Rethink authentication to remove the burden on users
Attackers exploit human nature, making authentication a prime target. The Snowflake data breach is a clear example – hackers used stolen customer credentials, many which…
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Amid uncertainty, Armis becomes newest CVE numbering authority
Mitre’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program – which last week came close to shutting down altogether amid a wide-ranging shakeup of the United States…
Hitachi Vantara: VSP One leads revamped storage portfolio
In this storage supplier profile, we look at Hitachi Vantara, which is a small part of a very big organisation. Since we last looked at…
Podcast: Quantum lacks profitability but it will come, says CEO
In this podcast, we talk to Quantum CEO Jamie Lerner about the company’s plans as it orients from a historical legacy in tape storage to…
Qualys goes to bat for US cricket side San Francisco Unicorns
California-based Twenty20 (T20) cricket side the San Francisco Unicorns has enlisted cloud security and compliance technology specialist Qualys as its inaugural cyber security partner for…
Digital ID sector calls for changes to government data legislation
The digital identity sector is calling on the government to amend its forthcoming data legislation and to change policy around use of the Gov.uk Wallet…
Secure Future Initiative reveals Microsoft staff focus
Every Microsoft employee now has a metric dubbed “Security Core Priority” tied directly to performance reviews. This is among the changes the software giant has…
Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer
Veteran UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has apologised to customers after a cyber incident of a currently undisclosed nature forced multiple public-facing services offline,…
Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security
Two of the UK’s leading female cyber practitioners – Secureworks threat intelligence knowledge manager Rebecca Taylor and CybAid founder and Hewitt Partnerships managing director Amelia…
Beyond baselines – getting real about security and resilience
In 2024, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) celebrated a decade of its baseline cyber security certification, Cyber Essentials (CE). While the NCSC has touted…
Ofcom bans leasing of Global Titles to crackdown on spoofing
Telco regulator Ofcom has said it is closing a technical loophole that poses a risk to mobile users’ privacy and security., announcing a crackdown on…
AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack
More than 150 billion application programming interface (API) attacks were observed in the wild during 2023 and 2024, according to data released this week by…