Security
The Search for Women Who Want Cybersecurity Careers (WSJ)
There is a shortage of workers in cybersecurity and a shortage of women in tech jobs. New efforts to get girls interested in cybersecurity are aimed at tackling both of those probl... More
HITS Spring: IBM Security Lead Stresses Preparedness (HITS)
Recently, Doug Lhotka, executive cybersecurity architect for IBM Security, sat down for a meal with a dozen CISOs, and picked their brains about what the biggest threat to their or... More
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd: How to Instantly Prevent 95 Percent of Database Cyberattacks (Forbes)
As Oracle expands its Autonomous Cloud services and looks to claim a leadership position in cloud cybersecurity, CEO Mark Hurd said this week that 95 percent of cyberattacks are on... More
It’s Time for a Change to Cybersecurity Consumption (Gigabit)
Widespread adoption of the cloud has made business executives and board members comfortable with the idea of paying for IT resources and services “by the glass.” Moving to such... More
Cyber Insurance Can Reshape the Way Organizations Do Security for the Better (IA)
The cyber landscape in 2018 is a chaotic and dangerous place. From state-sponsored hackers to financially motivated cybercrime gangs and negligent data loss, risk is everywhere and... More
IT Security Jobs Still Top the List of Toughest to Fill (IM)
With all of the attention paid to information security for the past few years, it might be tempting to think the job market has caught up with the demand for IT security profession... More
Security Being Neglected in Digital Transformation Push (ITProPortal)
Organisations are forgetting about cybersecurity in their digital transformation efforts, new research has said. A report by Cognizant’s Centre for the Future of Work claims l... More
Report: Cybercrime Revenues Top $1.5 Billion Worldwide (ITProPortal)
Cybercrime is a self-sustaining economy which now earns more than $1.5 trillion a year, new research has claimed. A report released by Bromium says cybercrime, as a whole, earns mo... More
Microsoft Doubles Down on IoT Security with Azure Sphere (VentureBeat)
Microsoft announced a new program called Azure Sphere to better secure the millions of microcontroller-powered devices coming online as part of the internet of things (IoT). With A... More
Cybersecurity’s Next Major Challenge: Connecting Human and Machine Intelligence (Security Intelligence)
As the RSA Conference kicks off this week, IBM Security will be approaching the anniversary of two important milestones. This time two years ago, we put our stake in the ground to ... More
IBM Security, McAfee Extend Partnership with Key Areas of Product Integrations (CDSA)
McAfee today announced the integration of IBM Resilient’s Incident Response Platform (IRP) with Data Exchange Layer (DXL), giving Resilient IRP users the ability to query McAfee ... More
AWS Announces Secrets Manager, More Tools for Security (ZDNet)
Amazon Web Services on Wednesday announced AWS Secrets Manager, one of multiple new tools and services for security and compliance. Secrets Manager enables customers to store and r... More
Google Delivers Broad Array of Cloud Platform Security Improvements (eWeek)
Though corporate concerns about cloud security have waned considerably in recent years, it still remains a big reason why enterprise balk at move IT workloads more quickly to cloud... More
NSS Labs to Announce 2018 Advanced Endpoint Protection Group Test Results at Upcoming Event (HITS)
NSS Labs today announced that it will release the results of its 2018 Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) Group Test at the 2018 RSA Conference in San Francisco. In this test, sever... More
Attackers Turn to IoT, ICS to Find Gaps in Security (Cisco Blog)
Technology solutions and processes that rely on the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly becoming standard equipment in many organizations as well as industrial facilities, thanks ... More
Microsoft Report: Cybersecurity’s Top 3 Threats Intertwine (Dark Reading)
Cybercrime is a business, and hackers are looking for cheap strategies to maximize impact and minimize cost. Simple attack methods are one of three key themes permeating version 23... More
Sohonet Awarded Digital Production Partnership ‘Committed to Security’ Mark (HITS)
Sohonet has been awarded the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) ‘Committed to Security’ mark for both the production and broadcast sectors. To qualify for the programme, supp... More
Robert Half: Tech Leaders Get More Serious About Security (HITS)
CIOs are pulling out all the stops to combat IT security threats, according to new research from staffing firm Robert Half Technology. With cybersecurity attacks on the rise, more ... More
Wipro to Acquire Minority Stake in Denim Group, an Application Security Solution Provider (HITS)
Wipro has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a minority stake in the Denim Group, a leading independent application security firm. “Wipro’s investment in Denim Group r... More
Cisco, Rackspace Team Up on Multi-Cloud Security (SDxCentral)
Cisco and Rackspace are taking on multi-cloud security, with Rackspace offering Cisco’s next-generation firewalls to its customers, integrating them directly into managed cloud s... More