Post of category Data Security
The Cloud Presents New Risks for Financial Services
The world’s major financial institutions know the winds of change are here. They are well aware that if they stick to traditional banking methods underpinned by decades-old technology they will be...
Friend or Foe: The Importance of Multi-Factor Authentication
The days when only permanent, office-based staff with company-approved devices could have remote access to corporate resources via Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are long gone. Now those needing...
Tiny loopholes that can wreak havoc
Pentesters only need a tiny loophole to gain access to the victim's network and discover and exploit further vulnerabilities. Companies who commission pentesters understandably do not publish any...
Easing Hospitals' Mobile Data Security Worries
Mobile communications devices are transforming healthcare services worldwide. Whether helping front line staff to share electronic medical records (EMR), deliver more timely diagnoses through remote...
ISPs make a play for control of data privacy
Forget Facebook, forget Google, forget Amazon – privacy defenders they most certainly are not, but their transgressions may prove to be nothing compared to the privacy threat currently posed by the...
Connecting IIoT Security and Remote Access to Bridge the Gap Between Operational IT and Product/Production IT
In many industries, technology is developing faster than the ability to secure it. As the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) permeates finance, retail, logistics, telecommunications, and healthcare...
Retailers must balance data privacy with personalization
The retail industry is increasingly moving online. In its figures for 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau cited national online retail sales at $119 billion. Meanwhile, the Facebook privacy scandal has...
Encryption is essential
The fact that information and IT security has attracted a lot of attention in mainstream media in recent years is a positive development. The more often we hear about something, the greater our...
Protecting Industrial Intelligence Against Attacks
In recent years, many of the world’s isolated industrial control systems (ICS) in manufacturing and critical infrastructure have been joined with information technology (IT) networks. There are clear...
Another day, another GDPR mail
The world didn’t stop turning on May 25 when the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, despite the mass panic among many companies, as if they had just seen an intercity...