Councils, schools and government offices were among global public sector and education organizations hit badly by DNS attacks last year – with nearly half reporting dealing with the issue cost them hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has announced the release of a new white paper designed to help enterprises develop metrics and processes to measure threats before they become cyberattacks and recover functionality lost in the wake of those attacks.
A successful pilot program delivered by logistics technology company Marine Transport International (MTI) has demonstrated that the logistics industry will see improved connectivity, efficiency and security thanks to blockchain.
NIST has announced the release of its latest practice guide, ‘Data Integrity: Recovering from Ransomware and Other Destructive Events, SP 1800-11’. As a draft NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, comments and feedback are being sought.
By Johan Pellicaan
Disaster recovery is imperative for the survival of any organization and whilst many businesses have some form of strategy in place, they need to ensure they can maintain continuity should a disaster strike. The concept is not new, so why are we still seeing many organizations fall victim to downtime?
Synopsys, Inc. has published the results of a survey of 270 IT security professionals, which found that almost half (48 percent) viewed customer-facing web applications as the area presenting the most security risk to businesses.
The Gartner Hype Cycle for Cloud Security aims to help security professionals understand which emerging technologies are ready for mainstream use, and which are still years away from productive deployments for most organizations.
Most organizations now allow employees to use IM in some capacity; or their employees use it anyway! And with IT teams under a lot of pressure, the risks of data leakage that come with IM are often forgotten about. Thomas Fischer thinks that IM threats are worth talking about…
Britain’s top firms urgently need to do more to protect themselves from online threats, according to new Government research and a ‘cyber health check’ published recently.
The entire Continuity Central website is scanned daily by Sucuri to ensure that no malware exists within the site. This means that you can browse with complete confidence.
Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
