Cyber Security

Learning provider Litmos Heroes is warning retailers to make sure their technology is up to date and their staff are properly trained to help them stay cyber safe during the sales. Online spending is set to hit record levels this January. An average of £1bn was spent online every week in January 2017 and with such huge figures changing hands electronically comes an increased risk of retail businesses falling victim to cyber attack and onlin...

  DroneShield has announced that its DroneGun MKII product has been certified as compliant for human exposure, in connection with requests by potential governmental end-users, in relation to their procurement processes.

The DS28E38 DeepCover secure ECDSA authenticator from Maxim Integrated is in stock at Mouser Electronics. Designed to protect devices against security attacks, the DS28E38 is an Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) public key-based secure authenticator. It incorporates Maxim’s patented ChipDNA physically unclonable function (PUF) technology.

Taking inspiration from the superseded military performance specification 32383/3, Ultralife Corporation has upgraded its entire range of UBI-2590 batteries. With its high energy density and SmartCircuit technology, the battery is designed for a wide range of military and defence applications, including robotics, automated underwater vehicles (AUVs), unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and communication systems.

WatchGuard’s latest quarterly Internet Security Report, which explores the computer and network security threats affecting small to midsize enterprises (SMEs), has revealed massive increases in scripting attacks and overall malware attempts against midsize companies throughout Q3 2017. 

Not comfortable with Face ID and other biometrics? This cybersecurity advancement may be for you. A University at Buffalo-led team of researchers has discovered how to identify smartphones by examining just one photo taken by the device. The advancement opens the possibility of using smartphones - instead of body parts - as a form of identification to deter cybercrime.

As we are now in 2017, the internet IoT and digitalisation is everywhere and there is no avoiding it, but what you can do is be prepared, and ensure that while you are online you are secure. Belden, manufacturer of networking, connectivity and cable products want to make sure that everyone is fully protected while they are connected, and therefore have released a free guide with Tripwire; ‘Industrial Cyber Security for Dummies’ a...

Infineon Technologies has been recognised with two SESAMES Awards for the world's first post-quantum cryptography implementation on a contactless security chip. 

During TRUSTECH 2017 in Cannes, France (28th to 30th November 2017), Maxim Integrated Products demonstrated new turnkey technologies that protect embedded and connected systems from invasive attacks. As cyber attacks continue making headlines, design engineers struggle to safeguard their products while meeting stringent time-to-market and budget constraints. Meanwhile, safety standard certification costs continue to rise. Maxim’s embedded s...

  A new service to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has been introduced by QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS). It is emulating the threat posed to large naval vessels by small multi-rotor drones.