Cyber Security

SafeGuard Cyber, the platform for social media and digital risk protection, responding to the defensive needs of government and corporate customers has launched a new detection capability that adds real-time cross-channel analysis to proactive scans across the digital landscape, including deep web sites, the dark web, and the social internet.

  According to new research from reichelt elektronik, voice assistants on devices such as smartphones are being widely used despite 72% being concerned about how their data is collected and used.

Ranking among Europe’s major electricity operators, Energias de Portugal, has completed a strategic investment in the Israel- and US-based cyber security company Sepio Systems. EDP is a vertically integrated utility company that has electricity, gas and renewable energy operations in 16 countries.

New Siemens suppliers must comply with minimum binding cyber security requirements, which was introduced step-by-step starting on 15th February, 2019, and anchored in a separate, binding clause in all new contracts. These requirements will apply primarily to suppliers of security-critical components such as software, processors and electronic components for certain types of control units.

To support widespread deployment of secure IoT solutions based on its Platform Security Architecture (PSA) framework, Arm and its independent security testing lab partners Brightsight, CAICT, Riscure and UL, along with consultants Prove&Run, have announced PSA Certified. At this week’s embedded world exhibition, Electronic Specifier Editor, Joe Bush, caught up with David Maidment, Director, Secure Devices Ecosystem at Arm, to find out m...

Zyalin Group has released its newest product, iKydz Lite, which provides low cost internet safety for all. Designed with all the simplicity of iKydz’s Total Internet Control on one app, delivered at a price that makes it as affordable as possible for families around the world. Irish firm Zyalin Group is on a mission to help people create a safer internet for their kids.

As cyber crime becomes more sophisticated and even a method of warfare, technologies such as machine learning, Big Data, and blockchain will become prominent. The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) has opened up numerous points of vulnerabilities, compelling cyber security companies, especially startups, to develop innovative solutions to protect enterprises from emerging threats.

Provider of service assurance, security, and business analytics, NETSCOUT, released the first findings from its upcoming Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR), revealing a clear trend of targeted attacks against service provider cloud services. In 2018, 47% of service providers reported distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) attacks against cloud services, a 14% increase over 2017 and a 22% increase since 2016.

Specialist in helping organisations get identity and access management (IAM) right, One Identity, a Quest Software business, has announced the availability of Authentication Services 4.2, a solution that extends the authentication, authorisation and administration of Active Directory (AD) to Unix, Linux and Mac environments.

Cyber security revenues in 2018 were $160.2bn and will jump an enormous $11.2bn during 2019, as the focus moves to GDPR adherence and adherence to similar legislation. Growth slows to around $9.8bn per annum after this but then spikes once again in 2023/4 as AI based Cyber security escalates, reaching $223.7bn.