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ISACA names Matthew S. Loeb as CEO

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

ISACA, a global professional association serving 115,000 information systems assurance, security, governance and risk professionals, has selected Matthew S. Loeb, CAE, as its new chief executive officer. With a strong background in enterprise strategy, corporate development, global business operations and governance, Loeb brings his extensive experience in leading innovation and strategic growth to ISACA.

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

Databarracks has been named as one of the first organisations in the UK to become certified with the Cyber Essentials Scheme, a new digital security standard deployed under the government’s National Cyber Security Strategy. The scheme offers guidance and assistance to organisations taking their first steps towards cyber security. The scheme is focused around a set of five controls derived from Government analysis of the most common attacks and vulnerabilities.

IT professionals expect the Internet of Things to significantly impact the workplace

Eighty-six percent of IT professionals believe the influx of connected “things” will create security and privacy issues.

Published in Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance

SendGrid has announced the launch of SendGrid Transport Layer Security (TLS) Encryption. With this feature, SendGrid now proactively negotiates an encrypted connection with email service providers (ESPs) and ensures that email messages cannot be intercepted, collected or modified in transit.

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

Despite 71% believing UK data protection laws should be stronger, 53% still admit to sending sensitive documents by email and 19% have lost critical documents in transit.

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

Kaspersky Lab has announced its latest virtualisation security solution, Kaspersky Security for Virtualization | Light Agent. The product delivers advanced protection to not only the VMware platform, which accounts for 47 per cent of the market, but now also the Citrix (18 per cent) and Microsoft (24 per cent) platforms. The new light agent technology is Kaspersky Lab’s first ever security solution optimised specifically for Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer customers, and will...

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent to combine

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Swarm cyberattacks on the way

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Demand for IT security skills grows

Almost half (47%) of UK CIOs and CTOs will add extra IT security personnel to their teams in 2015...

MOEITS tightens security

Greater user access control combined with granular security at the document library level, are just...

Attack volumes up as cyber criminals innovate faster and automate attacks

Attackers using COVID-19 pandemic to launch attacks on vulnerable organisations.

Poor password hygiene still prevalent

More time online and increased volume of cyberattacks is not translating to safer password...

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