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Data breaches surge in 2014

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SafeNet, Inc. has released the highlights from its SafeNet Breach Level Index (BLI) for the first quarter of 2014. Nearly 200 million records were stolen, the equivalent of approximately 93,000 records stolen every hour, between January and March, which was an increase of 233 per cent over the same time last year. Of the 254 data breaches that occurred during the quarter, only 1 per cent were “secure breaches,” or breaches where strong encryption, key management, or authentication...

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Excessive admin rights & privilege are putting companies at risk and increasing the ‘insider threat’.

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Vormetric has announced further analysis of its ‘Insider Threat' report, conducted in 2014 with industry analyst firm Ovum. Focusing on just those responses from IT decision-makers at financial services organisations in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (a total of 92 responses), the research reveals how firms in the financial sector are evaluating their exposure to insider threats, and the steps they are taking in order to mitigate the risks.

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A cluster of companies in the UK’s Severn Valley have been identified in the latest search for cyber security innovators that are developing new techniques to protect data from criminals. Seven companies located in this emerging cyber security hotspot have been selected as winners in the latest Launchpad competition, organised by the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board.

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CyberArk has extended the CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution to all major public, private, hybrid cloud and software as a services (SaaS) environments. By integrating with leading business, social media, IT and operational cloud solutions, CyberArk empowers customers to discover, monitor and secure privileged accounts across the entire IT infrastructure, protecting the primary pathway of all advanced attacks.

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IT Governance, the global leader in information security, IT governance, risk management and compliance expertise, is launching a range of unique products and services designed to help British organisations implement the newly released Cyber Essentials Scheme Requirements. These include a Cyber Essentials self-assessment tool, Foundation training course and an implementation and health check consultancy service, among others.

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Kaspersky opens Transparency Centre in Madrid

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