IT disaster recovery, cloud computing and information security news

Denying the deniers: tackling DDoS attacks

Details: Published: Wednesday, 17 February 2016 09:15

By Professor Avishai Wool.

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are an old attack vector but they continue to be popular; and highly effective.

Peer-reviewed guidance for creating secure connected devices now available

Details: Published: Tuesday, 16 February 2016 08:35

The prpl Foundation, an open-source non-profit organization, has announced the availability of a new document, ‘Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Embedded Computing’, which describes a hardware-led approach to connected device security

New report looks at ‘Security breaches – what’s the real cost to your business?’

Details: Published: Thursday, 11 February 2016 08:21

Most UK business decision makers admit that their organization will suffer from a cyber security breach at some point. They also anticipate that to recover from a data breach would cost upwards of £1.2 million on average for their organization, the highest figure globally.

Tips for migrating to a software-defined data center / centre

Details: Published: Wednesday, 17 February 2016 08:42

Not only does a software-defined data center / centre provide CIOs with a way to improve disaster recovery and combat shadow IT, but it is also the first step in moving toward a truly service-defined enterprise and acts as the catalyst that redefines the CIO’s role from technologist to business enabler and innovator.

The SIP security fallacy

Details: Published: Friday, 12 February 2016 12:36

Paul German looks at the specific security issues with VoIP session initiation protocol and explains why the risks need to be taken seriously. It’s time to think differently about SIP security: before it is too late…

The top five factors to consider when outsourcing security

Details: Published: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 10:02

Almost two-thirds of organizations are considering outsourcing all, or parts of their security operations in light of growing and diversifying cyber-security threats. This is according to a survey of 300 IT decision makers sponsored by mission critical IT services provider Advanced 365.

IT professionals ‘overconfident in cyber attack detection’: study

Details: Published: Tuesday, 16 February 2016 09:01

Tripwire, Inc., has published the results of an extensive study conducted by Dimensional Research on its behalf. The study evaluated the confidence of IT professionals regarding the efficacy of seven key security controls that must be in place to quickly detect a cyber attack in progress.

Small businesses “hugely underestimating impact of a cyber attack”

Details: Published: Thursday, 11 February 2016 08:55

UK small businesses are hugely underestimating the impact that a cyber attack could have on their reputation and must take steps to protect it, according to the findings of the Small Business Reputation and the Cyber Risk report, published by the Government’s Cyber Streetwise campaign and KPMG.