WATCH: 98% of FT 500 companies fall short on web app firewalls
The shadow, legacy and abandoned IT assets of the world’s biggest organisations pose a serious security risk, research by cybersecurity firm High-Tech Bridge has revealed. The Geneva-based company...
View Article“GDPR simply aligned with our principles”: Genetec’s Paul Dodds on securing...
Founded in 1997, Genetec develops IP-based security solutions over open architecture and prides itself on its vast ecosystem of technology partners. As disparate systems become more integrated Genetec,...
View Article“Everyone on the planet is a target”: Ethical hacker Terry Cutler
Topping our cybersecurity influencers for 2018 is someone whose internet training courses have “easily helped over a million people”, in the words of someone who nominated him. Judges were impressed...
View ArticleWATCH: Bridging the divide between physical and logical security
IFSEC International 2018 saw the debut of the Converged Security Centre. Powered by Vidsys, the new feature hosted presentations and panel debates about the importance of, and challenges around,...
View ArticleHikvision joins cybersecurity incident response leader FIRST
The Hikvision Security Response Center (HSRC) has joined CISCO, Intel, IBM and Microsoft as a member of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), a global leader in incident response....
View ArticleFrom Tor to Dooble: The browsers that prioritise privacy and security
What kind of security issues are associated with the most popular browsers? What do we mean by secure browsers or privacy-oriented browsers, and what are their distinctive features? In which direction...
View ArticleWATCH: Managing the insider threat to critical assets and operations
Below you can watch a presentation on combating the security threat posed by malicious insiders, delivered by a respected expert in security and risk management. Filmed in the Keynote Arena at IFSEC...
View ArticleState-sponsored espionage and sabotage to shape 15 cybersecurity threats to...
The rise in state-sponsored cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure will continue its upward trajectory during 2019, according to research by cyber-threat intelligence firm CYFIRMA. A raft of...
View ArticleCyber cold war and face recognition flaws: 7 cybersecurity predictions for 2019
A landmark court case where an employee and employer blame each other for a data breach is one of seven 2019 predictions from cybersecurity firm Forcepoint. The 2019 Forcepoint Cybersecurity...
View ArticleThe periodic table of security
Security professionals now have hundreds of elements to consider – from fire to facilities, cyber security to safe cities. How do all these key elements of security fit together? How far does the remit...
View ArticleOur most popular security articles, videos and downloads of 2018
Below is the most popular content – articles, videos and white papers – published on IFSEC Global for 2018. We’ve included the most popular month by month by page views, as well as the most popular...
View ArticleAnti-AI activists and the death of the password: 5 cybersecurity trends for 2019
Dr Adrian Nish, head of threat intelligence at BAE Systems, offers five predictions on how the cyber threat landscape will evolve in 2019. Dr Nish regularly advises businesses and governments on...
View ArticleHow cybercrime is punished around the world
Next year could see cybercrime’s total cost to the world economy rise to more than $2tn. We’ll inevitably see new threats emerge and existing threats grow more sophisticated too. The infographic below,...
View Article7 cybersecurity trends to prepare for in 2019
The digital world evolves at a pace that make all previous technological paradigms seem glacial by comparison. Technologies that seemed impossibly futuristic just a few years ago – like AI, virtual...
View ArticleWhat does my ISP know about me?
Basically, it’s not so simple with internet service providers. In some European countries, they are legally required to check users’ traffic for possible legal violations. They definitely do not watch...
View ArticleThe 21 biggest data breaches of the 21st century
From the hacking of TJX Companies in 2006, which exposed credit card details of 94 million customers, to the theft of personal data from Eventbrite in 2018 – the infographic below outlines the 21...
View ArticleThe future of security: 5 trend predictions for 2019
With the new year underway, IFSEC Global takes a look at the trends thought leaders predict will dominate the profession in 2019. Cybersecurity and converged security both feature high on the 2019...
View ArticleHow to free your smartphone from surveillance
Do you feel like your smartphone is being spied on? You’re probably not being paranoid. It’s hardly surprising that smartphones should be an attractive target for cybercriminals and totalitarian...
View ArticleWATCH: Surveillance, security and privacy in the IoT
The video below is a panel debate exploring challenges and issues for stakeholders responsible for ‘security by design and default’ plus ‘data protection by design and default’ in smart devices and...
View ArticleClimate change dominates biggest global threats in 2019
Climate change is overwhelmingly the biggest threat to mankind in 2019, a report by the World Economic Forum suggests. The effects of manmade global warming account for more than half of the top 10...
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