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Network security management

• October 28, 2025 28 Oct'25

  Cisco and Splunk plot multi-year data fabric journey

  Company leaders talk up their vision for the Cisco Data Fabric that will allow enterprises to gain insights about their IT infrastructure and security posture from machine data wherever it resides, from the network edge to the cloud

• October 27, 2025 27 Oct'25

  BDO Unibank taps Zscaler to secure cloud migration

  Zscaler’s deal with the Philippine bank comes as it is expanding its platform’s capabilities and footprint across Asia

• October 24, 2025 24 Oct'25

  UK ramps up ransomware fightback with supply chain security guide

  Multinational guidance, developed by the UK and Singapore, is designed to help organisations reinforce their supply chain against ransomware attacks

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Inspired by the EU: Sweden eyes open standard for encrypted chat services

  What if your messaging and collaboration app could talk to all the others? Swedish government agencies are investigating the possibility

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  New cyber resilience centre to help SMEs fend off cyber threats

  Spearheaded by the Singapore Business Federation, the cyber resilience centre will equip SMEs in the city-state with cyber security capabilities to mitigate and recover from cyber attacks

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  France’s Atos eyes UK public sector with investment in secure UK infrastructure

  French IT services supplier invests in highly secure and accredited UK-based infrastructure

• October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

  Securing the AI era: Huawei’s cyber security strategy for the GCC

  At Gitex 2025, Sultan Mahmood, chief security officer for Huawei Gulf North, outlined how the company supports GCC digital sovereignty, AI security, and enterprise cyber resilience

• October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

  F5 admits nation-state actor stole BIG-IP source code

  F5 discloses that a nation-state actor has stolen source code and unpatched vulnerability data for its widely used BIG-IP products, raising supply chain security concerns across the industry

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  Nato chooses Oracle to secure battlefield communications

  Nato has chosen Oracle and Druid to secure private 5G networks for cyber defence, war gaming and research, using Oracle Cloud and edge technology

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Cato extends zero trust access to SASE platform

  Capability launched for secure access service edge platform extends zero trust network access to unmanaged devices including personal, contractor and BYOD endpoints

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  UK and US urge Cisco users to ditch end-of-life security appliances

  An ongoing campaign of cyber attacks is targeting users of end-of-life Cisco security appliance kit

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Over half of India-based companies suffer security breaches

  Business supply chains, which include Indian companies, are at risk of attack as more than half of suppliers were breached last year

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Netherlands establishes cyber resilience network to strengthen public-private digital defence

  Network will connect organisations in a cyber crime defence initiative that goes way beyond information sharing

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  UK needs better defences to protect undersea internet cables from Russian sabotage

  A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called for the UK to step up defences to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage risks

• September 10, 2025 10 Sep'25

  Splunk.conf: Cisco and Splunk expand agentic SOC vision

  The arrival of agentic AI in the security operations centre heralds an era of simplification for security professionals, Splunk claims

• September 03, 2025 03 Sep'25

  Fastly CEO plots course through AI and security

  Chief exec Kip Compton explains how Fastly’s unified platform is solving the web’s biggest challenges, from content scrapping by AI bots to distributed denial-of-service attacks

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Three new Citrix NetScaler zero-days under active exploitation

  Citrix patches three new vulnerabilities in its NetScaler lines warning of active zero-day exploitation by an undisclosed threat actor

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Okta makes AI identity play with Axiom acquisition

  Okta says Axiom Security’s technology will reinforce its own offerings in privileged access management, especially when it comes to the growing number of non-human identities

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI

  US authorities warn of an uptick in state-sponsored exploitation of a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco's operating system software

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  Warlock claims more victims as cyber attacks hit Colt and Orange

  Ransomware gang Warlock is adding more victims to its data leak site as the impact of a spreading wave of cyber attacks continues to be felt

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  Google spins up agentic SOC to speed up incident management

  Google Cloud elaborates on its vision for securing artificial intelligence unveiling new protections and capabilities across its product suite

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  L’Oréal to promote cyber resilience for Britain’s beauty salons

  L’Oréal UK and Ireland will work with law enforcement, cyber educators and students, and other large organisations to help thousands of small salons across the UK improve their cyber resilience practice

• August 14, 2025 14 Aug'25

  Professional services firms stuck in network security IT doom loop

  Survey reveals a widening disconnect in the professional services sector where, despite near-universal adoption of SaaS and cloud strategies, core network and security services are failing to keep up through the likes of SASE

• August 12, 2025 12 Aug'25

  Eight critical RCE flaws make Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday list

  Microsoft rolls out fixes for over 100 CVEs in its August Patch Tuesday update

• August 04, 2025 04 Aug'25

  Black Hat USA: Halcyon and Sophos tag-team ransomware fightback

  Ransomware experts Halcyon and Sophos are to pool their expertise in ransomware, working together to enhance data- and intelligence-sharing and bringing more comprehensive protection to customers

• July 31, 2025 31 Jul'25

  Palo Alto Networks to acquire CyberArk for $25bn

  The deal marks Palo Alto Networks’ entry into the identity and access management space amid the growing need to secure human, machine and emerging AI agent identities

• July 29, 2025 29 Jul'25

  Global cyber spend will top $200bn this year, says Gartner

  Worldwide spending on cyber security will hit another record high in 2025, and will go higher still next year

• July 24, 2025 24 Jul'25

  SharePoint users hit by Warlock ransomware, says Microsoft

  Microsoft’s security analysts confirm a number of cyber attacks on on-premise SharePoint Server users involve ransomware

• July 22, 2025 22 Jul'25

  Microsoft confirms China link to SharePoint hacks

  Microsoft confirms two known China-nexus threat actors, and one other suspected state-backed hacking group, are exploiting vulnerabilities in SharePoint Server

• July 21, 2025 21 Jul'25

  Darktrace buys network visibility specialist Mira

  AI cyber giant Darktrace buys network security firm Mira for an undisclosed sum, seeking to enhance the tech stack it offers to highly regulated sectors

• July 21, 2025 21 Jul'25

  Singapore under ongoing cyber attack from APT group

  Nation-state actor UNC3886 is actively targeting Singapore’s critical national infrastructure in a sophisticated espionage and disruption campaign, with the country mounting a whole-of-government response

• July 17, 2025 17 Jul'25

  European cyber cops target NoName057(16) DDoS network

  A Europol operation has succeeded in disrupting a pro-Russian hacktivist network accused of conducting DDoS cyber attacks on targets in Ukraine and Europe

• July 16, 2025 16 Jul'25

  Hackbots biggest cloud security risk, slashing attack times to minutes

  With cyber criminals using automated tools to steal data in minutes, organisations must focus on runtime protection and automated responses to combat the rising threat from AI and misconfigured cloud assets

• July 16, 2025 16 Jul'25

  Securonix tackles security data deluge with AI-driven platform

  As security data volumes grow and security budgets tighten, Securonix is betting on its AI-driven platform to help businesses manage threats cost-effectively, says its CEO

• July 11, 2025 11 Jul'25

  Pobl Group builds on managed SD-WAN for housing development

  Three-year contract for managed software-defined wide area network service follows merger creating Wales’s largest housing association

• July 11, 2025 11 Jul'25

  AWS bolsters security tools to help customers manage AI risks

  Amazon Web Services has unveiled new and updated security services, including container-level threat detection and a unified command centre, to help organisations build and secure artificial intelligence applications

• July 10, 2025 10 Jul'25

  UK and France forge closer cyber, tech research ties

  The navigation and timing systems used by power suppliers and emergency services to run their operations will fall in scope of an Anglo-French research pact that will also foster development in AI and supercomputing

• July 02, 2025 02 Jul'25

  Dutch study uncovers cognitive biases undermining cyber security board decisions

  Dutch research reveals how cognitive biases can lead to catastrophic security decisions

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Citrix Bleed 2 under active attack, reports suggest

  Days after news emerged of a Citrix NetScaler flaw comparable in its scope and severity to 2023’s infamous Citrix Bleed, there are already clear indicators that threat actors are taking advantage of the critical vulnerability

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Swisscom claims world first with sovereign SASE connectivity service

  SASE applied at heart of leading Swiss telco’s converged networking and cyber security offering to deliver customised, advanced networking and security services directly from its own infrastructure

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Latest Citrix vulnerability could be every bit as bad as Citrix Bleed

  A Citrix NetScaler flaw that was quietly patched earlier in June is gathering widespread attention after experts noted strong similarities to the Citrix Bleed vulnerability that caused chaos in late 2023

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Widening Middle Eastern war increases cyber risk

  With the entry of the US into the widening Middle Eastern conflict, cyber risk is likely to increase across the board

• June 19, 2025 19 Jun'25

  UBS employee data leaked after cyber attack on supplier

  UBS and fellow Swiss bank Pictet have been affected by a cyber attack on a procurement service provider

• June 06, 2025 06 Jun'25

  CISOs must translate cyber threats into business risk

  To manage risk effectively and secure board-level buy-in, CISOs must stop talking about technology and start speaking the language of business, according to a senior Check Point executive

• June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25

  NCSC sets out how to build cyber safe cultures

  The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has published guidance for security teams and leaders on how to foster accessible and appropriate cyber security cultures in their organisations

• June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25

  Microsoft outlines three-pronged European cyber strategy

  Microsoft chair Brad Smith outlines an expansive cyber programme targeting governments across Europe with enhanced threat intelligence and support

• May 30, 2025 30 May'25

  Dutch businesses lag behind in cyber resilience as threats escalate

  The Netherlands is facing a growing cyber security crisis, with a staggering 66% of Dutch businesses lacking adequate cyber resilience, according to academic research.  

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  NCSC: Russia’s Fancy Bear targeting logistics, tech organisations

  The NCSC and its partner agencies have blown the whistle on an extensive campaign of malicious cyber attacks orchestrated by the Russian state Fancy Bear operation

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  NHS asks suppliers to sign up to cyber covenant

  NHS digital and security leaders call on their suppliers to commit to a cyber security charter as the health service works to improve its resilience in the face of growing threat levels

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  New security paradigm needed for IT/OT convergence

  Industry leaders and policymakers highlight growing cyber threats from the integration of IT and operational technology systems, calling for collaboration and regulatory frameworks to protect critical systems, among other measures