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Five key IT security trends for 2015

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Ian Kilpatrick, chairman Wick Hill Group, specialists in secure IP infrastructure solutions, looks at five key IT security trends and solutions for 2015.

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Security fears stop firms using cloud computing services

Published in Cloud + MS Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Infrastructure Security Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service Storage

New research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that despite three fifths (60%) of small firms questioned using cloud computing services, the remaining two fifths (38%) remain sceptical about the benefits of the technology in the face of perceived risks.

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Identity/Access Management Infrastructure + Hardware Security + Compliance

Centrify Corporation has launched what it says is the industry’s first privileged identity management solution for Apache Hadoop-based big data infrastructures, as well as partnerships with industry-leading big data vendors Cloudera, Hortonworks and MapR Technologies.

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Acquisition of stealth-mode start-up enhances threat prevention portfolio to stop attacks before they happen.

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Wick Hill has gained the recently launched Government Cyber Essentials certification. The Cyber Essentials Scheme is part of the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy and provides an independent assessment of the essential security controls that organisations need to have in place to mitigate risks from internet-borne threats.

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Digital Guardian launches Digital Guardian 7.0 for data protection 'inside and out'

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Digital Guardian has launched Digital Guardian 7.0, which extends the functionality of the patented Digital Guardian Agent to protect against advanced threats. The extension of Digital Guardian’s data protection capabilities comes with a redesign of the product architecture for ease of deployment for use cases ranging from data visibility and device control to indicator of compromise (IOC) detection and incident response.

DDoS - multiple attack types on the increase

Verisign observed that 52 percent of DDoS attacks that were mitigated in Q2 2018 employed multiple...

Security spending to exceed $124 billion in 2019

Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach more than $114...

Cyberfort launches Oversight to catch and combat vulnerabilities in real time

Oversight enables 24/7 perimeter monitoring service for the modern threat landscape.

Alert Logic expands EMEA presence with Belfast office

Alert Logic has received a grant by Invest Northern Ireland in support of its Security Research...

University of Gloucestershire forms groundbreaking post-Brexit partnership

In one of the first post-Brexit European University partnerships, the University of Gloucestershire...

Investing in threat intelligence

When Ninepoint Partners LP integrated threat intelligence into its cybersecurity defense posture,...

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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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