The massive data breach of US retailer Target was a wakeup call for senior business executives too often disengaged with cybersecurity issues, but surging ransomware attacks are honing CxOs' attention on the need for automated analytics tools to detect security breaches as they happen – rather than months later, or not at all.
David Braue | 16 Jun | Read more
The stealthy design of today's advanced persistent threats (APTs) has given potential targets an hint of an advantage that could reverse the longstanding “asymmetry” between attacker and defender, the chief technical officer of security firm Gigamon has noted as organisations increasingly re-evaluate their security defence to accommodate the new rules of malware engagements.
David Braue | 30 Oct | Read more
Latest research commissioned by Juniper Networks has found the online black market demonstrates many similarities to other free markets.
Patrick Budmar | 09 Apr | Read more
Companies thinking their small size and relative obscurity will protect them from targeting by the authors of advanced persistent attacks (APTs) need to consider their role in larger supply chains and recognise that they are increasingly being seen as relatively insecure back doors into larger organisations, the head of BAE Systems Detica's regional cyber security operation has warned.
David Braue | 17 Jan | Read more
Security firm CrowdStrike, which focusses on advanced persistent threats (APT), has raised $30 million in a Series B financing round that was led by Accel Partners and included founding investor Warburg Pincus.
Legacy cyber security infrastructure have been proven to be incompetent at undertaking malware and network breaches. This issue is further complicated with increased sophistication and scale of destruction of today’s threats grouped under an umbrella called Advanced Persistent Threats. <p> Find out the different stages of APTs and its impact on business operations and learn about the benefits of adopting an architectural-and-platform orientated approach for security deployments.