Category: News

Signature antivirus’ dirty little secret [1st] … organized criminals have entered the fray, and now customize malware for specific targets (such as Point-of-Sale malware), today’s threat do not wildly spread and touch as many victims quickly. This means it takes much longer for new malware to hit the threshold where…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Middle of the week, a quiet news day but make sure you’re ready for the OpenSSL patching activities that will need to be launched today. So onto the news: Case study: When a hacker destroys your business Former…

Modulo Named as a Visionary in Inaugural Gartner 2015 Magic Quadrant for IT Risk Management Insurance News Net “This year marks Modulo’s 30th birthday as an independent security risk … Today, thousands of customers globally rely on our GRC automation … Link: http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2015/03/13/modulo-named-as-a-visionary-in-inaugural-gartner-2015-magic-quadrant-for-it-risk-a-605359.html Area banker to highlight cyber security Jack…

From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Make sure you’re keeping on top of patching Adobe. New patch released For now for the news: Data retention: Netherlands court strikes down law as breach of privacy Under the Dutch law telephone companies were required to store…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] If you dealing with the challenges of PCI, look out for the invites to get “early” access to the latest Verizon report. Provides some great insight and support for compliance. For now for the news: Eighty pct of…

Three Things CIOs Should Know About Cyber-Security At the Information Security Forum, we know that cyber-security is a key business priority as organizations become progressively more digital and cyber-threats grow, both in number and sheer sophistication. With the explosion of today’s digital age, cyber-security is one of the principal issues…