Europe (European) stories - Page 52
573 days: Financial sector slow to fix vulnerabilities
Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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fintech
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application security
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modernisation
Financial services companies took 29 days to address a quarter of their vulnerabilities in coding, and 573 days to remediate all open vulnerabilities.
Organisations wasting $100k a year hoarding useless IT hardware
Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
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dc
A new report reveals that two in five organisations spend over USD $100,000 annually storing useless IT hardware, posing security and compliance risks.
Data Protection Day finally gaining deserved recognition
Sat, 26th Jan 2019
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data protection
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data privacy
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opinion
In previous years this day has been overlooked but KCOM's David Francis says recent events have fueled its importance.
“These are not cybersecurity predictions for 2019”
Fri, 25th Jan 2019
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iot
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cybersecurity
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trends & predictions
Jonathan Couch isn't a fan of annual predictions and so instead has shared his thoughts on the headlines we can expect this year.
Comms providers hit by most DDoS attacks in Q3 2018
Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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ddos
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nexusguard
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communications services provider
New data indicates attackers preyed on the large attack surface of ASN-level communications service providers with a 'bit-and-piece' approach.
Top cybersecurity threats of 2019 – Carbon Black
Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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supply chain
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healthtech
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trends & predictions
Carbon Black chief cybersecurity officer Tom Kellermann combines his thoughts with those of Carbon Black's threat analysts and security strategists.
Google's €50m fine a wake up call for big data analytics
Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Data analytics are essential to company growth, competitive differentiation, and innovation. But there's now a huge challenge.
Ping Identity CTO's cybersecurity predictions for 2019
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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malware
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mfa
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fintech
Ping Identity CTO Bernard Harguindeguy predicts a rise in zero trust security, fewer MFA attacks, and heightened focus on API protection in 2019.
Facebook cracks down Ukraine-based fake accounts
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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cybersecurity
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facebook
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social media
Facebook has stamped out two massive fake account networks that appeared to originate from Russia and the Ukraine.
Expert comment: Google fined US$57mil for GDPR breaches
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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breach prevention
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
Google fined EUR €50 million by France's CNIL for GDPR breaches, marking the first major enforcement under the EU's stringent data privacy law.
Data centre cybersecurity actions that most people overlook
Fri, 18th Jan 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Schneider's Steven Carlini discusses ways to improve data centre cybersecurity that most people don't think of until it's too late.
Malware downloader on the rise in Check Point's latest Threat Index
Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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malware
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cybersecurity
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report
Organisations continue to be targeted by cryptominers, despite an overall drop in value across all cryptocurrencies in 2018.
New research shows data centre acquisition upsurge
Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Data centre acquisitions surged in 2018 with 68 deals worth USD $16 billion, despite falling below 2017's peak, Synergy Research reports.
IoT's rapid rise fuelling an explosion of data
Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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hyperscale
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edge computing
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iot
IDC expects global annual spending on IoT to exceed US$1 trillion by 2022, driving huge demand for data centres.
Cloud IT infrastructure revenues overtake traditional IT for first time
Sat, 12th Jan 2019
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private cloud
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datacentre infrastructure
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public cloud
The rush to 'digitally transform' and adopt cloud-based technologies has caused some major changes in the market.
Signs of erosion in Cisco's IT infrastructure dominance
Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
While still maintaining a significant lead, Cisco finished 2018 with a slightly smaller piece of the pie in the enterprise IT infrastructure market.
Bulk of US$250b cloud market claimed by just nine companies
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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virtualisation
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network infrastructure
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paas
The top nine vendors in the wide cloud market ecosystem are responsible for well over half of all the revenues.
Positive results for semiconductor market, but decline looms
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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storage
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semiconductors
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industry experts
The market's revenue growth reached double-digit figures in 2018, but Gartner has identified a number of imminent roadblocks.
Bridging the gap to AI security
Tue, 8th Jan 2019
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ddos
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ai
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solarwinds
AI cyber-attacks are not constrained by resources and compromises and can go on indefinitely without the need for pause.
2019 data centre predictions from Interxion's Europe MD
Thu, 27th Dec 2018
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uc
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hyperscale
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blockchain
The coming year looks set to be one of implementation where we see a lot of technologies that have been present on the fringes become mainstream.