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June 08, 2017
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Jun'17
Infosec17: CheckRecipient crowned UK’s most innovative cyber security firm
Venture capital-backed machine learning technology developer startup wins national competition to find most innovative cyber security company
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June 07, 2017
07
Jun'17
Many non-voters would vote if they could do it online
An online voting system would increase turnout in general elections if it was available in the UK
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June 06, 2017
06
Jun'17
UK voters worried that election will be targeted by hackers
Online voting is being held back in the UK because of fears that cyber criminals could influence the results
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May 31, 2017
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May'17
WannaCry shows validity of risk-based security, says RSA head
WannaCry and other recent cyber attacks underline the importance of adopting a risk-based approach to security, says RSA president
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
EternalRocks worm combines seven leaked NSA attack tools
Hard on the heels of the WannaCry ransomware attacks, a researcher has found a worm that combines four NSA exploits and associated attack tools, including EternalBlue used by WannaCry
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May 22, 2017
22
May'17
Middle East largely unscathed after WannaCry cyber attack
The impact of WannaCry on the Middle East was reduced due to the attack falling on a weekend, but it is a stark warning
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May 16, 2017
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May'17
UK government sees collaboration as key to cyber security success
The UK government believes collaboration between the public and private sectors is critical to success in cyber security
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May 16, 2017
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May'17
Financial services CISOs prioritise GDPR – but their service providers might not have
Survey shows 52% of CISOs working in the finance sector have made compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation an investment priority
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May 16, 2017
16
May'17
Ransomware: Protect yourself with good backup and cloud policies
More ransomware attacks are likely. The best way to protect against them is to have up-to-date in-house backups and to ensure cloud backups are adequately protected and available
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May 12, 2017
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May'17
Singapore universities hit by advanced persistent threat attacks
The attacks on NUS and NTU networks appear to be the work of APT actors and not casual hackers
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May 10, 2017
10
May'17
Edward Snowden: Closed public cloud platforms risk "disempowering" enterprises
NSA whistleblower tells OpenStack Summit, via video link, that investing in closed public cloud platforms can lead to users parting with more than just their money
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May 08, 2017
08
May'17
There are Dutch lessons in breach notification as GDPR approaches
The Netherlands is a pioneer when it comes to legislating around data protection, so GDPR might not be as much of a shock as in other countries.
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May 04, 2017
04
May'17
Testing is key to IoT security, says researcher
Building an effective testing process across all elements associated with a product is key to securing the internet of things, according to a researcher in the field
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May 04, 2017
04
May'17
Phishing gets personal with fake Google Docs app
A phishing scam targeting users of Google Docs demonstrates that attacks on personal accounts to steal credentials and other personal data are likely to increase to get around corporate security controls
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April 26, 2017
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Apr'17
Danish defence minister accuses Russia of cyber espionage
Government officials in Denmark believe they have been under attack from Russia-based hackers
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
One in eight people have suffered a healthcare data breach
A quarter of victims had their NI number compromised and 18% saw their biometric identifiers compromised, but most people trust healthcare providers with their data
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
Research highlights cloud security complacency in organisations that ditch on-premise tech
Enterprise attitudes to cloud security are laid bare in the latest research report from Bitglass, and suggest more could be done to secure corporate data stored off-premise
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April 20, 2017
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Apr'17
Banks suffer average of 85 attempted serious cyber attacks a year, and one-third are successful
Banks face daily cyber attacks, many of which succeed in stealing data, research finds
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April 20, 2017
20
Apr'17
InterContinental Hotel Group reveals extent of malware attack
Hotel group InterContinental (IHG) reveals that malware attempting to glean payment card details sat undetected on its network in the US for three months
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
Lloyds Bank tests biometric authentication from Microsoft
Banking group is trying out enterprise-grade biometric authentication for its online customers
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April 13, 2017
13
Apr'17
Enterprise adoption of encryption accelerating, study shows
Cloud adoption and escalating threats are accelerating adoption of encryption, a study has revealed
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April 11, 2017
11
Apr'17
Security as a service on the rise in the UAE
Organisations in the United Arab Emirates are increasingly turning to security services
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April 10, 2017
10
Apr'17
Outsourcing service left Scottrade Bank customer data exposed
Mistake by outsourcing service provider left the details of 20,000 Scottrade Bank customers vulnerable to theft
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April 06, 2017
06
Apr'17
Interview: F-Secure’s Mikko Hyppönen on the Nordics, Russia and the internet of insecure things
Computer Weekly sat down with Finnish cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen to talk about security in the Nordics, Russia and the trouble with connected devices
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April 04, 2017
04
Apr'17
Chinese hacking group targeted firms through IT MSPs
Security researchers have uncovered a China-based cyber espionage campaign that targeted IT services firms and their customers, underlining the need for supply chain security
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March 28, 2017
28
Mar'17
Threats grow in Saudi Arabia’s cyber sector
Saudi Arabia's wealth makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals, but what have been the recent trends in cyber crime?
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March 24, 2017
24
Mar'17
Case study: How the Department for Education deployed flexible IT
The Department of Education has upgraded its ageing datacentre to the Azure cloud and Office 365, and rolled out Microsoft Surface devices
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March 23, 2017
23
Mar'17
Palo Alto Networks expands APAC footprint with regional headquarters
Palo Alto Networks’ Singapore headquarters will house sales and support staff, as well as security analysts from Unit 42, the company’s threat intelligence team
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March 13, 2017
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Mar'17
Singapore’s Republic Polytechnic opens new labs to groom cyber security talent
New lab facilities have been established at Singapore’s Republic Polytechnic through partnerships with RSA Security, Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro and Ixia
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March 08, 2017
08
Mar'17
Cloud-based ID management is key to PostNL’s public cloud strategy
Mail company uses Azure, AWS, Salesforce, SuccessFactors, Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics as it shifts from on-premise IT
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
AWS outage shows vulnerability of cloud disaster recovery
The recent outage at Amazon Web Services has highlighted the risks of using any public cloud for disaster recovery IT
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February 28, 2017
28
Feb'17
CloudPets’ data breach underlines need for secure cloud apps
More than two million voice recordings and e-mail addresses and password data for more than 800,000 accounts linked to an internet-connected toy have been leaked online
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February 27, 2017
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Feb'17
Citizen Love: the story of an ordinary family's fight with the US government
Finnish documentary makers Raimo Uunila and Lauri Danska tell the behind-the-scenes story of activist Lauri Love’s battle with the US government – and the impact of the case on his family
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February 24, 2017
24
Feb'17
Number of people hit by professional financial cyber attack grows after lull
Kaspersky Labs reports that the number of people hit by financial cyber attack grew in 2016 after falling in the previous two years
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February 23, 2017
23
Feb'17
Dutch banks and ISPs behind in domain security
Dutch banks are falling behind organisations in other sectors when it comes to securing domains.
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February 21, 2017
21
Feb'17
Oracle fleshes out APAC cloud strategy
Enterprise IT giant Oracle is looking to better serve APAC customers with data sovereignty requirements
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February 20, 2017
20
Feb'17
Singapore commits over S$80 million to transform SMEs
Funding will support digital transformation efforts and bolster cyber security and data analytics capabilities
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February 20, 2017
20
Feb'17
Singapore companies to be cloud-first in two years
Large enterprises in Singapore will think cloud-first, though security remains a bugbear
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February 15, 2017
15
Feb'17
Euroclear automates firewall rule management with AlgoSec
Post-trade back-office process provider has made the management of firewalls more efficient through security management software
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February 14, 2017
14
Feb'17
AWS preps GDPR readiness by signing up to cloud Code of Conduct
AWS is now a member of the Association of Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe, which means EC2 and the like need to follow certain rules
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February 14, 2017
14
Feb'17
Oracle expands cloud offerings in Australia
Tech giant Oracle will deliver platform and infrastructure services through its Sydney datacentre
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
Middle East organisations urged to prioritise cyber defence
As the Middle East IT industry continues to transform and embrace digitisation, what are the greatest threats it faces today?
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
Intel: Enterprise trust in public cloud is on the rise, but skill shortages hinder adoption
The 2017 Intel cloud security report suggests enterprise attitudes to public cloud are softening, but a shortage of skilled security workers is holding back adoption
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February 10, 2017
10
Feb'17
Ordinary citizens with no terror links caught by US surveillance, court hears
US government has “extraordinary access” to private data of non-US citizens around the world, a Dublin court is told
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February 09, 2017
09
Feb'17
Singapore to build deep capabilities in data analytics and cyber security
Data analytics and cyber security are key to Singapore's efforts to build strong digital capabilities
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February 08, 2017
08
Feb'17
How a Dublin court case could derail EU-US data privacy agreements
The Irish Commercial Court will consider whether privacy protection offered by standard contractual clauses for data transfers to the US from Europe is legally valid
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February 08, 2017
08
Feb'17
Interview: How security approaches are evolving in Southeast Asia and beyond
Bill Smith, senior vice-president of worldwide field operations at LogRhythm, talks to Computer Weekly about the big shift in cyber security from traditional security models to behavioural anomaly detection, continuous data monitoring and analytics
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February 07, 2017
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Feb'17
Facebook Schrems legal case will have ‘sweeping’ impact on EU-US privacy
The US government says the legal case by the Irish data protection commissioner could have sweeping ramifications for EU-US data sharing and could undermine international co-operation
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February 07, 2017
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Feb'17
US weighs email and cloud privacy law
US privacy advocates and tech firms push for updated email and cloud privacy legislation that has been approved by the House of Representatives, but still requires approval by the US Senate
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February 06, 2017
06
Feb'17
Google to appeal against order to hand over foreign emails
UK firms urged to consider the risks of non-UK cloud service providers and to encrypt data in the light of another US warrant to access emails held by a US cloud services firm on non-US servers
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February 02, 2017
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Feb'17
EU’s General Data Protection Regulation unknown to most UK adults
The majority of UK workers are unaware of incoming regulation, leaving employers with work to do on GDPR awareness and coming UK data protection laws in 2017, survey shows
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February 01, 2017
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Feb'17
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and British security company sign agreement
Agreement between BAE Systems and CSA aims to develop national cyber security capabilities as part of Singapore’s cyber security strategy
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Australian organisations forced to take cyber insurance seriously
The take-up of cyber security insurance in Australia remains low, but it could increase if data breach notification regulations come into force
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January 19, 2017
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Jan'17
National crime survey figures show growing cyber crime
Cyber crime is on the up and is now included in official crime figures
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January 06, 2017
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Jan'17
Ransomware expected to dominate in 2017
Ransomware and IoT-enabled attacks are expected to continue, while 2017 will see the rise of data integrity attacks, targeting of cloud infrastructure and the use of AI by attackers, experts predict
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December 22, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 state surveillance, investigatory powers and activism stories of 2016
This year saw the UK introduce the Snoopers' Charter, legalising some of the most extensive government surveillance powers in the world. Computer Weekly exposed state monitoring of Parliamentary emails, and reported on activist Lauri Love's legal ...
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December 21, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 IT security stories of 2016
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT security stories of 2016:
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December 19, 2016
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Dec'16
Review of 2016: Top 10 CW Benelux articles
Here are the 10 most popular Benelux-focused Computer Weekly articles of 2016
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December 18, 2016
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Dec'16
Could blockchain revolutionise the Middle East?
The Middle East could pioneer the use of blockchain, transforming the processes used by organisations in the region
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December 15, 2016
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Dec'16
Typo allowed Russian hackers to access US Democratic Party emails
Typographical mistake in an email warning of a phishing attack on the US Democrats led to thousands of private emails being accessed and published by Russian-backed hackers
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December 14, 2016
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Dec'16
Swedish trading venue Nasdaq Stockholm fined for cyber security failures
The Swedish financial services regulator FI fines Nasdaq Stockholm and its clearing operation for not managing its security supplier adequately
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December 13, 2016
13
Dec'16
Saudi Arabia enterprise IT trends for 2017
Computer Weekly looks at the technologies that will dominate enterprise IT in Saudi Arabia next year
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December 13, 2016
13
Dec'16
KFC hacked: Customers urged to reset loyalty scheme passwords
Fast food giant has emailed all 1.2 million members of its loyalty scheme, urging them to change their passwords after its recent data breach
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December 13, 2016
13
Dec'16
European cloud adoption grows thanks to Microsoft Office 365 push
Google broke the mould with a cloud-based office productivity suite, but it now appears to be losing ground to Microsoft
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December 06, 2016
06
Dec'16
UK falls below global cyber security confidence
Global confidence in ability to accurately assess cyber risk has fallen in the past year, but the UK has fallen below the global average
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December 05, 2016
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Dec'16
IT Priorities 2017: UK and European firms to continue to invest in data protection ahead of GDPR
Data protection is to remain a key focus for IT security investment for European firms in 2017, but the emphasis is on cloud and mobile security as companies move to these technology platforms
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December 05, 2016
05
Dec'16
Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016
Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016
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November 30, 2016
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Nov'16
Thousands of National Lottery accounts hacked
National Lottery operator Camelot says the log-in details of thousands of people who do the lottery online have been stolen
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November 15, 2016
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Nov'16
CIO interview: Marc Touitou, the World Health Organization
Marc Touitou joined the World Health Organization as CIO at the time of the Ebola outbreak in Africa. He promptly set about being a catalyst for change
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November 15, 2016
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Nov'16
Amber Rudd orders Lauri Love extradition to US to face hacking charges
Engineering student Lauri Love faces trials in three US states and a possible 99-year jail sentence for allegedly hacking into US government computer systems as part of a political protest, despite concerns over his health
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November 10, 2016
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Nov'16
Siemens deploys Syncplicity for global file sharing on private cloud
A roll-out to 350,000 staff was achieved at break-neck speed, thanks to a carefully-prepared deployment process
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November 09, 2016
09
Nov'16
Aller Group deploys Dropbox Business in European AWS cloud
The end of Safe Harbour left many European businesses exposed in terms of data privacy, but Dropbox now has a German datacentre hosted on Amazon Web Services
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November 08, 2016
08
Nov'16
AWS shares datacentre security secrets to inspire more enterprise cloud adoption
CISO says there is no need to sacrifice security to pursue innovation in the cloud, as he reveals how the cloud giant safeguards customer information in its datacentres
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November 03, 2016
03
Nov'16
Intel Security to become McAfee in April 2017
Intel Security has detailed a wave of product innovations at Focus 2016, but promises more to come when it is spun out as an independent company under the McAfee banner
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November 02, 2016
02
Nov'16
Pure-play cyber security has real value, says incoming McAfee head
Intel Security has outlined its strategy to protect the new digital economy as it gears up for innovation as a new independent pure-play security firm under the McAfee banner
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November 02, 2016
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Nov'16
Intel Security shifts channel strategy
Intel Security adjusts its channel strategy in response to a market shift towards services-based security
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October 25, 2016
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Oct'16
Malaysian insurer partners IT supplier to tailor cyber security policies
Partnership is in response to requests from AIG customers for a more comprehensive risk management approach to cyber insurance
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October 19, 2016
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Oct'16
Asean countries deepen joint efforts against global cyber threats
Asean Cyber Capacity Programme (ACCP) launched in Singapore to fund cyber security efforts across the region.
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October 18, 2016
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Oct'16
Saving Lauri Love: activists plan their next move
An eclectic bunch of activists, charity workers and reformed hackers spent a rainy Sunday afternoon plotting their next move in a campaign to save Lauri Love from extradition to the US on hacking charges
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October 12, 2016
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Oct'16
Thousands of significant cyber incidents hit Australian organisations
Australian Cyber Security Centre report reveals growing threat, with energy, banking and finance, and communications sectors targeted most often
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October 11, 2016
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Oct'16
Middle East CISO Council CEO warns of global cyber security storm
Cyber security issues will be a major theme at this month’s GITEX Technology Week 2016 conference in Dubai
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October 10, 2016
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Oct'16
Singapore: a nation united on its digital future
Singapore is setting itself to be a leader in the digital age, with a reorganised government department the protagonist
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October 05, 2016
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Oct'16
SMEs are the Achilles heel for Asean security
Small to medium-sized enterprises in the Asean region will be gateways to large enterprises for cyber criminals unless they improve their security
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September 25, 2016
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Sep'16
Australia must take cyber security opportunity
Australia may never be able to create an IT industry like that in the US, but it can lead in cyber security
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September 21, 2016
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Sep'16
London Capital Group improves service deployment with SDN
Online trading firm has revitalised its service delivery after switching a legacy physical network for VMware NSX SDN
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September 19, 2016
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Sep'16
Consumers trust banks more than government for biometric security
UK citizens think banks are the best organisations to provide biometric authentication for payments
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September 16, 2016
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Sep'16
Alleged hacker Lauri Love can be extradited to the US, court rules
Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled that alleged hacker, Lauri Love, can be extradited to the US, where he could face a 99-year prison sentence
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September 15, 2016
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Sep'16
Cyber security awareness growing within business sector, research shows
While awareness of cyber security risks is improving, fewer firms know how much an attack is likely to cost them
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September 15, 2016
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Sep'16
Gartner highlights gap between enterprise cloud adoption expectations and reality
Market watcher claims enterprise aspirations around cloud adoption are not being met
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September 13, 2016
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Sep'16
UK SMEs have false sense of cyber security
Many small businesses have the mistaken impression that they are safe from cyber attacks and the huge damage they can cause
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September 09, 2016
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Sep'16
Cloud security processes need to mature, says panel
Many organisations still need to adapt their business practices to ensure security in the cloud, according to a panel of IT leaders
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September 08, 2016
08
Sep'16
RSA’s mission unchanged by Dell-EMC merger, says Amit Yoran
It is business as usual, says Amit Yoran, chief of EMC security division RSA, as the company officially becomes part of the newly formed tech giant to be known as Dell Technologies
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September 08, 2016
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Sep'16
Intel to raise $3.1bn by spinning off security business
Ending what many saw as an uncomfortable marriage, Intel is to spin off its security business as a standalone pure-play cyber security company
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September 07, 2016
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Sep'16
MoD becomes first tenant in Microsoft's UK Azure datacentre
Microsoft’s UK Azure cloud is now fully operational, offering Azure cloud services and Office 365
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September 05, 2016
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Sep'16
Microsoft gets wide support in fight against US gagging orders
Microsoft wins support from a wide range of US organisations in its push back against the secrecy of US government data access requests
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September 01, 2016
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Sep'16
Lessons from the Dropbox breach
Dropbox is the latest major company to confirm a data breach, albeit four years old, but – as with all recent data breaches by cloud-based services – it highlights some key security lessons
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August 30, 2016
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Aug'16
Asean ministers discuss Europol equivalent in Singapore
Governments in Southeast Asia are considering setting up a regional equivalent of Europol to help fight cyber crime
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August 23, 2016
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Aug'16
400 security events a second monitored on Olympics network
IT records as well as sporting records were set at the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
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August 11, 2016
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Aug'16
Security pros split on government access to cloud data, survey shows
Despite rapid cloud services adoption, security and compliance concerns revolving around inappropriate use or access of sensitive cloud data continue to loom large, a survey has revealed
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August 09, 2016
09
Aug'16
PwC Australia uses gamification to teach cyber security lessons
With the number of cyber incidents identified by Australian organisations more than doubling in the past year, PwC is using an online game to give enterprises first-hand experience of what it means to face a cyber attack