At the sidelines of the recently held Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, Jeffrey Wheatman, research vice president, Gartner, sat down with Security Advisor ME to discuss the important role that the human factor plays in cybersecurity.
Oman thwarted over 800M cyber-attacks: ITA
Oman has reportedly warded off over 880 million cyber-attacks on government networks in 2017, three times more than 2016 when the country recorded 279 million such attacks.1 3408Bitdefender uncovers Ring doorbell vulnerability
Bitdefender researchers have recently uncovered an issue in Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Pro IoT device that allowed attackers physically near the device to intercept the owner’s Wi-Fi network credentials.
Vectra AI strengthens leadership team
Vectra AI has announced the addition of two executives to senior leadership roles, which the it says will be instrumental in driving customer satisfaction and further global business growth.
“Adversaries are becoming stealthier”: Sophos report
Sophos has launched its 2020 Threat Report providing insights into the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape.
McAfee enables enterprises to “Shift Left” to reduce risks on Microsoft Azure
McAfee has announced updates to McAfee MVISION Cloud for Microsoft Azure that will help customers “Shift Left” with security to preemptively help to address compliance and risk within their cloud infrastructure.
UAE may soon lift ban on WhatsApp calls, says top cybersecurity executive
The UAE may soon lift its ban on WhatsApp calls, the executive director of the UAE’s National Electronic Security Authority, …
Google launches ‘App Defense Alliance’ to fight bad apps
Google is teaming up with three major security companies to stop Potentially Harmful Applications (PHAs) before they reach users’ devices …
Riverbed launches new SD-WAN solution
Riverbed®, The Digital Performance Company™, today announced a significant milestone in the evolution of its SD-WAN portfolio by announcing general …
Kasperksy reveals dangers of unsecured biometrics data
Traditional passwords nowadays are a weak point as data leaks happen quite often. More and more companies decide to change the approach and adopt biometrics. However, no one is immune to identity theft and there already have been several actual cases of losing biometric data.
BeyondTrust shares top security predictions for 2020 and beyond
BeyondTrust has announced its top security predictions for the New Year and into 2025.