Security

EBV Elektronik, an Avnet company, has announced its full support for Arm in efforts to bring a cloud-native experience to the edge, via the company’s high-profile Project Cassini cross-platform initiative.

Firebox M Series combines security, performance, flexibility and visibility for the WatchGuard Unified Security Platform WatchGuard Technologies hFirebox M Series combines security, performance, flexibility and visibility for the WatchGuard Unified Security Platform has announced the release of its new Firebox M290, M390, M590, and M690 unified threat management appliances for small and medium-sized businesses.

The Department for Education overhauled its security investment in the most recent financial year (FY 20-21), by increasing security courses on offer to staff from four to 44. Additionally, course participants surged from just under 7,000 in FY 19-20, to over 30,000 this year, a 329% increase.

Biometrics company Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) has enabled biometric authentication to be executed entirely within Infineon’s Secure Element, making it cheaper and easier for card manufacturers to develop and roll out biometric payment cards at scale. While many industry experts believed this to be a milestone out of reach, this technological leap has been achieved while maintaining biometric performance and increasing security.

Cyber attacks have been on a worrying upward trend, especially in recent months. A number of New Zealand’s banking and postal services have been hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, rendering the services inaccessible and causing outrage among their customers, and Russia’s tech giant Yandex has fallen victim to the largest known DDoS attack to date. With the heightened number of cyberattacks taking place around the wor...

Since the start of the pandemic, the way business is conducted has changed permanently, with many workforces wanting to continue to work remotely. So, as life returns to a form of ‘new normal’, the issues around cyber security are here to stay, and the gas pedal must not be eased – especially with the increased risks associated with continued remote working. 

 Securing data is important in a number of industriesso element14 has launched the Spy Nerd Design Challenge, giving community members the opportunity to develop security or spy-themed projects.

Swissbit will use Europe's largest IT security trade fair to present its latest hardware-based security solutions.

Recently, a group of hackers created a new tactic for involving home routers in phishing attacks. This is incredibly worrying to cyber security experts, as 64% of users have WiFi routers in their household, and 1 in 6 do nothing to protect them.

Nozomi Networks has announced that the SANS 2021 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report has found that ICS cyber security threats remain high and are growing in severity. In response, a growing majority of organisations have significantly matured their security postures since the last SANS OT/ICS survey in 2019. In spite of the progress, almost half (48%) don’t know whether their organisations had been compromised. The Nozomi Networks-sponsored s...