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Picking Through Vendor FUD as Infosecurity Europe Approaches

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by Bharat Mistry

We’ve hit a period of relative calm in the cybersecurity space over the past few weeks with no new reports of major breaches or threats. In fact, there have actually been a few positive news announcements of late, with UK organisations spending more on threat protection and seeing some decent results.

But as the annual Infosecurity Europe event next month draws nearer, perhaps we should remind ourselves that the industry is still filled with marketing claims which don’t necessarily tell the whole story. IT security buyers therefore need to focus their spending carefully if they want to maximise ROI. Continue reading →

As the NCSC Celebrates its First Year, Why We Need to Focus on Layered Security

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by Bharat Mistry

There’s not been much to celebrate in cybersecurity recently. The shadow of the Equifax breach still hangs over the industry as a cautionary tale of what can happen if security processes and execution aren’t 100% watertight. In fact, Europol last week reported stats claiming over two billion records on European citizens have been leaked over the past 12 months. While there’s clearly lots to do, it was heartening to see the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) this week reporting a successful first year in operation.

The GCHQ offshoot claimed to have dealt with 590 “significant” cyber threats reported over the 12-month period. While we’re 100% behind its work, it’s obvious the scale of the problem and the determination of online attackers continues to rise. That means organisations must also take matters into their own hands with best practice, layered cybersecurity. Continue reading →

Trend Micro Touches Down on Planet VMWorld with XGen Protection

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by Simon Young

VMware is one of Trend Micro’s oldest and closest partners. So we boldly went where we’ve been many years before this week with a trip to VMworld Europe in Barcelona. From our much-admired Star Trek-themed stand we’ve been explaining how Deep Security is now more powerful than ever at securing physical, virtual and cloud servers, thanks to XGen. Our cross-generational blend of threat protection techniques means out-of-this-world cybersecurity whatever your platform of choice. Continue reading →

Attention CEOs: Report Reveals Major Impact of Breaches on Share Price

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by Bharat Mistry

We’ve been talking about the importance of elevating cybersecurity to the boardroom for decades. And despite the growing number of errant companies out there suffering high profile data breaches over the years, there are many CEOs who still don’t get it. That’s why we were interested to read a new piece of research linking serious cyber incidents for the first time to share price performance.

It revealed that severe breaches on average cost public companies 1.8% of their value, running into £120 million for a typical FTSE100 firm. That should be enough to make any board sit up and take notice, and begin plans to implement effective layered security to mitigate cyber risk.

It’s just part of the message we’ll be taking to the Infosecurity Europe show in London this June. So be sure to drop by Stand D25 to find out more. Continue reading →