What are nation state information security attacks really telling us?
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- Published: Wednesday, 08 April 2015 07:20
A change is necessary in the mind-set about how we protect IT to an approach that sees attacks as a part of doing business.
IT disaster recovery, cloud computing and information security news
Organizations fear the Cryptoapocalypse
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- Published: Friday, 03 April 2015 16:00
The Ponemon Institute and Venafi have released the results of the 2015 ‘Cost of Failed Trust Report’, which examines the Internet’s system of trust. The report is based on interviews of over 2,300 IT security professionals based in the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, and the United States.
IBM study: number of cyber attacks on retailers drops by half in 2014 compared to 2012
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- Published: Friday, 03 April 2015 14:20
According to findings released by IBM, despite a 50 percent decline in the number of cyber attacks against US retailers, the number of records stolen from them remains at near record highs.
FFIEC issues cyber attacks advice
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- Published: Tuesday, 07 April 2015 09:21
The US Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has released two statements about ways that financial institutions can identify and mitigate cyber attacks that compromise user credentials or use destructive software (malware).
Report into Real Time Gross Settlement downtime incident published
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- Published: Friday, 03 April 2015 16:00
The Bank of England has published the results of an independent review by Deloitte into the disruption to the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system that occurred on 20 October 2014. The Bank also published its response, in which it accepted all of the review’s recommendations and set out how it intends to implement each of them.
IT and data centre professionals express concern about future threats to UK power supplies
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- Published: Friday, 03 April 2015 14:19
The results of Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited’s (UPS) latest industry survey shows that IT and data centre professionals see UK power supply continuity as an increasing concern.
DDoS attacks increasing as a business continuity threat to EMEA organizations
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- Published: Friday, 03 April 2015 16:00
Neustar, Inc. has published the findings from its third annual DDoS attacks & impact report. Entitled ‘The Rise of Hybrid Prevention Strategies to Outperform Attackers,’ the report is based on a survey of IT professionals from across the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Boards failing to take ownership of cyber risks
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- Published: Friday, 03 April 2015 15:09
Despite growing levels of awareness and understanding of cyber risk among large and medium-sized corporations across the UK and Ireland, board-level ownership of the issue remains comparatively low with many firms relying on their IT departments for the strategic direction of their cyber risk strategies.
New business continuity facility opened in Mozambique
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- Published: Friday, 03 April 2015 14:18
Global Continuity SA has expanded its geographical footprint beyond South Africa’s borders by opening a recovery facility in Mozambique’s capital and largest city, Maputo.
