Organisations 'overwhelmed' by security breaches

Data disclosed in error and breaches in security were the primary reasons for an 88% rise in self-reported data protection breaches between 2014-15 and 2015-16, according to a Freedom of Information request by Huntsman Security. 2,048 incidents were reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) between April 2015 and March 2016, up 88% from 1,089 in a similar period the year before. In fact, there were more incidents where the ICO took ‘No Action’ in 2015-2016, than were...

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Security professionals lack confidence in ransomware recovery

Tripwire has published the results of a survey of over 220 information security professionals who attended Black Hat USA 2016. The conference took place July 30-August 4, 2016, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Change automation gets smart

FireMon’s vision for Firewall Change Management helps customers make faster, more secure changes.

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Axial Systems joins forces with Babcock MSS

Axial Systems is partnering with leading managed security services provider, Babcock MSS as part of a game-changing agreement that will address and tackle the growing cyber security threats that businesses worldwide are facing. The two companies bring together a shared focus on innovation; complementary skills sets and technical expertise, enabling them to pinpoint customers’ cyber security problems; advise on action to be taken and resolve issues quickly and efficiently.

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Nearly half of enterprise networks show evidence of DNS tunnelling

Infoblox has published results of the Infoblox Security Assessment Report for the second quarter of 2016, which finds that 40 percent—nearly half—of files tested by Infoblox show evidence of DNS tunnelling, a significant security threat that can indicate active malware or ongoing data exfiltration within an organisation’s network.

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AlienVault and Zscaler form partnership

Partnership extends the Zscaler platform by integrating threat intelligence while augmenting AlienVault’s Unified Security Management with intelligent Nanologs to improve visibility and control.

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Case Study: @nifty Delivering IT Security to Their Customers with Kaspersky

NIFTY Corporation is one of the leading Telecoms and Internet Service Providers in Japan, supplying high-speed broadband connectivity to more than 1.39 million broadband users. Providing robust security for the many subscribers to its online services is very important because repeated security breaches or loss of service may result in customers suffering damage or losses - and ultimately leaving NIFTY and moving to competitors' services.

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