How Alphabet security moonshot Chronicle fits in at Google Cloud
Chronicle - the 'moonshot' or experimental spinout that would become an independent security company - will be folded into Google Cloud.
By Tamlin Magee | 15 Jul | Read more
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Microsoft introduces integrated Darktrace-a-like, Azure Sentinel
Microsoft has announced an AI-powered security solution called Sentinel that is designed to integrate with the Azure public cloud platform.
By Tamlin Magee | 04 Mar | Read more
Cybersecurity trends 2019
With the cyber security industrial complex in full swing and good business for all the major players, from governments and state sponsored groups, to criminal attackers and the vendors as well as their shareholders, we wonder what horrors this dystopian hell world will spew forth next.
By Tamlin Magee | 02 Jan | Read more
Huawei security fears - paranoia, blowback, or both?
BT has made the decision to strip the equipment of Huawei from its core EE 4G network among growing security concerns about the Chinese telecom infrastructure giant's critical infrastructure footprint. Can - or should - any blame be laid on Huawei, or is this a result of paranoia, projection, or a severe lack of government oversight?
By Tamlin Magee | 07 Dec | Read more
Can Senseon beat Darktrace at its own game with its 'AI triangulation' technology
A breakaway company from British cyber security darlings Darktrace called Senseon says it is plugging a gap in the infosec market that's sorely lacking - claiming unanimous approval from the CIOs who are enthusiastically taking up the technology.
By Tamlin Magee | 19 Sep | Read more
What can organisations learn from hackers? Inside Nuix's Black Report
Despite all the noise from security vendors, most hackers and pentesters can worm into a network and exfiltrate valuable data in under a day, including for critical systems, according to a recent report from Nuix.
By Tamlin Magee | 19 Jul | Read more
What is a cyber kill chain?
The American military was the first to formalise the concept of a 'kill chain', loosely defined as the six steps in a chain to go through to eliminate a target. These steps fall under the acronym F2T2EA: Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, Assess.
By Tamlin Magee | 16 Jul | Read more
West Yorkshire Police: fingerprint scanners will help human rights
The chief inspector for digital policing at West Yorkshire Police – the first of 43 forces to roll out portable fingerprint scanners – has responded to human rights charity Liberty by claiming the deployment will actually help people's fundamental human rights.
By Tamlin Magee | 15 Feb | Read more
Security trends 2018: biometric hacking, state-sponsored attacks, daring cyber heists
There are only a couple of near-certainties for cybersecurity in 2018: that the market will continue to be buoyant and that attacks will become more sophisticated.
By Tamlin Magee | 29 Dec | Read more
What happens when cybercriminals start to use machine learning?
Andrew Tsonchev, director of cyber analysis for AI threat defence business Darktrace, says it could enable hackers to launch attacks that were previously only within the reach of nation state actors.
By Tamlin Magee | 23 Oct | Read more
Will the WannaCry ransomware serve as a meaningful infosec wake-up call?
Ransomware is no new threat: will WannaCry finally act as a catalyst to a wider infosec wake-up call?
By Tamlin Magee | 16 May | Read more
Cybercrime is biggest threat to small and medium-size firms ‘by far’
Recent figures show that 80 percent of SMEs hit by major cyber incidents don't live longer than two years after the fact -- and although there's growing awareness about the importance of cyber security, many SMEs might still not be taking it into consideration.
By Tamlin Magee | 05 May | Read more
Venafi CEO: Symantec-Google certificates spat underscores machine identity risk
As Google raises doubts about trusting Symantec certificates, Venafi's CEO tells Computerworld UK that for some, machine identity is an underestimated security threat
By Tamlin Magee | 24 Apr | Read more
How worried should your organisation be about cyber espionage - and what can you do about it?
Criminal gangs are turning over millions from breaching businesses - but the organisations with the biggest budgets are the intelligence agencies of nation states. How seriously should your organisation take cyber espionage? Computerworld UK speaks with Jarno Niemela, senior security researcher at F-Secure.
By Tamlin Magee | 23 Mar | Read more
Church of England puts a stop to ransomware with Darktrace
After a two-week learning period where the Darktrace box monitored the Church's traffic, it was able to flag up ransomware attacks in the early stages and before any serious damage was done.
By Tamlin Magee | 08 Mar | Read more