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573 days: Financial sector slow to fix vulnerabilities

Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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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.
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Organisations wasting $100k a year hoarding useless IT hardware

Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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A new report reveals that two in five organisations spend over USD $100,000 annually storing useless IT hardware, posing security and compliance risks.
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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.
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“These are not cybersecurity predictions for 2019”

Fri, 25th Jan 2019
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Data centre cybersecurity actions that most people overlook

Fri, 18th Jan 2019
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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.
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Malware downloader on the rise in Check Point's latest Threat Index

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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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.
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New research shows data centre acquisition upsurge

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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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.
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IoT's rapid rise fuelling an explosion of data

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.