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Bad security hinders productivity, Good security enables it

For a long time many have thought of identity security as a necessary burden. All those passwords, all those access denials, all that budget drained away from the profit centres of the enterprise - that's how many business leaders view this aspect of IT instead of recognising its benefits. The truth is quite different. By Saira Guthrie, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ping Identity.

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Cybersecurity – the journey from confusion to collaboration

In an interview sponsored by Kaspersky, security practitioner Naveen Vasudeva, MD and Co-Founder of CISO International, addresses the current disjoint which exists between cybersecurity vendors and their customers. Naveen believes that, as end users wrestle with the complexities of security in the digital age, they need trusted partners who will work with them to help identify and implement optimised solutions.

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False dawn: Could the risk of a ransomware attack increase going back to the office?

Slowly but surely, more UK employees are being encouraged back into the office, with the Government keen to accelerate this even further. For many businesses, this will be welcome news, especially those who have struggled to adapt to working from home. By Ian Wood, Senior Director, Head of Technology UK&I, Veritas.

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Breadth vs Depth: Attacker behaviour detection

One of the biggest challenges in keeping any organisation secure is the sheer volume and range of potential cyber attacks that defences must account for. The complexity of the modern IT environment means there is an endless number of new attack paths waiting to be unearthed by threat actors. By Matt Walmsley, EMEA Director at Vectra.

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Zero trust – a rose by any other name…

At a recent forum of senior CTOs, CISOs and analysts, several participants expressed a dislike for the term ‘zero trust’. Comments such as the vagueness of the message, the way different vendors use it and the confusion it caused amongst users made some forum members steer away from its branding for both internal and external communication. The group all agreed that the concepts behind zero trust are sound, but many wanted a better way to describe it to their broader organisations. By Phil Allen, VP, Ping Identity.

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Why organisations need SaaS Protection when moving to cloud services

As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, organisations across all industries have been forced to adapt and adjust their digital transformation projects to meet the needs of a fast-changing world. Covid-19 has not slowed digitalisation down; on the contrary, it has been a key factor in accelerating such initiatives. Partly driven by the need for flexible and remote working, more and more businesses are migrating their data and business operations to the cloud. By Radhesh Menon, Chief Product Officer, Datto.

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How the evolution of tokenization can be utilised to better protect data

Traditionally, methods of data protection have focused on locking up their sensitive information away until it was deprotected to be used. While this may work for data that serves no current purpose, simply locking away the data greatly reduces its value, especially if the risks of loss of business or customer trust greatly outweigh the benefits of securing data. After all, what good is data if you can’t access it. By Trevor Morgan, product manager at comforte AG.

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Securing the cloud: how to address new security risks and future-proof operations post-COVID-19

How can organisations overcome today’s cyber security challenges to protect systems and data within and across multiple cloud environments – and underpin new ways of working since COVID-19? By Phil Aitchison, Chief Operating Officer, Big Data & Security UK&I at Atos.

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Are increasing data breaches leaving consumers desensitised?

Cyberattacks are on the rise, with novel cybersecurity risks emerging as companies are currently forced to do business in unprecedented ways. By Stefanie Wood Ellis, AntiFraud Product & Marketing Director, OpSec Security.

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Cloud-based multi-factor authentication: the starting point for security, compliance and user experience

Banks and businesses are constantly under pressure to keep their data, customers, and employees secure. This has heightened in the last few months, as the global pandemic has seen cybercriminals ramp up activity. The number of phishing websites increasing by 350% since the start of the year, and £16.6 million lost in shopping fraud losses since the beginning of lockdown. Furthermore, with more than 15 billion credentials circulating on the dark web, cybercriminals have everything they need to commit account takeover attacks and other forms of fraud. By Mark Crichton, Senior Director of Security Product Management, OneSpan.

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A moment of reflection: A CIO’s perspective on the remote working transition

The coronavirus crisis has forced many companies to push ahead with digital transformation at high speed, causing many challenges for IT and security teams. Challenges include the need for extensive hardware purchases and new processes for home office work, but also connecting to the company’s own IT infrastructure and accessing files and apps that employees need. By Ian Pitt, CIO of LogMeIn.

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Videos

Emily Bristow, SVP Global Head of Professional Services at SS&C Blue Prism, discusses the use of both automation and artificial intelligence (AI) technology solutions to enhance the digital customer experience. She shares some great insights as to the way in which these technologies can help to optimise customer interactions, emphasising that these solutions are primarily designed to augment, rather than replace, human experience.
Xavier Gaillard, Milexia CEO, outlines the company’s very ambitious growth target to double sales over five years, explaining how this will be achieved through a mixture of acquisitions, partnership development and the introduction of new technology solutions and services. Xavier also provides some insight as to how Milexia is helping the semiconductor industry supply chain adjust to life post-Covid.
David Walker, Field CTO, EMEA, Yugabyte, the leading open source distributed SQL database company, warns of the problems associated with legacy databases, discusses the importance of database modernisation - covering the requirements, benefits and potential pitfalls of the migration process - and outlines the many advantages of migrating to open source cloud native databases.
Martin James, VP EMEA at Aerospike, discusses the importance of application modernisation, efficient software and IT consolidation – all of which should mean the need for less databases, but with richer feature sets. He outlines both the pitfalls of holding onto legacy applications and systems and the benefits of modernisation and consolidation, with Aerospike well positioned to help customers with the attendant data management challenges and opportunities.

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