Cyber Security

  Every year over 500,000 personal mobile devices are stolen in the UK, many of which contain access to sensitive business data, which could be a breach of new GDPR regulations due in 2018.

Developer of commercial embedded software assurance tools and advanced cyber security solutions, GrammaTech, has released new research from VDC detailing the growing concerns in cyber physical manufacturing systems within today’s smart factories. The report Industry 4.0: Secure by Design summarises the results from surveying over 500 engineers to find that for Industry 4.0 to succeed, smart factories must be made secure by design,...

New research from Imperva Incapsula details the emergence of a new DDoS assault pattern, which has been named Pulse Wave. According to Lead Researcher Igal Zeifman: “Pulse Wave DDoS represents a new attack methodology, made up of a series of short-lived pulses occurring in clockwork-like succession, which accounts for some of the most ferocious DDoS attacks we mitigated in the second quarter of 2017. In the most extreme cases, they lasted f...

  According to The Cyber Governance Health Check, an annual survey carried out by the UK government, more than two thirds (68%) of companies say their directors have no training in responding to cyber attacks. Of 105 businesses in the FTSE 350 surveyed, one in ten revealed they have no plan to cope with hacking.

  If you’ve got a smart thermostat, you’re putting all your trust in the technology to get you the best deal on your heating by using it wisely. But boiler and heating specialists Warm.co.uk have warned that this could be a big mistake. 

Any type of data breach, whether due to an external hacking incident or an internal staff error, is a significant issue that needs immediate attention. A key aspect of the legal requirements surrounding a data breach is to demonstrate that your business or organisation takes the issue very seriously and is proactively seeking to not only protect any individuals who may be affected, but is also taking active steps to improve systems and processes ...

The unmanned aircraft Sagitta has successfully completed its first two test flights at the Overberg test range in South Africa. The project is part of the "Open Innovation" initiative launched by aircraft manufacturer Airbus. The objective is the development of new technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles. Sagitta serves as a platform for testing these technologies and is not focused on any specific end-product.

  Last week, news broke yesterday that the UK government will introduce new fines for companies that do not have an appropriate cyber security plan in place. Businesses which are critical to the UK's national infrastructure could face fines of up to £17m.

A working group on industrial Ethernet security has been established by the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), with the aim of providing a guideline document for users looking to build secure networks around the open gigabit Ethernet CC-Link IE technologies. In particular, the document will cover strategies for users adopting the CLPA’s Seamless Message Protocol (SLMP) and CC-Link IE Field Basic where general IP communication is used ...

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock or you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000 to be hearing about it for the first time, the EU General Data Protection Regulation hype train is reaching full throttle and organisations across the world are engaging panic mode as the compliance deadline looms ever closer. For those that are lucky enough not to have encountered GDPR yet, what is it all about and why should I care? Author: ...