Medical IoT gets security boost
To improve the cybersecurity of medical devices a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Program (CRADA) has been announced. The deal between the US Department for Veteran Affairs (VA) and Underwriters Laboratories...
Customer or attacker?
Kaspersky Lab has announced that 38% of financial companies cannot tell the difference between customer behaviour and a cyber attacker. The details are contained in a survey conducted by Kaspersky and...
Ransomware shifting targets
US Security vendor Stealthcare has warned that malware, already making significant inroads into healthcare, is beginning to turn its attention to other verticals. According to Jeremy Samide, CEO, Stealthcare: "Recent cyber attacks...
DDoS attack threat increases
A10 Networks is warning that the rise of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks is threatening businesses with sudden death. The warning comes as A10 releases the results of a survey...
Cloud adoption increases risk
Security vendor Blue Coat Systems, who have announced that they are to be acquired by Symantec, have conducted a survey with YouGov looking at the risk to corporate data from cloud...
Symantec to acquire Blue Coat
Security vendor Symantec is to acquire rival Blue Coat as it looks to strengthen its position in the security market. At $4.65 billion this deal is almost double the value of...
Billion-dollar scams
According to security vendor Trend Micro losses caused by Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes cost companies around the world in excess of $2.3 billion over the last two years. The value of the scams...
GDPR-ready security solution shipping
Security provider CipherCloud has claimed to be the first company to ship a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) cloud security solution. The announcement was made at the InfoSecurity Europe 2016 trade...
Druva adds DISCO for eDiscovery
Druva has announced a deal with DISCO which both companies claim will reduce the time taken for eDiscovery by 50%. To make this work the two companies have built a direct...
BT readies itself for IoT with Fortinet
BT has announced a deepening of its relationship with Fortinet. The new agreement will see Fortinet's Fortigate enterprise firewalls integrated into its global portfolio of managed services. Mark Hughes, CEO of BT...