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Rampant growth of DDoS attacks in 2016

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Neustar has published “DDoS & Cyber Security Insights,” an in-depth research report that provides statistical analysis of the distributed denial of services (DDoS) attack and mitigation data collected through Neustar SiteProtect. The report examines the growth of DDoS attacks during 2016, providing specific in-sight into multiple attack vectors, such as DNSSEC amplification and Internet-of-things (IoT) botnets.

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With state-sponsored hacking now a mainstay of the global threat landscape and cybercriminals pushing into new, powerful forms of ransomware, 2017 is shaping up to be a challenging year for the security community. By Adam Vincent, CEO, ThreatConnect.

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Seven Security predictions for 2017

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

Security researchers at WatchGuard Technologies warn of ransomworms, IoT botnet zombies, civilian cyber cold war casualties and the use of AI in attacks in the next 12 months.

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

By Jeff Kukowski, Chief Operating Officer, SecureAuth.

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

The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), an international, non-profit organization focused on addressing systemic cyber risks, has appointed Troels Oerting, Group Chief Security Officer & Group Chief Information Security Officer of Barclays, as the 2017 Chairman of the Board. His one-year term begins on January 1, 2017.

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Cybersecurity - could do better

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

Nuix has released the findings from its third annual survey of corporate information security practitioners who almost universally agreed that human behavior was their largest security threat. While businesses were investing to develop broad and mature cybersecurity capabilities, many survey respondents were uncertain about the most effective technologies and capabilities to focus on.

UK businesses optimistic about data regulation

Businesses see positive impact of data regulation and develop their data privacy awareness.

Four of the top six types of cybersecurity incidents related to insider actions

79% of CIOs are concerned that users might ignore IT policies and guidelines, increasing security...

Strengthening AI security: SailPoint's integration with Claude Compliance API

SailPoint strengthens AI security with its integration of the Claude Compliance API, aiming to...

One third of business decision makers would pay hacker’s ransom demands rather than invest in more security

14% of UK respondents regard Brexit as single greatest business risk, but only 4% say the same...

Nearly half of all data is ‘dark’, creating major security blind spot

Nearly half of UK company data remains unclassified, despite a rise in security breaches and...

Banks face 'modern heists'

Third annual report details how financial CISOs are battling ransomware, wire fraud transfer,...

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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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