Month: August 2016

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: 3 security questions to ask when vetting a vendor that needs company data In my role as senior vice president of engineering, I frequently work closely with the…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Cybercriminals going back to ‘old school’ techniques: Dell “Based on the data gathered by SonicWALL in 2014, what we’ve seen is a surge in point-of-sale (POS) malware variants…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Zero-Days Remained Unpatched an Average of 59 Days The newly released Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) – which examines emerging trends in attacks, malicious code activity, phishing, and spam – reveals that 2014 was…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Why Has Mobile Banking Growth Stalled? Blame Hackers A recent report from the Federal Reserve (Consumers and Mobile Financial Services 2015) found that 52 percent of smartphone owners with a bank account did at…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Why Has Mobile Banking Growth Stalled? Blame Hackers A recent report from the Federal Reserve (Consumers and Mobile Financial Services 2015) found that 52 percent of smartphone owners with a bank account did at…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Finra CARDS data breach risk is real The initiative by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., which was recently put on hold for further evaluation amid negative feedback, was proposed as a means of…