Infosecurity Opinions
As Industry 4.0 Marches on, the Manufacturing Sector Must be Better Prepared for Cyber-Attacks
The idea of factories full of driverless forklifts and collaborating robot workers was once the stuff of pure science fiction, but has now become the common reality for smart factories around the world
How to Avoid Drowning in your Security ‘Data Lakes’
Security monitoring is a ubiquitous task throughout all enterprises that are attempting to not only thwart malicious activities but to understand and optimize authentic traffic to their information systems
How to Prepare for the EU GDPR
A recent report revealed that only 4% of British companies understand the impact of the European Commission’s upcoming GDPR. For the remaining 96%, it is very much in their interest to find out
Effective App Security: the Importance of Collaboration throughout the Command Chain
In today’s online business environment, application security has never been more important. However, effective app security doesn’t just happen overnight, it requires a concerted effort from all parts of the business command chain
Are Unsecure Medical Devices Opening the Backdoor for Hackers?
Medical/health institutions must prioritize the management of user access if they want to ensure they have the adequate security levels around these access points
Signatures Are Dead, Now What?
With LANGSEC technology able to instantly and accurately identify any malicious behavior within an application, why risk securing your application solely with perimeter protections?
The CISO Insomniac: What’s Keeping Them Awake at Night?
There has never been a tougher time to be a Chief Information Security Officer. Regulatory changes across the EU have led to the introduction of much more stringent controls on how businesses should manage the customer data they collect
Media Organizations Beware – DDos Attacks are Coming
There are many reasons behind a DDoS attack but one thing we have continued to see is the rise of DDoS attacks on media publications
Hack Hillary Clinton’s Email? Just Say Nyet
Donald Trump's recent comments on Russian hacking are unethical, negligent and dangerous
The Future of Mobile Security
Mobility has become the new normal for computing, but the enterprise is not fully embracing the capabilities of always-on, always-connected, devices as a result of inadequate security tools.
Cyber Fraud: The Unpunished Crime
A recent report from the Fraud Advisory Panel discovered that victims suffer an average loss of £101,000 to cyber-fraud; yet a staggering one in three cases are not passed on for further investigation.
How IT/OT Collaboration Holds the Key to Manufacturing Security
The new cyber reality has made operational technology (OT) operators crucial to securing manufacturing networks—the most targeted sector of industrial cyber-attacks in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Building an Effective Incident Response Plan
A thoroughly prepared organization will suffer much less fallout when a comprehensive incident response plan is adopted and in place
Five Lessons for Good Airport Security Practices
Unfortunately for the people that run Tampa International Airport, they experienced an IT security breach as reported in May. However, unlike a lot of the other organizations, because it is an international airport, the profile of the breach was far higher because of its security status.
Security for IoT devices
The whole IoT system should be architected in a way that protects information and assets at all levels.
The Growth of Runtime Application Self Protection
RASP based technologies promise to eliminate false positives, reduce the complexity of securing applications and to lock down the most common vulnerabilities being exploited today.
24x7 SOCs: The Answer to all Monitoring and Logging Needs?
Monitoring and logging are crucial aspects of cyber assurance strategies that have been around for many years, however, the reality that cyber-attacks and breaches now happen to anyone and everyone is inevitably bringing the need for round the clock ‘situational awareness’ to the fore.
Too Many Incident Responders are Chasing Fires that do not Exist
There’s a fundamental problem with security tools in the market today: they detect and judge events in isolation.
Yesterday’s News: Security is a Board level issue
The fact that cybersecurity is a board issue is yesterday’s news. You’d be hard pressed today to find a CISO who isn’t spending more time preparing reports for their executive and audit committees. Today’s dilemma is what information to share in order to help inform business decisions.
