Cyber intelligence firm Digital Shadows gets £5.2m in venture funding
Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the investment during his trade mission in the US this week.
Antony Savvas | 14 Feb | Read more
Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the investment during his trade mission in the US this week.
Antony Savvas | 14 Feb | Read more
Senior bank staff are failing to take the threat of cyber attack seriously, the Bank of England has claimed, treating it as a purely ‘technical' issue rather than addressing risks at board-level.
Matthew Finnegan | 23 Dec | Read more
Nationwide customers were unable to access mobile and online banking for a short period of time yesterday after planned upgrades to its systems overran.
Matthew Finnegan | 23 Oct | Read more
The Bank of England's CIO has advised caution in adopting public cloud services, with potential pitfalls around security, costs and data sovereignty.
Matthew Finnegan | 20 Jun | Read more
The Bank of England is fending off regular attempts to hack its into systems each week, with hactivists and nation states the most common culprits.
Matthew Finnegan | 13 Jun | Read more
The Bank of England has launched a cyber intelligence network to help improve understanding of cyber attacks and identify where the banking sector is most vulnerable.
Matthew Finnegan | 11 Jun | Read more
The Bank of England is planning additional resiliency tests of security systems to ensure that UK banks can protect themselves against a growing cyber threat.
Matthew Finnegan | 23 Apr | Read more
Financial services firms plan to increase spending on cyber defences this year, as more become aware of the risks to the sector.
Matthew Finnegan | 17 Apr | Read more
Companies that supply the UK's critical services will be required to adopt robust cyber security measures and to work with government on addressing cyber risks following a summit hosted by business secretary Vince Cable.
Anh Nguyen | 06 Feb | Read more
A Bank of England-led exercise aimed at testing the resilience of UK banks' cyber defences has highlighted concerns over information-sharing during a real life attack.
Matthew Finnegan | 06 Feb | Read more
Several banks have been targeted in cyber attacks in the past six months, highlighting the vulnerabilities of their complex IT systems.
Matthew Finnegan | 29 Nov | Read more
The Bank of England has demanded that banks take measures to improve resiliency against cyber attacks, warning that complex legacy IT systems leave them vulnerable to a "growing" threat.
Matthew Finnegan | 02 Oct | Read more
The annual Security exhibition and conference took place in Sydney during July. Delegates heard from the Bank of England, NBN Co and terrorist expert Doctor Anne Speckhard.
Hamish Barwick | 29 Jul | Read more
Cyber attacks have risen to the top of the list of threats for UK banks according to Bank of England's director of financial stability, Andrew Haldane, but understanding and management of the risk is still at an "early stage".
Matthew Finnegan | 14 Jun | Read more
In a new report the Government Office for Science has suggested risks in financial computer trading are potentially as severe as those facing the nuclear industry, and that markets may have to follow the safety standards found in the nuclear sector.
Antony Savvas | 13 Nov | Read more