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Network security management

• June 18, 2018 18 Jun'18

  Singapore faced cyber attacks during Trump-Kim summit

  Russian attackers allegedly scanned IP phones in the city-state for vulnerabilities, although it was unclear what they were after or whether they were successful

• May 25, 2018 25 May'18

  Former Macedonian PM convicted in corruption case exposed by illegal government surveillance

  Information exposed by leaked recordings that were part an illegal mass surveillance campaign orchestrated under the government of former prime minster Nikola Gruevski have led to his conviction for corruption. He was found guilty of rigging a ...

• May 24, 2018 24 May'18

  Grab outlines its approach to cyber security

  Singapore-based ride-hailing company prefers detective controls rather than preventive ones to deter cyber threats – an approach it claims is less intrusive and costly to implement

• May 18, 2018 18 May'18

  GDS seeks advice on migration from Public Services Network

  The Government Digital Service has started the process of moving public sector organisations away from the Public Services Network

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  BSI launches kitemark for internet of things devices

  The British Standards Institution has launched a new kitemark for IoT devices, designed to improve consumer trust in the technology

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  IoT and personal devices pose huge security risk to enterprises

  After years of speculation about the risk IoT and personal devices pose to enterprise security, research has revealed the threat is “immense” and probably greater than most firms realise

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  CNI providers face hefty fines for cyber security failings

  UK providers of critical national infrastructure face hefty fines for cyber security failings from 10 May 2018

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Virtual tripwire to keep elephant poachers out of Zambian national park

  Cisco and Dimension Data are working to protect Zambia’s at-risk elephant population after a successful pilot project in South Africa

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  Fibre network breakthrough has implications for data security

  Researchers have devised a new protocol that they claim vastly extends the range of quantum key distribution over fibre networks

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  City Police use Lego simulation to teach businesses cyber security

  City of London Police are offering to train business leaders and IT security in cyber security using a Lego simulation that is surprisingly close to real life

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Ransomware still a threat to business, F-Secure warns

  Ransomware attacks tapered off towards the end of 2017 after an explosion in such attacks earlier in the year, but ransomware remains a threat to big business, a report reveals

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Google Chrome helps clean up certificate authority industry

  The security industry has welcomed the introduction of measures by the Google Chrome browser aimed at achieving certificate transparency

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Finnish R&D and utilities in line of cyber espionage fire, say security police

  Finnish research and development, as well as critical infrastructure, are being targeted by state-backed cyber espionage attacks, says report

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack

  Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Business at risk from unidentified network traffic, report warns

  A lack of network traffic visibility poses significant security challenges to businesses, a report on network firewalls warns