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• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  NCSC seeks new breed of cyber security startups

  The UK intelligence community is seeking to promote a new breed of technology startup to help detect, respond to and facilitate rapid recoveries from cyber attacks on the UK

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Broadband upgrade improves response times for cave rescue team

  The South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team has switched on a new ultrafast broadband connection to help its members react more quickly in life-threatening emergencies

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  Bounty UK fined £400,000 for sharing personal data unlawfully

  UK pregnancy and parenting club fined for “unprecedented” level of unauthorised sharing of personal data by operating as a data broking service

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  Police local cyber crime units get multimillion pound boost

  UK policing marks the completion of the local phase of a national cyber crime programme to complement regional and national response capabilities

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Most organisations still lack incident response plans

  Most companies lack incident response plans, others fail to test them and nearly half are not GDPR compliant, but some report improved security through automation, a study shows

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  A quarter of phishing emails bypass Office 365 security

  Cloud-based email is leaving enterprises vulnerable to phishing attacks capable of giving cyber criminals access to a wide range of critical data, warn security researchers

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  UK councils team up to boost cyber security

  Three UK councils and data analysis firm Splunk have teamed up to improve cyber defence capabilities and maintain their security systems

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  GCHQ cyber courses for teens recognised by qualification board

  The Scottish Qualifications Authority has accredited courses pioneered by GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre to teach teenagers about cyber security

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  Ransomware getting more targeted, warns Flashpoint

  Ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted and designed to infect different sized organisations in specific industries and regions, say security researchers

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  GDPR at a critical stage, says information commissioner

  The ICO is calling on data protection officials to help kick off the next phase of the GDPR by embedding sound data governance at its annual conference, where another DPO was recognised for excellence

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  Openreach extends full-fibre build across Northern Ireland

  Openreach has added 10 more towns and cities to its Fibre First programme in Northern Ireland, as it hits a new milestone in terms of homes passed

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  European firms see value in ‘known good’ approach to security

  European data protection regulations are driving enterprise interest in an approach to security being championed by virtualisation software maker VMware, says the company’s security lead

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Social inclusion unit aims to expand diversity in IT conversation

  New unit at startup hub wants to explore how technology can be applied to address the barriers many people face in participating in society

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Researchers uncover US-based malware distribution centre

  More than a dozen US-based web servers are operating as the malware equivalent of an Amazon fulfilment centre to target businesses, security researchers have found

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Document-based malware on the rise, businesses warned

  Document-based malware spiked in the first quarter of the year, building on a gradual rise in the past year, warn researchers

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Fresh approach needed to reap cloud security benefits

  Transitioning to cloud-based services offers businesses an opportunity to improve security capabilities, but only if they adopt a proactive cloud-native approach, says Palo Alto Networks cloud security expert

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Business ISP Giganet plugs into Openreach’s Salisbury network

  Local business ISP Giganet has started to roll out its own full-fibre broadband services in Salisbury, using Openreach’s new-build network

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Government urges businesses and charities to up cyber security

  The UK government is urging businesses and charities to take action to prevent cyber attacks as the costs go up, despite an overall reduction in breaches, partly driven by new data protection laws

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Most business decision-makers and knowledge workers happy to work alongside robots

  Fears that automation will remove jobs for knowledge workers are reducing as opportunities emerge to upskill and eradicate mundane work

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Manchester startups help GCHQ tap into new source of ingenuity

  The first group of startups to emerge from a Manchester-based accelerator programme has contributed new ways of thinking to UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Women now almost a quarter of cyber security workforce

  Women in cyber security are younger, have achieved higher levels of education and are assuming leadership roles at higher rates than men, a study shows

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Four in 10 leading banks failing on email fraud protection

  Top UK traditional and challenger banks risk exposing customers to email fraud, a study reveals

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Cyber attacks increasingly exploiting supply chain weaknesses

  Cyber attacks are increasingly characterised by supply chain attacks, counter incident response and lateral movement, research reveals

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Thales completes acquisition of Gemalto

  Multi-billion-euro acquisition gives Thales a global leadership position in digital identity and security

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  CLA calls for government intervention on rural 4G coverage

  Country Land and Business Association urges government to consider broadband-style interventions to improve 4G mobile network coverage in rural areas

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Broadband compensation rules come into force

  Regulations that guarantee consumers’ rights to automatic compensation from broadband providers when things go wrong have come into force, and many suppliers have a lot of work to do

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  ICO kicks off sandbox beta to support innovation

  The UK’s privacy watchdog has launched the first phase of an initiative aimed at enhancing data protection while supporting business innovation

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Infosec pros slam government-mandated backdoors

  Government-mandated encryption backdoors increase vulnerability to nation-state attacks, according to the majority of cyber security professionals

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Encryption adoption driven by new tech and compliance

  The adoption of encryption is at its highest level yet, driven by the need to protect data generated by new digital initiatives, but still less than half of organisations are applying it consistently across the enterprise

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Businesses losing out on early payment discounts due to outdated software

  Chief financial officers need to upgrade their accounting software to benefit from discounts available for paying suppliers early

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Cyber attacks targeting industrial control systems on the rise

  Malicious cyber activity increased to almost half of the industrial infrastructure protected by Kaspersky Lab in 2018, but the UK is among the most secure countries, the security firm reports

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Norsk Hydro cyber attack cost estimates up to $41m

  Initial estimates have put the financial impact of last week’s ransomware attack on the Norwegian aluminium producer of up to nearly $41m, raising questions about cyber insurance coverage

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Police make 61 arrests in global crackdown on dark web

  Law enforcement agencies from the US, Canada and Europe, including the UK, have joined forces to target suppliers and buyers of illegal goods on dark web marketplaces and warn buyers of risks

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  IT complexity raises concerns of certificate-related outages

  Company executives are concerned that increased IT complexity will result in more security certificate-related outages, with nearly two-thirds of organisations affected in the past year

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Asus releases fix for supply chain cyber attack

  Asus has released a fix for a supply chain attack and downplayed the impact on customers while promising to contact all those affected as incident highlights code signing vulnerabilities

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Nominet urges SMEs to register .uk domains to thwart squatters

  The automatic right of .co.uk domain name holders to register the shorter .uk domains ends in June

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Firms urged to gear up for new malware and tactics as threats proliferate

  The volume of malware attacks reached a record level in 2018, with UK and India bucking global trend of increased ransomware attacks, a study shows

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Geopolitical issues affecting cyber security

  Geopolitical issues are affecting business decisions, according to the majority of cyber security professionals, a survey shows

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Lack of security skills exposing business to attack

  The cyber skills shortage is leaving businesses at increased risk of attack as organisations continue to struggle to fill security-related positions, a survey shows

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Full-fibre broadband startup toob gets £75m funding round

  Broadband startup toob has received a £75m funding injection to begin a full-fibre roll-out

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Small businesses hit hardest by cyber crime costs

  Small businesses felt the biggest impact of the UK’s cyber crime bill in 2018, research shows

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Digital Darwinism unkind to those who wait, says Palo Alto

  As business-driven digital transformation, including the move to cloud, continues apace, companies need to rethink their approach to how they deploy and consume security, or risk being left behind

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Spike in cyber attacks targeting Cisco Webex

  Cyber attacks targeting a leading web conference tool have increased dramatically and sextortion is becoming more popular with attackers, according to WatchGuard Technologies

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Pivot3 to target Azure, Google clouds and enhance AI/ML

  Hyper-converged infrastructure maker Pivot3 plans to extend backup for its appliance clusters to additional public clouds and optimise service levels across storage tiers and cache

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Police investigate Norsk Hydro ransomware attack

  Ransomware attack on one of the world’s largest aluminium producers is under police investigation

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  UK cyber experts to support global company boards

  A consortium of UK cyber security experts and academics is to support multinational company boards to tackle online threats and protect against cyber crime

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Bournemouth and Northampton next in line for CityFibre broadband upgrade

  A £75m investment will see thousands of residential properties hooked up to full-fibre broadband services

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  UK government organisations’ email security lagging

  Email security in UK government organisations is lagging far behind that of central government, analysis reveals, with less than a third implementing standard protection

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Salisbury to get ‘universal’ full-fibre broadband

  Every residential and business property in Salisbury will be able to access full-fibre broadband in 12 months, claims Openreach

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Norsk Hydro confirms ransomware attack

  A Norwegian aluminium producer has confirmed a ransomware attack is affecting several areas of its business, forcing it to switch to manual operations