNIZED NCSAM IN OCTOBER 2018 This October, Thomas & Company joined the Department of Homeland Security to raise cybersecurity awareness across the nation during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). The overarching theme for NCSAM was Cybersecurity is Our Shared Respons...

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Nov 08, 2018

Under the HIPAA mandate, covered entities and business associates are subject to the Security Rule that covers confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) and the Privacy Rule that limits the uses and disclosures of PHI. These rules have long been i...

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Nov 08, 2018

We assist nuclear operators and suppliers in complying with the most up-to-date cyber security regulatory requirements for Industrial Control Systems. Let us help you adapt to the latest in industry best practice and meet your regulatory needs, including: NIST SP800-82, NIST SP800-53, NRC RG5.71 and...

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Nov 07, 2018

This whitepaper explains the trends and developments in computing that have made host-based behavioral analysis and exploit interception necessary elements of computer security. It also provides an overview of the technology and methodology used by DeepGuard, the Host-based Intrusion Prevention Syst...

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Nov 06, 2018

Over the past several years, the Committee on Energy and Commerce has conducted oversight of cybersecurity strategies and incidents both at federal agencies and in the private sector. As part of that work, the Committee has examined the cybersecurity capabilities of the automotive industry, sought a...

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Nov 06, 2018

North American businesses operate in an era where the cost of downtime is more than $700 Billion annually. IT leaders are under constant pressure to protect their business with the ability to rapidly recover from a disaster or site-wide outage, thereby ensuring employees remain productive and applic...

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Nov 06, 2018

Organizations today are facing increasing pressure to secure and protect employee data to ever higher standards. There is widespread concern regarding individual consumer and employee data privacy and security, resulting in new legislation, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (...

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Nov 05, 2018

BLOCKCHAIN FOR THINGS Securing high-volume IoT data transmissions by combining well-established cryptographic signatures with blockchain technology, UBIRCH has created an innovative and highly e¬ client method of securing trust in IoT data forever. We call it Blockchain for Things. IOT IS GROWIN...

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Nov 02, 2018

Despite record spending on cyber security, government agencies and enterprise organizations are not making significant headway in winning a battle against cybercrime. As part of an ongoing modernization initiative, the U.S. DoD is evaluating security solutions that offer the smallest footprint, lowe...

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Nov 02, 2018

Disruptive Technologies has prioritized security and privacy throughout every part of the design and development process for our sensing solution, including chip design, sensor design, radio protocol design, cloud services and APIs. Every layer of the Disruptive sensing solution is secure, from the ...

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Oct 30, 2018

Cloud-Enabled Core Banking. The time is now for banks to capitalize on the many benefits that can be achieved by running Core banking solutions in the cloud. This white paper explains why. Topics include recent increased confidence in cloud strategies; a definition of what cloud-based core banking m...

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Oct 29, 2018

SCOUTPRIME ScoutPrime is a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) for collecting, normalizing, enriching, orchestrating, and distributing unclassified threat indicators gathered from DHS, Lookingglass, OSINT, and commercial sources. The platform provides 87 data feeds, global Internet topology of networ...

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Oct 26, 2018

In today’s digital world, hospitals are struggling to keep up with increasing imaging demands, while managing IT networks that are strained to the limit. Many organizations have already deeply invested in their networks and IT infrastructure, leading administrators to seek out new ways to mana...

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Oct 26, 2018

This series of three cybersecurity whitepapers is intended for engineers and designers of industrial control processes and the systems that control those processes. Throughout the papers, we emphasize the point that data is not exhaust left-over from a sensor-heavy process, but it is the driver of f...

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Oct 25, 2018

Many companies’ focus on cybersecurity is increasing as they embrace digitalization and the Internet of Things (IoT). Organizations, irrespective of size and industry, are constantly under attack, and regulatory authorities are strengthening laws to protect data. As more and more behemoths lik...

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Oct 25, 2018

The total market cap of 1604 cryptocurrencies, listed on coinmarketcap.com, is currently around $216 Billion USD (9/28/18). The crypto market is a huge ecosystem of money, talent, and ideas and its growth is something that no one can ignore as it can be compared to the early days of the Internet. It...

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Oct 25, 2018

Organizations of all sizes and across all industries are the targets of an increasing number of sophisticated cyber attacks. The risk of breach is very real, and gets worse every day. The industry recognizes that approaches such as threat prevention and breach detection are ineffective. For proof, j...

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Oct 25, 2018

Healthcare organizations migrating to the cloud need a strategy that assesses risks and considers all the possibilities. Moving an entire healthcare service to a new IT environment means deciding how to migrate all three subsystems— compute, storage, and networking—and identifying the ri...

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Oct 25, 2018

Enterprises today are faced with an exponential onslaught of sophisticated cyber security breaches with expanded attack surfaces that leave security operational centers unable to respond to new and innovative threats with legacy solutions. Combined with the threat of inside rogue users, organization...

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Oct 24, 2018

TATA COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDES THE CLOUD PLATFORM YOU NEED - INTEGRATING YOUR DISPARATE IT ENVIRONMENTS TO DELIVER A HIGHPERFORMANCE, RELIABLE AND SECURE APPLICATION EXPERIENCE. Total control: gain absolute visibility into all your enterprise cloud and IT resources with built-in automation, orchestrat...

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Oct 22, 2018

Two Technology Trends at Intel, we believe in the enormous potential of artifcial intelligence (AI) to improve people’s lives. Two trends that are infuencing AI and digital developments globally are: 1. Data analytics from the edge to the cloud, and 2. Increased mechanisms for data collection ...

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Oct 21, 2018

The UTM is the ultimate solution – providing cybersecurity, cybersafety and a range of tools to enable reliable Internet in class, reporting and behavioral analytics as well as in-class controls for teachers. Most importantly CyberHound’s UTM provides the ultimate level of protection for...

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Oct 21, 2018

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Is a Local and Global Imperative Consider the services that society counts on everyday — everything from the electric grid, to utilities, to transportation systems, to communications networks, and more. Increasingly, these vital systems face potential disrupt...

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Oct 21, 2018

Effective cyber security defences are clearly a cornerstone of every financial service. As a differentiator, cyber security extends into an integrated, well-designed customer experience. Cyber security in the UK today As cybercrime rises and everyday services are increasingly digitalized, public opi...

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Oct 19, 2018

The GDPR and Masergy Managed Detection and Response (MDR) The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes applicable on May 25, 2018. In addition to applying to entities within the European Union (EU), the GDPR has a broad territorial scope and may apply to entities outside the EU tha...

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Oct 18, 2018

The promise that data science and artificial intelligence (AI) hold to transform the delivery of healthcare is undeniable. Healthcare as a sector, with all of the longitudinal data it holds on patients across their lifetimes, is positioned to take advantage of what data science and AI have to offer....

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Oct 18, 2018

The high-tech industry is transitioning from traditional IT systems to a pool of integrated and loosely-coupled infrastructure and software components that generate huge amounts of data on a continual basis. Enterprises use metrics based on this data to address non-functional system requirements, an...

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Oct 17, 2018

Fileless malware (FM), aka “non-malware”, or “fileless infection”, is a form of malicious computer attack that exists exclusively within the realm of volatile data storage components such as RAM, in-memory processes, and service areas This differentiates this form of malware ...

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Oct 17, 2018

Credit card fraud is the most common form of identity theft, with over 14.2 million accounts exposed and fraud losses totaling $905 million in 2017, according to a report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)1. At Twilio, we understand with stakes this high, mitigating the risk of a potential securi...

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Oct 17, 2018

The ongoing adoption of cloud computing by communications service providers (CSPs) continues to fundamentally reshape their business models and technology strategies on several levels. One such area that is garnering significant attention is the impact of the cloud on security services. This is beca...

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Oct 17, 2018

Three secrets to becoming a mobile security superhero As more workplaces become everywhere workplaces, cyber threats and attacks increasingly target mobile devices. Through the eyes of many business leaders, opening a presentation or other document on a mobile device is hardly different from doing t...

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Oct 16, 2018

ESET researchers have discovered and analyzed advanced malware, previously undocumented, that has been used in targeted attacks against critical infrastructure organizations in Central and Eastern Europe. The malware, named GreyEnergy by ESET researchers, exhibits many conceptual similarities with B...

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Oct 16, 2018

In this whitepaper we outline how Interxion Cloud Connect service offers enterprises the most secure and resilient Hybrid Cloud solution. Combining physical security, round the clock maintenance and support, and more than enough redundancy to cope with the unexpected, Interxion’s colocation da...

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Oct 16, 2018

Although unseen to the average user, Internet Protocol (IP) routing underpins the Internet. By ensuring that packets1 go where they are supposed to, routing2 has a central role in the reliable function of the Internet. It ensures that emails reach the right recipients, e-commerce sites remain operat...

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Oct 16, 2018

The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the results of our second annual benchmark study, The State of Cybersecurity in Central Virginia 2018, co-sponsored by Advanced Network Systems, Inc. This report provides insights into: (a) the perceptions of regional business ow...

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Oct 15, 2018

Could your employees’ mobile devices be the next target for cyber-criminals? Your organisation almost certainly has some form of anti-malware or anti-virus software on your desktop and laptop PCs – this kind of “endpoint protection” is now a basic requirement in most security...

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Oct 12, 2018

“Living off the land” is one clear trend in targeted cyber attacks at the moment. Attackers are increasingly making use of tools already installed on targeted computers or are running simple scripts and shellcode directly in memory. Creating less new files on the hard disk means less cha...

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Oct 12, 2018

WHAT ARE CYBER-ATTACKS AND CYBER SECURITY? Cyber-attacks are malicious attempts to damage, disrupt or gain unauthorised access to computer systems, networks or devices, via cyber means.2 Cyber security is the protection of devices, services and networks - and the information on them - from theft or ...

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Oct 12, 2018

Siemens’ MindSphere, a cloud-based, open Internet of Things (IoT) operating system, enables industries worldwide to link their machines and physical infrastructure to the digital world easily, quickly and economically. Harnessing data from virtually any number of connected intelligent devices,...

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Oct 11, 2018

Working Behind the Scenes Many are familiar with Parsons’ rich history of and reputation providing a full spectrum of engineering, construction, and program management services for the aviation industry. What we may not know is that–for more than 30 years– Parsons has quietly worke...

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Oct 10, 2018

Today, modern computing techniques are capable of easily storing, processing and analyzing large amounts of and a variety of data. These techniques could correlate diverse datasets in order to create individual’s profiles, to gain insights, and to offer new digital services. Among others, thre...

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Oct 09, 2018

The Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®) would like to thank everyone who has previously participated and continues to participate in the Nationwide Cybersecurity Review (NCSR). Your continued support in the NCSR helps us work towards our mission of improving the...

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Oct 09, 2018

Cybersecurity is a major national and economic security challenge. The United States recognizes the cyber threat, yet it is difficult to “solve” for several reasons: the inherently global nature of the adversary and the battlefield, the rapid evolution of tactics and technology, the invo...

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Oct 09, 2018

While the major hyperscale cloud platforms all invest heavily in security, data-in-transit over the public internet can still be intercepted. As soon as any enterprise data touches the internet, it’s fundamentally at risk - whether from DDoS attacks, malware infections or other threats. With e...

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Oct 09, 2018

Data Privacy and New Regulations Take Center Stage. A number of important data breach trends emerged in the first half of 2018. One of the most notable of these developments was the introduction of new data protection regulations including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulatio...

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Oct 07, 2018

Cyber risks pose unique threats to financial stability that are not well understood or managed, despite growing investment in research and dependence by financial institutions, consumers, and governments on cyber technologies. This paper considers the ways in which cyber risks differ from traditiona...

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Oct 03, 2018

In the end, you need to be rewarding your sales reps with more than just money if you want to keep them motivated and if you want your sales compensation plan to deliver on its promises.

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Oct 03, 2018

The first CRM launch truly changed the way sales were managed. We went from tracking customers on spreadsheets (and even in rolodexes) to tracking them and their attendant opportunities with software. It wasn’t long before reps started to feel the purpose of a CRM was more about preserving the...

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Oct 03, 2018

Let’s explore some of the current processes around pipeline management and forecasting and how they can be improved.

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Oct 02, 2018

The purpose of this white paper, jointly written by the National Student Clearinghouse, EDUCAUSE and REN-ISAC, is to build upon registrars’, enrollment managers’, IT’s and higher education’s day-to-day, nationwide dialog around cybersecurity and vulnerabilities.

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Oct 02, 2018

It was time for this top three Global Accounting Firm (the Firm) to update their processes. Their existing document capture solution was no longer able to handle the current volume of their scanning and OCR requirements — up to three million pages per month, many of them multipaged documents r...

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Oct 01, 2018

The purpose of this white paper, jointly written by the National Student Clearinghouse, EDUCAUSE and REN-ISAC, is to build upon registrars’, enrollment managers’, IT’s and higher education’s day-to-day, nationwide dialog around cybersecurity and vulnerabilities. The following...

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Sep 30, 2018

In recent years, enterprise geographic information system (GIS) deployments have increasingly moved from traditional office-based workflows to leveraging GIS apps in the field with mobile technology. This makes security considerations more complex and challenging for information technology (IT) arch...

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Sep 30, 2018

Cybersecurity is now a top business concern. No one is safe from cybercrime, yet many organizations continue to ignore or underestimate their vulnerability to attack. Adopting an ‘it’ll never happen to me’ approach is tantamount to going skydiving without a parachute, and handing t...

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Sep 28, 2018

Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS) takes the security of its information, infrastructure and applications very seriously. Its commitment to corporate security is shown through the implementation of policies, controls and procedures, as well as the allocation of dedicated resources requir...

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Sep 26, 2018

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators with over 350 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry...

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Sep 25, 2018

When an organization is hit by a cyberattack, visibility into the intent of the attack must be prioritized at the highest level. You need to quickly understand what the malware was attempting to do and how it works, so you can contain any damage and learn how to prevent attacks in the future. Today,...

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Sep 23, 2018

The intended audience for this paper is IT decision makers and line-of-business owners that are tasked with transitioning their workforce into a modern place of work. The insights presented here will be helpful for executing a digital workspace transformation strategy. The Future of Work Automation....

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Sep 18, 2018

The never-ending global innovation race gave us some of the most disruptive goods and services in the last decade but also tremendous inefficiencies in sectors like energy, insurance, real estate, facility management, otherwise known as slow-moving or rather reluctant to innovation. Technology and n...

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Sep 18, 2018

We’re living in an age of rapid digital transformation, with new technologies changing the way enterprises do business on a daily basis. As the pace of change continues to accelerate, you need a partner with the infrastructure to support manageable growth – and the tools to drive it. Tat...

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Sep 15, 2018

SySS GmbH has been conducting security tests since 1998. The findings from these tests form the basis of this White Paper. SySS GmbH gained its experience by performing these tests both in large multinational enterprises and traditional medium-sized companies. This White Paper is based on the practi...

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Sep 12, 2018

Maintaining a safe and secure environment for customer data is Google Cloud’s highest priority. To protect customer data, Google runs an industry-leading information security operation that combines stringent processes, a world-class team, and multi layered information security and privacy inf...

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Sep 12, 2018

Illicit cryptocurrency mining has increased significantly in just a few months. This activity poses both a short- and long-term threat to individuals and enterprises. This threat is not victimless or harmless, so individuals and organizations should take steps to protect their systems. This report l...

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Sep 07, 2018

Protecting users and their devices is critical for organizations of all sizes. For businesses with limited IT staff, endpoint protection and control over all your users’ devices (desktops, laptops, tablets & smartphones) can be daunting. The need to address advanced threats with limited re...

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Sep 04, 2018

In an era which is being referred to as Industry 4.0, government departments are increasing their digital footprints and adapting their technology and engagement environments to remain competitive and relevant. As information and assets owned or used by the organization become another node in the ne...

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Sep 01, 2018

The RSA® Quarterly Fraud Report contains fraud attack and consumer fraud data and analysis from the RSA Fraud & Risk Intelligence team. It represents a snapshot of the cyber-fraud environment, providing actionable intelligence to consumerfacing organizations of all sizes and types to enable ...

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Aug 31, 2018

Parsons began this effort to explore the state of cybersecurity risk in critical infrastructure facilities with a simple question. The cyber threat has undoubtedly converged – both information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) environments are being attacked. But, to what degree ...

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Aug 30, 2018

Critical infrastructure is now under constant threat from cyber adversaries seeking to exploit vulnerable systems and networks to achieve their objectives. Industries such as banks, government utilities and energy companies are constantly upgrading their cyber defence mechanisms in order to harden t...

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Aug 29, 2018

Fortinet’s mission is to deliver the most innovative, highest-performing network security fabric to secure and simplify your IT infrastructure. We are a leading global provider of network security appliances for carriers, data centers, enterprises, and distributed offices.

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Aug 28, 2018

New Security Challenges Call for New Security Approaches. Onslaught of Data Breaches Demands Change Organizations of all sizes and across all industries are the targets of an increasing number of sophisticated cyber-attacks. The risk of breach is very real, and gets worse every day. The industry rec...

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Aug 28, 2018

Every enterprise needs a Cyber Security Program. But not every organization has the resources nor the inclination to build a robust Security Operations Center. Leveraging new security technologies and implementing proven security basics enables enterprise scale Security Operations without big budget...

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Aug 28, 2018

Talend Cloud (https://cloud.talend.com) is a secure and managed cloud integration platform that makes it easy for developers and non-developers to connect, transform, cleanse, and share cloud and on-premises data. Security is our top priority at Talend, whether it is employee, physical, network, inf...

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Aug 28, 2018

The parabolic rise and volatile nature of cryptocurrencies portends the enormity of its potential impact. There is widespread speculation. Some pundits predict a cashless society in less than a decade and the more outspoken supporters of Bitcoin predict a price that will eventually crest seven figur...

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Aug 26, 2018

These days the buzz word “Cybersecurity” is tossed around frequently. But what does it really mean? Cybersecurity is the business and processes of protecting IT systems, networks and computers from the theft of electronic assets, information and data. It is a very real concern in a const...

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Aug 26, 2018

For those who are new to cloud computing, the term “cloud” can sometimes bring concerns regarding digital security. What they may not know is that when using the appropriate methods and technology, cloud-based access control solutions are safer than ever before. In addition, cloud soluti...

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Aug 25, 2018

The advent of new technology brings with it unrealistically high expectations of its applicability and the problems it will solve. And machine learning is the latest example. It’s important for security practitioners to know where the hype around machine learning ends and where practical appli...

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Aug 25, 2018

Cyber threats and privacy issues are on the rise, riding on top of the ongoing disruptive technological advancements. Syndicates of skilled & sophisticated adversaries target organizations to exploit vulnerabilities and make unethical gains, often jeopardizing the business of the targeted organi...

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Aug 24, 2018

Traditional security monitoring is proving to be insufficient in today’s fast-paced digital world of Cloud, Mobile, IoT, and advanced threat landscape. With increasing velocity and volume of data, traditional security monitoring solutions are overwhelmed, and require enormous time and effort t...

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Aug 24, 2018

You are buying the latest CyberSecurity tools. Your security staff is buried in scores of technical solutions, malware detectors and the latest in AI technology. Your SOC (Security Operations Center) is trying to catch phantom intruders, overwhelmed with false malware alerts, filtering terabytes of ...

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Aug 24, 2018

Organisations are rushing to embrace the possibilities of hybrid cloud, but a successful transition depends on having the right technology partner. We’ll do whatever it takes to ensure your digital transformation is seamless and successful. Today, and tomorrow. A world-class Global Service Man...

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Aug 24, 2018

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has predicted that the number of jobs in the cybersecurity space will increase 18% between 2014 and 2024. Rise in Cyberattacks Drives Record Demand for Cybersecurity Professionals Recruiter KPI Summary To paraphrase Charles Dickens, the state of today’s glob...

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Aug 23, 2018

In IT, there is an exception to every rule; even the most basic rule of IT, which states that the answer to every question is “it depends.” Security is no different, and because it touches on all aspects of IT from the physical out to the cloud, anything to do with security is going to b...

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Aug 23, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) is almost an omnipresent topic these days. It is the centerpiece of sales pitches, it “powers” various online services and is mentioned in regard to almost any new product seeking investors. While some vendors truly aim to bring the added value of this techno...

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Aug 23, 2018

There’s been a quiet revolution in software development. Formerly, software engineering teams were focused on functionality and speed to market as their main goals. However, under pressure from a rising number of malicious threats and with tighter data protection laws coming into force, organi...

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Aug 22, 2018

In the form of machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into the enterprise, promising to transform many areas of the business including customer experience. Just as humans can learn and act from experience, machines can learn from data, identify patterns and make decisi...

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Aug 21, 2018

At Acxiom, we provide consumer information to responsible companies all around the world. Obviously, we have a stake in the issue of consumer privacy. We also know, however, that consumers need certain protections—and that there is some information that should remain private and confidential. ...

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Aug 21, 2018

Enterprises are rapidly transforming their critical network infrastructures to encompass private, public and hybrid cloud architectures. This complex mesh of diverse network topologies coupled with dense virtualization and artificial intelligence applications has posed exponential security challenge...

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Aug 20, 2018

Ransomware is no longer the new kid on the block. In fact, going back as far as 2005, ransomware has played a part in the world of cybercrime. As a relatively “easy” way for criminals to make money, it comes as no surprise that ransomware has gained many underground followers over the pa...

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Aug 20, 2018

According to Gartner, 80% of cloud breaches through 2020 will be due to customer misconfiguration, mismanaged, credentials or insider theft. As cloud ecosystems evolve, and IT perimeters expand and become more complex, it’s increasingly critical to ensure visibility and security across hybrid ...

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Aug 19, 2018

The shift to using software- as-a-service (SaaS) models to enable network security is gaining momentum on a global scale. However, making sense of the SaaS security landscape can be challenging. As they consider their options, organizations worldwide can ensure more effective implementations by incl...

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Aug 19, 2018

Not so long ago, technology that could learn and solve problems on its own was found only in science fiction. Today, devices with these advanced capabilities are emerging all around us, representing the latest wave of rapid progress. Artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining our way of life, enabli...

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Aug 18, 2018

With constantly changing threat landscape and evolving technologies, it is difficult for organizations to keep pace with a sheer volume of sophisticated threats. Outdated software, lack of security solutions, and unmanaged devices can make the organization vulnerable to cyber-attacks. As new securit...

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Aug 17, 2018

When a high-profile cyberattack grabs the headlines, your first instinct may be to funnel resources into purchasing a shiny new tool to defend your organization. But often, that’s not what’s really needed. Real-world breaches and security incidents prove over and over again that many of ...

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Aug 16, 2018

Parsons offers Critical Infrastructure Persistence: defense from physical or cyber vulnerabilities at the IT layer coupled with analysis of the control systems environment to ensure resilience and redundancy. With more than 20 billion devices worldwide connected to internal and external networks &nd...

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Aug 14, 2018

We all now know that cybersecurity issues are a global problem and not merely a local problem. Even for the smallest and most remote of government jurisdictions, however, we’re past the need to follow the standard outline of the usual white papers about cybersecurity. We’re not going to ...

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Aug 14, 2018

The Double-Edged Sword of Public Cloud Security. In many ways, the public cloud is more secure than a traditional data center. Asset management, inventory, audit logging, two-factor access controls, connectivity redundancy, and firewalls are built into the cloud provider platform. Servers are easier...

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Aug 10, 2018

Enterprises need scalable hybrid cloud solutions that meet all their security, data protection, and compliance requirements. To meet this need, Oracle developed Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, which offers customers a virtual data center in the cloud that allows enterprises to have complete control wit...

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Aug 10, 2018

The online security threats faced by businesses are mounting and burying your head in the sand is simply not an option! If you are a cybercrime novice, this guide will give you a basic overview of all the risks you face, the ones you need to try and avoid and the solutions you can put in place to co...

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Aug 08, 2018

Malwarebytes engaged Osterman Research to undertake an in-depth survey of security professionals in five countries. The goal of the research was to understand the organizational costs associated with cybercriminal activity, and to understand what motivates some security professionals to join the &ld...

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Aug 08, 2018

Even the most successful companies struggle with understanding their level of maturity in managing digital risk. The forces of modernization, malice and mandates— the rapid digitization of business, growing resourcefulness of malicious actors and increasing regulatory demand placed on business...

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Aug 07, 2018

The rapid rise in encrypted traffic is changing the threat landscape. As more businesses become digital, a significant number of services and applications are using encryption as the primary method of securing information. More specifically, encrypted traffic has increased by more than 90 percent ye...

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Aug 07, 2018

Measuring the success and value of an information security organization is a perennial challenge. To help address that challenge, Cisco has developed a process to consistently capture and quantify losses from security incidents and compare them against an established industry benchmark.

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Aug 05, 2018

Endpoint devices are the single largest group of devices inside your network today… and that maxim will never change. With the explosion of laptops, IoT, tablets, smartphones, and other smart technologies, the average employee uses about three different devices for work purposes. Every single...

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Aug 03, 2018

JumpCloud, Inc. (JumpCloud) engaged Coalfire, a respected Payment Card Industry (PCI) Payment Application – Qualified Security Assessor (PA-QSA) company, to conduct an independent technical assessment of their JumpCloud Directory-as-a-Service® (DaaS) platform. Coalfire conducted assessment...

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Aug 01, 2018

Panopto’s online video platform can be deployed either as a cloud-hosted service or as an on-premises solution. With the cloud-hosted service, Panopto maintains server infrastructure and ensures its continuous, optimal delivery. This document covers the physical infrastructure and security pro...

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Aug 01, 2018

The never-ending battle against malware Within today’s businesses, application and security teams continue to be mired in a never-ending battle, struggling to detect and remove malware—before it jeopardizes intellectual property, customer records, and other sensitive data. While layer up...

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Jul 31, 2018

The software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) is a specific application of software-defined networking (SDN) technology applied to WAN connections, which are used to connect enterprise networks – including branch offices and data centers – over large geographic distances.1) SD-WANs are...

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Jul 31, 2018

PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION, PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. Is personal information about you or your family discoverable in the public domain? As we share more details online, the discovery of information by third parties is often overlooked. This could involve anything from stolen credentials sold on the dark ...

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Jul 31, 2018

Protect your entire attack surface with advanced security CHALLENGES Organisations under constant attack cannot afford to choose between security and maintaining a high performance business infrastructure. From branch to campus to deep within internal segments, to physical and virtual data centers, ...

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Jul 31, 2018

Cyber is one of the hottest topics in insurance and, as a line of business, it’s projected to experience phenomenal growth in the years ahead. But cyber is still a relatively new market, and can be made unnecessarily complex by industry jargon, buzzwords of the day, and a lack of standardizati...

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Jul 29, 2018

Phishing is a social engineering technique that aims to deceive people into unknowingly providing their personal financial information or other type of credentials to cybercriminals. A phishing attack is most often initiated with a type of unsolicited email that prompts the user to click on a link w...

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Jul 29, 2018

Once inside, they were able to disrupt the company’s business operations on an unprecedented scale. The destructive virus known as NotPetya quickly spread across their computer systems, encrypting hard drives and causing machines to malfunction. The company’s email system was shut down a...

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Jul 25, 2018

Organizations face several increasingly vexing security challenges. Despite annual investments, most firms recognize that they face significant risk of security events and data breaches. The overall situation is alarming—security professionals spend billions of dollars on security, yet the bad...

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Jul 25, 2018

Predictive threat prevention Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning prevent evolving attacks including zero-day threats. Transparent to the end user Lightweight solution, utilizes only 1-4% CPU and <60MB memory that has little impact on user productivity. Runs locally. The agent requires no...

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Jul 23, 2018

Custom ICM solutions are built for you, not auditors, so they typically don’t offer visibility into actions performed over time. Auditors may lack confidence in your homegrown system, especially if they find errors or omissions. In fact, audit risk from errors and overpayments is often the mos...

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Jul 23, 2018

It all ties together. You want your sales reps to behave a certain way and close a certain amount of deals in specific verticals that match your company’s 3- and/or 5-year vision, but the systems you currently have in place to drive this behavior are not working for any number of reasons. Most...

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Jul 23, 2018

You’ve reached a certain point in the evolution of your company and you know it’s time to invest in a CPQ system. But buyer beware: There’s a certain misconception around CPQ systems as being plug-in devices or turnkey-ready overlays of your existing infrastructure, or a simple app...

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Jul 23, 2018

The spreadsheet conundrum... Joe Smith, sales director for Great Start-Up Number 5 Billion and Thirty-One, puts on a blindfold and reaches out blindly for something, ANYTHING, to help him organize his team’s deals and commissions. He’s hopeful. He’s waiting. He knows he’ll co...

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Jul 23, 2018

This paper provides an overview of online threats to civil society organizations and individuals— including non-governmental organizations, journalists, and activists—that are targeted for political purposes, and it explores the ecosystem of resources available to help these organization...

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Jul 21, 2018

When you imagine medical devices being breached by cybercriminals, your thoughts might automatically go to the horror scenario—a pacemaker being ordered to drive 800 volts into the heart of an unsuspecting politician or an infusion pump being shut off or instructed to deliver a deadly multi-do...

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Jul 21, 2018

This white paper introduces Dell EMC™ CloudIQ, a cloud-native Software-as-a-Service platform that enables administrators to remotely monitor Dell EMC Unity and SC Series systems from anywhere and at any time. This paper provides a detailed description of how to use CloudIQ to proactively monit...

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Jul 20, 2018

The advent of electronic trading platforms and networks has made exchanging financial securities easier and faster than ever; but this comes with inherent risks. Investing in money markets is no longer limited to the rich. With as little as $10, anyone can start trading stocks from a mobile phone, d...

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Jul 19, 2018

Overall cyber security concerns. Nearly all (97%) respondents recognize at least one type of cyberattack that causes concern for their organization for the next 12 months. Most likely to be causing concern are general malware attacks (57%), while phishing/spear phishing concerns half (50%) of respon...

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Jul 19, 2018

Computer security once meant annoying viruses on PCs. Then, the stakes increased. Hacking into business and government systems exposed personal and financial information to fraud, theft and embezzlement. Now though, the security of embedded systems—or, more accurately, the insecurity of embedd...

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Jul 19, 2018

Secure Access ensures that authorized users can securely connect to applications and information at any time, from any location, using any device, over any network. Secure Access is critical for today’s workforce as it is an enabler of digital transformation, empowering employees, customers, p...

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Jul 19, 2018

There is a considerable amount of market confusion around the types of threat detection, how they are derived, and the uses for each. The purpose of this paper is to address those challenges by identifying the four types of threat detection and offering sample use-cases focused on industrial control...

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Jul 17, 2018

Network Access Control (NAC) solutions have come of age, driven by the need for dynamic network visibility and automated threat reduction, wide-scale use of mobile device for Bring-Your-Own Device (BYOD) and guest networking, and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). IT organizations are rapidly...

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Jul 16, 2018

The GandCrab ransomware attacks are some of the most prevalent ransomware threats of 2018. In recent months, the GandCrab attackers were able to infect more than 50,000 victims and generate more than $600,000 in ransom payments from victims [1]. Securonix Threat Research Team has been actively inves...

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Jul 16, 2018

Using remote access tools Quasar, Sobaken and Vermin, cybercriminals have been systematically spying on Ukrainian government institutions and exfiltrating data from their systems. The threat actors, first mentioned in a report from January 2018 and tracked by ESET since mid-2017, continue to develop...

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Jul 15, 2018

This is the half-year report of our Business Main-Test Series. 1 , containing the results of the Business Malware Protection Test (March), Business Real-World Protection Test (March-June), Business Performance Test (June), as well as the Product Reviews. Products of 16 different vendors are included...

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Jul 13, 2018

Next Generation Security Gateway CYBERSHEILD delivers military-grade security in a series of simple and affordable, all-in-one security solutions to protect business employees, networks and data from cyber-theft. We offer an integrated, multi-layered security service.

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Jul 13, 2018

Modern global sporting events are not only a world stage for competing national teams: they are increasingly an arena for a wide range of online attackers. The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia presents opportunities for cyber threat actors looking to exploit the unique conditions such an event creates....

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Jul 11, 2018

Enforce Critical Security & Compliance Controls for Applications Running on AWS Tigera Secure Cloud Edition provides security and compliance controls for applications running on Amazon Web Services. Microservice applications are often customer-facing and must meet strict compliance requirements ...

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Jul 10, 2018

DETERMINE YOUR IT RISK EXPOSURE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR SECURITY CONTROLS. Nclose provides you with reassurance and facilitates regulatory compliance by delivering a comprehensive list of vulnerability assessment and penetration testing services. Regular assessment of your system’s vulne...

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Jul 10, 2018

According to the Ponemon Institute, 90% of all healthcare organizations have been breached in the past two years and 45% have had more than five breaches. Even though many have deployed endpoint security solutions such as antivirus and next-generation antivirus, they're still being infected, get...

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Jul 07, 2018

Nearly every enterprise across every industry is examining and adopting mobility as a key paradigm in the ongoing evolution of its IT operations. While some have argued that manufacturing and supply chain operations have not profited from mobility as much as many other industries, it’s importa...

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Jul 07, 2018

Informational security of states, companies, and private individuals has been becoming one of the most important areas of humanity’s everyday life. Lately, hacking attacks have become more exquisite, sophisticated, and well directed. Techniques are becoming more intricate, the number of attack...

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Jul 06, 2018

It’s a never ending cat-and-mouse game: bad guys develop malware and good guys try to detect and mitigate malware to protect the end user. Whenever manufacturers of antivirus software come up with a new method of detecting malicious code or files, hackers find a way to circumvent that techniqu...

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Jul 05, 2018

To keep up with the breakneck speed of modern business, organizations are moving customer and partner interactions online. Unfortunately, increased risk of cyber attack and the associated consequences like data theft, operational disruption, brand erosion, and employee and customer compromise have b...

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Jul 04, 2018

The increasing attack surface can easily be blamed on the number of IoT devices now being used. Some are built securely, but the majority are not. Despite more legislation being put in place to better secure IoT devices, more and more devices are interacting. The transition from closed networks to e...

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Jul 03, 2018

This playbook outlines how industry leaders are distributing security to solve scale and integration challenges using interconnection and colocation (control points). This enables them to deliver new command and control capabilities as part of a broader digital edge strategy.

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Jul 02, 2018

As cyber-attacks become increasingly sophisticated, threat analytics depend on accurate and detailed input from different sources. One key source of information is the network traffic itself: a probe (or sensor) using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) provides real-time finegrained traffic visibility, wh...

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Jul 02, 2018

Control your future, transform theirs ABB Ability™ Power Transformer. Digital natives like Kenny are growing up fast. So is the utilities sector. With changing energy sources and usage, reliable power is more important than ever – and this is exactly what the new ABB Ability™ Power...

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Jul 02, 2018

OiX AIMS TO BE A PLATFORM THAT TRANSFORMS MONOLITHIC TRADITIONAL EXCHANGE INFRASTRUCTURE INTO A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED, NEW AGE PLATFORM. This summary highlights selected information that is presented in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information you ...

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Jul 02, 2018

Every network-connected business must worry about perimeter security. For many enterprises, eBusiness success depends on defending its web servers against denial of service attacks. Zone Research estimates the average buyer will wait just 8 seconds for a page to download; eCommerce sales lost to una...

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Jul 01, 2018

Security threats are numerous and increasing daily. Defending your organization from threats has become one of the most challenging and complex issues facing companies today. SecureOps has a proactive approach to IT security and can help you protect your organization’s information assets by co...

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Jul 01, 2018

In May of 2017, the “WannaCry” network cryptoworm was set loose onto the world, causing chaos in data centers across the globe. According to some estimates, this cryptoworm impacted more than 200,000 organizations in 150 countries 1. WannaCry belongs to a class of cryotoworms known as ra...

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Jul 01, 2018

Legal Disclaimer, Risks, and Legal Considerations. You must read and consider the following “Legal Disclaimer, Risks, and Legal Considerations” section before: (1) making use of this Whitepaper and any and all information available on the website(s) of MAKEAFOLIO, INC. (the “Compan...

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Jul 01, 2018

The Internet is the global communication platform that enables all humans to connect, share and transact freely across the world. In the simplest of terms, the Internet is the ‘thing’ that connects us to everything and everybody, everywhere. The Internet comprises of software-driven netw...

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Jul 01, 2018

The growth and adoption of technology over the past several years has transformed businesses, governments, and even the economy. It affects how people interact socially, manage their finances, make purchases, perform transactions, receive news and entertainment, and even navigate their environment. ...

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Jun 30, 2018

When it comes to the global cyber landscape, threats are ever evolving, keeping organizations, as well as the security community, constantly challenged. From taking advantage of the Blockchain trading systems to developing new attack methods in the thriving mobile arena, as well as adapting previous...

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Jun 29, 2018

What We’re Up Against - RaaS in an Hour. 10.05-10.44pm Locate and setup a VPN service to hide your IP address. 10.44-10.58pm Connect to the Satan website on the Dark Web. 11.01pm Ransomware created using a simple dashboard Commission based fee structure – commission charged reduces depen...

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Jun 29, 2018

Cyber-attacks are escalating in frequency, impact, and sophistication. State actors play an increasingly larger role in this escalating dynamic, as they use cyber-attacks both offensively and defensively. For example, North Korea has been linked to WannaCry, and Russia to NotPetya, two major cyber-a...

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Jun 29, 2018

As cloud has moved from the leading edge to the mainstream, the requirements for cloud management have evolved. Enterprises need an agile framework that will allow them to integrate multiple cloud environments seamlessly and update them quickly as business and technology requirements change. Many or...

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Jun 28, 2018

In November of 2017, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), in conjunction with Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI) and SimSpace Corporation, hosted the fourth iteration of Quantum Dawn exercises, Quantum Dawn IV. The exercise provided a forum for parti...

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Jun 28, 2018

Safely download and open documents and executable files from any website, including unknown and uncategorized sites. Defend against malicious downloads with verified native application performance and usability. Eliminate restrictive IT security policies that limit user access to downloaded files an...

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Jun 28, 2018

Blockchain-based technologies and cryptocurrencies have the ability to revolutionize the way people interact on social media, making the entire process more secure through self-governance and individual ownership of data. Unfortunately, looking at the 3.77 billion Internet users — 2.79 billion...

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Jun 27, 2018

We provide: Market leader in cloud-based security. Next Generation Endpoint. Web Security (DNS Protection). Security Awareness Training. Mobile Security. BrightCloud Threat Intelligence Services. Proven: NextGen Behavior-based Endpoint Protection. BrightCloud Threat Intelligence Services used by 40+...

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Jun 26, 2018

The purpose of this Whitepaper is to present BitFence.io and the HNY Token to potential token holders in connection with the proposed token sale. The information set forth below may not be exhaustive and does not imply any elements of a contractual relationship. Its sole purpose is to provide releva...

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Jun 24, 2018

The Dell EMC VxRail™ hyperconverged infrastructure appliance provides the foundation for a resilient, adaptive cybersecurity strategy. According to Risk Based Security, a security analytics company, more than 5,000 publicly-disclosed data breaches occurred in 2017, with nearly 8 billion record...

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Jun 22, 2018

As connectivity to the outside world grows, security is becoming one of the most important topics in industrial IT and Operational Technology (OT), i.e. the hardware and software used in the production area. Industrial cybersecurity developed into a board-level topic during 2017. But what do user co...

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Jun 21, 2018

Our messaging services SkyFile Mail and SkyFile C include all the features needed to eliminate viruses and spam on the bases of typical properties (Blocked HELO, greylisting etc.). This is very important, as the number of spam/viruses is rising constantly. Viruses and spam represent more than 70% of...

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Jun 20, 2018

This document herein is a whitepaper which provides technical specific overview of the current and potential future state of the Path Platform and token ecosystem. This whitepaper is for informational and educational usage only, and as our technology and development may change is not a statement of ...

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Jun 14, 2018

Ransomware is not an unfamiliar threat. For the last few years it has been affecting the world of cybersecurity, infecting and blocking access to various devices or files and requiring users to pay a ransom (usually in Bitcoins or another widely used e-currency), if they want to regain access to the...

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Jun 14, 2018

What’s the cost of poor network security? Digital networks are now the backbone of every retail and hospitality operation. Every second of every day in-store voice and data networks are used to deliver a staggering level of business-critical data – from purchase transactions, stock data ...

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Jun 14, 2018

MRG Effitas has published an Online Banking Browser Security Report every year for the last four years. Since 2013, that single report has been replaced by quarterly assessments. This report is the assessment for Q1 2018. Whilst this report sits in much the same space as our previous reports, it emp...

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Jun 13, 2018

Value Proposition We offer industry-leading expertise and the full range of high-end services and cyber Security products to enable organizations meet their information security, business continuity and compliance imperatives. Our Core Values: Under-Committing and Over-Delivering Approach. Latest Me...

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Jun 11, 2018

Microsoft Office 365 is one of the fastest-growing cloud-based applications today. While many organizations were at first reluctant to embrace cloud-based applications, especially the Office 365 cloud-based Exchange Online email capabilities, recent adoption figures show that initial reluctance has ...

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Jun 07, 2018

Defeating the growing threat of ransomware Ransomware is notoriously difficult to stop. Once it infects devices, its victims face the hard decision of either paying the attackers for a key to unlock the data or forever losing their files. A recent Malwarebytes-sponsored global survey of IT executive...

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Jun 07, 2018

The growing risk of advanced threats and targeted attacks. Enterprise Threats Landscape. Targeted attacks and advanced threats – including Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) – are some of the most dangerous risks to enterprise systems. However, while the threats and techniques that cyber...

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Jun 05, 2018

Mandala is a platform that will bring cryptocurrencies and blockchain assets to the masses through a beautifully designed user interface and easy to understand trading technology. Mandala is introducing a functional token, MDX, which will be used to help facilitate simple and more successful trades ...

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Jun 03, 2018

Secure and resilient networks and systems Nuance® Healthcare customers understandably place a great deal of trust in us, and we are dedicated to earning it. Our focus is to expand customer confidence in the integrity of our solutions, whether it be a HITRUST® certified environment, solutions...

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Jun 03, 2018

Ransomware is today’s number one security threat. The U.S. is still the country most affected by ransomware, followed by Japan, Italy, India, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Australia, Russia, and Canada. And now each version seems to be more powerful, destructive, and difficult to detect and elimin...

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Jun 02, 2018

After GDPR. After the bow wave of GDPR readiness legal work in the run up to 25 May 2018, IT lawyers may be forgiven for thinking that the biggest change is now behind them. But the truth is that GDPR heralds rather than ends a period of change in IT law and regulation as business transforms through...

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Jun 02, 2018

Welcome to “Phish & Ships”, the maritime cyber security newsletter, keeping you up to date with the shipping and offshore industry initiative, “Be Cyber Aware At Sea”. Issue 19 is generously sponsored by Turrem Data Group Limited (TDG), an emerging expert player in the cy...

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Jun 01, 2018

Communication service providers (CSPs) offer a variety of services to enterprises that complement basic network connectivity such as router, firewall, carrier-grade network address translation (CGNAT), session border controller (SBC), virtual private network (VPN), WAN traffic control, WAN accelerat...

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Jun 01, 2018

The information set out below may not be exhaustive and doesn’t imply any elements of a contractual relationship or obligations. The sole purpose of this Whitepaper is to present HighIoT, the Akita device and HIT tokens to potential token holders in connection with the proposed token sale. Des...

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Jun 01, 2018

Accelerate ISO 27001 compliance with SIEM. For most organizations achieving ISO 27001 compliance is a challenging task, because of its broad scope. This SIEM and ISO 27001 mapping aim to show how Sentor’s SIEM solution LogSentry can accelerate ISO 27001 compliance. In order to accelerate ISO 2...

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May 31, 2018

Employee choice has become a cornerstone of modern IT strategy. By allowing people to choose the best devices for their needs, organizations can improve productivity, flexibility, and even job satisfaction. With the right strategy, IT can ensure the proper policies and technologies are in place to p...

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May 29, 2018

Blackpoint’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service provides 24/7/365 coverage so your organization can focus on other priorities. Let Blackpoint’s experienced MDR team monitor, actively hunt, and respond to real-time threats using its patented SNAP-Defense platform.

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May 23, 2018

The increasing complexity in the enterprise network has created many blind spots. Today, employees are connecting to the network from many places and from multiple devices. The number of smart devices accessing the network and the use of public cloud services continue to grow. And encrypted traffic ...

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May 17, 2018

5G touches almost every aspect of the way we live our lives. It’s not just about faster, bigger or better, it’s about utilizing 5G as an enabler to a series of services that we all will consume in every aspect of our lives. The time is NOW to consider the security implications and cyber ...

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May 17, 2018

A cybersecurity breach at a major corporation has taken place. How many times have we read about this in recent years? Just last year, we learned that the private information of around 143 million consumers was compromised when Equifax was hacked.1 And if a major corporation cannot protect its infor...

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May 15, 2018

Disaster Recovery as a Service, or DRaaS, is a fully managed solution that minimizes disruption and data loss following a disaster. Data backup is an important part of disaster recovery (DR), but another critical component is the ability to restore systems that allow businesses to actually use that ...

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May 03, 2018

Malicious cyber activity continues to evolve rapidly, with an expanding set of tools available to a growing range of threat actors. The public and private sector have yet to fully evolve their threat models, defenses, and courses of action in line with this landscape. While frameworks for indication...

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May 02, 2018

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) Detection solution developed by NetFlow Logic brings new early warning alerting capabilities allowing to stop DDoS attack before targeted network devices and servers are incapacitated. DDoS attacks are notoriously difficult to detect timely and defend against. Tr...

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May 01, 2018

With this free e-book we would like to assist agencies, freelancers, website owners and WooCommerce shop operators to get an easy access to the most important contents of the EU’s upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR). In addition, we will show you some practical case examples ...

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Apr 26, 2018

Overview: Cybersecurity in Healthcare. Overview: Cybersecurity concerns expand as industries modernize. Healthcare sector has gone digital, largely insecurely. Greater than 95% EHR utilization exposed to threats emanating from employees to sophisticated cybercriminals. $$ for PHI on the dark web. Ra...

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Apr 13, 2018

The Malware Protection Test is an enhancement of the File Detection Test which was performed years ago. Due to the increased scope of the test, readers are advised to read the methodology described below. Please note that we do not recommend purchasing a product purely on the basis of one individual...

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Apr 13, 2018

Drones threaten the physical security of enterprises and their cybersecurity. Hackers and cyber terrorists take advantage of drones as a quiet, discreet technology, with the capability to carry heavy payloads over fences and right next to structures without attention. Nefarious actors use drones to ...

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Apr 10, 2018

IT security concerns you. In fact, like it or not, it concerns everybody, however sceptical they may be. Theft of hardware or data, virtual identity theft, and even surveillance of online activity, are no longer crimes to which only celebrities fall victim, but ones which may be perpetrated against ...

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Apr 01, 2018

Threat actors are more sophisticated, with more detailed knowledge not only about critical and proprietary control system components, but also about the actual physical process that is being controlled. Some threat actors are also increasingly able to demonstrate that they have access to extensive s...

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Apr 01, 2018

CallTrackingMetrics’ (CTM’s) Security and Privacy Program follows a streamlined framework based on NIST 800-30 Rev. 1 guidance. The program was initially developed to adhere to the the Meaningful Use criteria and the HIPAA HITECH Express regulations. In early 2018, in addition to our HIP...

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Mar 27, 2018

Defense industry factories now are targets for cyber-attacks, author Robert Metzger of Rogers Joseph O’Donnell writes. Through network-delivered or supply-chain attacks, adversaries can steal sensitive information and IP, cripple production, degrade product functionality or even destroy defens...

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Mar 27, 2018

In less than a decade, ransomware—a type of malware—has catapulted itself to the top of cybercriminals’ list of preferred attacks. This phenomenon is as noteworthy as it is scary and has continued to reign supreme in the past few years.  Most ransomware follows a straightforwa...

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Mar 26, 2018

There is a growing realization that our digital society can be exploited and abused in ways that are inimical to our values. There is also an increased awareness that we are looking at highly sophisticated state-sponsored attacks aim primarily for economic advantage. The attackers are growing in ski...

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Mar 21, 2018

How to keep your website secure? Use Secure Credentials. Regular Checks for Malware. Check All Permissions. Keep all your software and plugins updated. Regularly check application level vulnerabilities. Use Web Application Firewall. Have a DDOS Protection service. Protect your Endpoints.

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Mar 20, 2018

The Communiqué issued at the March 2017 meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FM&CBG) in Baden-Baden noted that the malicious use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) could disrupt financial services crucial to both national and international fina...

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Mar 13, 2018

Mobile devices have opened a profitable new window of opportunity for criminals executing phishing attacks. Attackers are successfully circumventing existing phishing protection to target the mobile device. These attacks are highlighting security shortcomings and exposing sensitive data and personal...

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Mar 13, 2018

Please read this entire section and do not take any actions until you finish it. This white paper is a summary of safein business model, technology and a brief introduction to safein fundraiser’s principles. Safein fundraiser is considered to be a crowdfunding campaign. Detailed terms and cond...

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Mar 05, 2018

As trends such as machine-to-machine connectivity, smart devices, social networks, and migrating to the cloud progress, there is a growing concern around the compromise of privacy and data security. Even government and commercial organizations are threatened by sophisticated intrusion tactics. There...

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Mar 04, 2018

Embracing Cyber Risk Management. Across the globe, businesses have become more reliant than ever on technology. Yet with a growing digital footprint, the risk of a business incurring a cyber incident is no longer a question of if, but when. As the digital world evolves, New Zealand businesses must c...

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Mar 02, 2018

The blockchain technology provides a digital trust mechanism for human beings which enhances the efficiency of value exchange and reduces costs, the genuinely credible and efficient Internet of Value is approaching. In recent years, many breakthroughs have been made in the field of artificial intell...

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Mar 02, 2018

Think about how much you rely on your charity’s critical data, supporter details, information on beneficiaries, volunteer data, governing documents, as well as invoices and payment details. Now imagine how long you would be able to operate without them. All charities, regardless of nature and ...

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Mar 01, 2018

Taylor is an easy-to-use trading assistant service and mobile app that helps people make quick trades and earn small profits many times a day. The service works by signaling good entry points and allowing them to buy and sell almost instantly on popular exchanges, such as Poloniex and Bittrex. The e...

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Feb 21, 2018

Financial institutions have long been especially lucrative targets for insider attacks, but with the computerization of firm systems and assets, attacks can now be launched on a grander scale than ever before. Insider attacks on firms’ electronic systems can result in financial and intellectua...

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Feb 16, 2018

Worldwide enterprise security spending is expected to reach $96.3 billion in 2018, an increase of 8 percent from 20171 . Organizations are spending more on security than ever before, but the number and severity of cyber attacks is on the rise, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses f...

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Feb 15, 2018

Businesses large and small are under threat from increasingly aggressive and brutal ransomware attacks. Loss of access to critical files, followed by a demand for payment can cause massive disruption to an organization’s productivity. But what does a typical attack look like? And what security...

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Feb 14, 2018

Over 91% of system breaches have been caused by a phishing attack. Today, phishing attacks continue to be one of the most successful attack types initiated by email. This is especially true for spear phishing, an attack schemed against a certain individual, which has been popular in manipulating hig...

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Feb 14, 2018

Cryptocurrencies. A decade ago, names such as Bitcoin, Dash, Etherem, and Monero were merely buzzwords. Fast forward to today, and they’ve become as recognizable as the U.S. dollar and the Euro. In many realms, these digital currencies are ushering in a new era of investing – a modern go...

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Feb 13, 2018

This report examines the substantial economic costs that malicious cyber activity imposes on the U.S. economy. Cyber threats are ever-evolving and may come from sophisticated adversaries. Due to common vulnerabilities, instances of security breaches occur across firms and in patterns that are diffic...

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Feb 13, 2018

The world has unquestionably changed in the last 10 years and it begs the question “where will we be in 10 years time?” Smart cities, driverless cars, increased drone usage and AI will all have a bearing on how we live our lives and run our businesses. With the advent of smart phones and...

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Feb 13, 2018

Cyberattacks, negative consequences, impact on the brand image. We live in a world full of threats… And Data is becoming the new gold! Security of your sensitive data, regardless of location, is essential for a smooth functioning of your business processes and the development of your organiza...

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Feb 07, 2018

The information set forth in this presentation (“White Paper”) is not exhaustive and does not constitute a contractual offer. The content is therefore not binding for persons intending to participate in the token generation event for the MOAT token as described in this White Paper. Contr...

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Feb 06, 2018

THE EXABEAM 2018 CYBER SECURITY PROFESSIONALS SALARY AND JOB REPORT is based on a global survey of 481 security professionals that was conducted in March 2018. The purpose of the survey was to gain insights into the trends with security professionals’ salaries (focusing on the median range of ...

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Feb 01, 2018

In 2017, cryptocurrencies became a booming industry, attracting the attention of not only new users, but also cybercriminals. As the fraudsters came rushing to the newly crowded cryptocurrency space, users, businesses, and exchanges have found themselves the target of various fraud schemes – f...

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Jan 31, 2018

As the volume and speed of network data increases, security tools are unable to keep up, resulting in security tool sprawl, performance degradation, inefficiencies and unnecessary expenditures. All of this leads to increased time to threat detection and response and a higher risk of a breach –...

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Jan 25, 2018

Data breaches are at an all-time high, with new and evolving technologies being used to instigate as well as prevent cyberattacks. With companies, governments and citizens facing a growing risk of being hacked, data security demands both defensive and offensive strategic solutions. This paper explor...

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Jan 25, 2018

In this white paper, we will present relatively new and trending application security technologies which are important to implement in the next year in order to keep your application security posture up to date and resistant to modern threats. We will also discuss the benefits that you can expect fr...

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Jan 17, 2018

“The UK government judges that the Russian government, specifically the Russian military, was responsible for the destructive NotPetya cyber-attack. We call upon Russia to be the responsible member of the international community it claims to be rather then secretly trying to undermine it&rdquo...

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Jan 17, 2018

At EC-Council University, we have high aspirations for our students. They will be tomorrow’s technology leaders. We strive to prepare our graduates to embrace the challenging position of Cyber Security Specialists in International organizations worldwide. We consider this to be the school wher...

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Jan 16, 2018

Our increasing dependence on technology and web-based communication has opened the door for cybersecurity threat, particularly in the oil and gas industry. Petroleum companies face significant threats, such as hydrocarbon installation terrorism, which can cause plant shutdowns resulting from sabotag...

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Jan 13, 2018

Branch networks are changing rapidly. The most pressing challenges of today include an increasing number of mobile and IoT devices, growing bandwidth requirements of the business, and modern users who expect connectivity for work and personal use—all while the teams that run these distributed ...

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Jan 10, 2018

For many agencies, cloud computing is a vital component of their IT strategy because it provides the flexibility and scalability government needs to meet modern technology demands. But while there are significant benefits of the cloud, agencies must be careful not to sacrifice security during cloud ...

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Jan 09, 2018

In a world of increasingly stealthy and sophisticated cyber criminals, it is difficult, costly and ineffective for companies to defend themselves against these threats alone. As revealed in The Third Annual Study on Exchanging Cyber Threat Intelligence: There Has to Be a Better Way, more companies a...

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Jan 09, 2018

Children and teens can be caught by the same kinds of security problems that affect adults (drive-by downloads, links to malicious sites, viruses and malware, etc.). But there are some special ways criminals get to kids, such as links to “fan sites” that contain malicious links or &ldquo...

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Jan 09, 2018

Confidentiality. prevents unauthorized use or disclosure of information. Integrity. safeguards the accuracy and completeness of information. Availability. authorized users have reliable and timely access to information. The Internet was initially designed for connectivity – Trust assumed &ndas...

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Jan 08, 2018

Preparing security professionals and business leaders to shift their thinking and manage cyber as an enterprise risk in 2018. Since issuing our 2017 predictions, we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the sophistication, scale, and impact of cyber attacks. As companies strive to enrich their customer e...

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Jan 05, 2018

The United States Federal Government relies heavily on information technology to drive efficiencies and increase citizen engagement. However, an uptick in cyber attacks and data breaches that affect government operations has created a perfect storm of risks and challenges. Cyber threats continue to ...

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Jan 04, 2018

While new technology has created an increasingly interconnected digital ecosystem, offering opportunities for innovation and productivity, the cyber sphere also presents new risks and challenges. Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy is in its second year and is driving change and pushing the pu...

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Jan 04, 2018

Security Challenges: Integrating Mac into Windows Environments Apple® Mac devices are growing in corporate popularity by the day. It’s up to IT departments to make sure that these devices utilize all resources in the environment, as well as ensure they’re visible and managed. This ca...

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Dec 28, 2017

If your organisation carries out business in the European Union, then you may be aware that your life is about to become a lot more complicated starting in May 2018. That’s when the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect. IBM is positioned to help you develop strateg...

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Dec 28, 2017

The threat to the legal sector In the aftermath of headline-grabbing cyber attacks, managing partners in law firms around the world have been posing the same question to their firm’s IT leaders: “Could this happen to us?” “Yes” is likely the honest answer. As the legal ...

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Dec 14, 2017

That digitization is changing our society is, in itself, nothing new. The speed of change, however, is often underestimated. Technology is not evolving linearly, but exponentially, and our brains are not suited to think exponentially. Some idea of this speed, however, is necessary if we want to unde...

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Nov 21, 2017

This year we have reached the stage where 50% of the world’s population is connected to the Internet, compared to 40% in 2016. And, with more people online than ever before, every minute that goes by witnesses 3.5 million Google search queries, $751,522 spent, 156 million emails sent, 342,000 ...

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Nov 01, 2017

Security is becoming a rapidly evolving and complex issue that various organizations are contending with today. It continues to be one of the most pressing challenges faced by Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) today. With the increasing impact of socia...

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Oct 24, 2017

Increasing layers of defense have forced the attackers to change their approach, using file-less attack techniques that ‘live off the land’ and are difficult to detect by traditional means. More and more attackers are taking advantage of what already exists on a device to carry out their...

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Oct 23, 2017

Over the past two decades, the world of cyberspace has dramatically altered the way in which businesses operate. In this new unforgiving era, companies have to quickly adjust to the rapidly changing landscape, adopting and integrating new technologies, or risk getting left behind.

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Oct 18, 2017

The Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) Data Security Leadership Board (DSLB) commissioned the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the health and social care system in England to carry out a review of May 2017’s WannaCry cyber attack. 1.2. The report sets out the events that oc...

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Oct 17, 2017

While the implementation of computer-based control systems, particularly railway signalling and interlocking tools, is helping to increase capacity, speed, and optimize train operation, maintaining the cybersecurity of such devices is of paramount importance.

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Oct 17, 2017

With high-profile security attacks occurring every day, organizations are more concerned than ever with cyber security. Many are going well beyond anti-virus protection and firewalls to adopt multiple layers of security such as intruder prevention systems, sandboxing, and secure web gateways.

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Oct 13, 2017

Cyber attacks are a threat to the entire financial system, a fact that is underscored by recent reports of significant and successful attacks both inside and outside the financial sector. The 2016 attack on the Bangladesh Bank resulted in the theft of $81 million, the WannaCry ransomware attack infe...

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Oct 10, 2017

Ransomware is a critical threat that is currently affecting organizations. It is estimated that in 2017[14], damages due to ransomware will exceed $5 billion. Some of the prominent ransomware families, such as CryptoWall [6], Crypto Fortress [7], DMA-Locker [8] and CryptoLocker [4], not only encrypt...

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Oct 09, 2017

AN APPLICATION-CENTRIC APPROACH TO FIREWALL RULE RECERTIFICATION: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS Firewall rules support applications or processes that require network connectivity to and from specific servers, users and networks. Every year these rules need to be reviewed and recertified as part of ongoing...

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Oct 04, 2017

This paper is aimed at information security professionals looking to combat ransomware on their enterprise servers. It provides guidance on how to adopt and implement safeguards to enterprise servers across physical, virtual, and cloud environments leveraging Trend Micro™ Deep Security™....

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Oct 01, 2017