January 12, 2017 Agari Reports 6-Month Revenue Growth of 95% Over the past 6 months, the anti-phishing solution provider Agari has enjoyed 95% revenue growth, helped by uptake of its new Enterprise Protect™ platform – ... Read more
January 12, 2017 2017 Global Application and Network Security Report Published by Radware A recent survey conducted by Radware, and published in its 2016-2017 Global Application and Network Security report, shows that almost half of companies have been ... Read more
January 10, 2017 FDA Confirms Vulnerabilities in St. Jude Medical Devices The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its investigation into claims that vulnerabilities in St. Jude Medical devices could be remotely exploited ... Read more
December 27, 2016 Final Cybersecurity Guidance on Medical Devices Issued by FDA Final cybersecurity guidance on medical devices has been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The 30-page document augments previous guidance published by ... Read more
December 6, 2016 Ironscales Named Finalist at 2017 SC Awards The Israeli cybersecurity firm Ironscales has been named a finalist in the 2017 SC Awards in the Best Email Security Solution category and will be ... Read more
November 23, 2016 $650,000 UMass HIPAA Settlement Announced by OCR The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) has agreed to pay the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $650,000 to settle ... Read more
November 18, 2016 Research Suggests Increased Enterprise Security Risk from IT Decentralization A recent VMWare sponsored study conducted by Vanson Bourne suggests enterprises face an increased security risk from IT decentralization and IT professionals are not ready ... Read more
November 18, 2016 Deloitte Ranks Wombat Security Technologies 144 in 2016 Technology Fast 500 List Wombat Security Technologies has been included in the 2016 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list, securing position 144. Each year, Deloitte produces its Fast 500 lists ... Read more
November 17, 2016 Facebook’s Darknet Password Buying Practice Revealed The data obtained from cyberattacks is often listed for sale on Darknet marketplaces for cybercriminals to purchase, yet who actually buys these data? Passwords are ... Read more
November 17, 2016 PhishLabs Included in Deloitte’s 2016 Technology Fast 500 List Each year, Deloitte compiles its Technology Fast 500™ list – a list of the 500 fastest growing technology firms in the United States. This year, ... Read more
November 11, 2016 Microsoft Security Bulletins to End In January Do you rely on Microsoft Security Bulletins to keep abreast of new patches and fixes to known vulnerabilities? If so, you should get prepared for ... Read more
November 10, 2016 Action Exclusions Introduced by Skeddly to Take Cloud Resources out of Automated Control Automating switching EC2 instances on and off allows organizations to make considerable savings on their cloud costs. Skeddly offers such a service to ensure that ... Read more
November 2, 2016 MediaPro Included in 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness CTB Vendors MediaPro has announced it has been included in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training Vendors. MediaPro is a leading provider of ... Read more
November 1, 2016 PhishLine Included in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training Anti-phishing training company PhishLine has been recognized by Gartner as a leader in the field of security awareness training having been added to the Gartner ... Read more
October 31, 2016 UK Government to Commit £1.9bn to Cybersecurity Defenses The increasing threat to the UK’s critical infrastructure has prompted the government to commit more funds to cybersecurity defenses. In a recent speech, the UK ... Read more
October 27, 2016 Cloud Cruiser Survey Highlights Need for a Solution to Monitor and Analyze Cloud Usage Cloud Cruiser has published the results of a survey conducted at the recent Microsoft Ignite conference in Atlanta, Georgia that has revealed there is a ... Read more
October 25, 2016 St. Jude Medical Faces New Allegations of Medical Device Vulnerabilities In August, Muddy Waters published a report that alleged certain St. Jude Medical devices were susceptible to cytberattacks that placed the safety of patients at ... Read more
October 20, 2016 EHNAC Migrates HIPAA Privacy and Security Modules to HITRUST CSF Framework The two leading standards development associations – the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) and the Health Information Trust Alliance HITRUST – have announced they ... Read more
October 12, 2016 Increase in IT Support Scams Reported by ESET According to a recent report from ESET, IT support scams are on the increase with users in France, Canada, the U.S. and UK currently most ... Read more
October 10, 2016 Sophos Recognized as Leader in Network Security by Gartner Security software and hardware company Sophos has recently been recognized as a leader in the field of threat management by American research and advisory firm ... Read more
October 4, 2016 Agari Launches Email Cloud Identity to Scan Messages Sent by Third Party Email Senders Agari has announced the addition of a new service – Email Cloud Identity – to its Agari Email Trust Platform™. The new service allows organizations ... Read more
September 29, 2016 Europol Report Shows 2016 Cybercrime Trends The new Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment released by European Law Enforcement Agency Europol has highlighted the biggest 2016 cybercrime trends. The report also confirms ... Read more
September 20, 2016 Majority of Companies Using Vulnerable Networking Devices A new study has revealed that the majority of companies are using vulnerable networking devices that are no longer being supported by the vendors. The ... Read more
September 15, 2016 Infosec Institute Receives CompTIA Outstanding Partner Award CompTIA is the world’s leading technology association. The not-for-profit association is a leading provider of certification programs for the technology workforce. The certifications help organizations ... Read more
September 13, 2016 ONC Report Confirms Most Hospitals Allow Patients to Access Their EHRs Significant progress has been made toward providing all patients with access to their ePHI, according to a recent report issued by the Department of Health ... Read more
September 13, 2016 Startup Attracts $750K Funding to Protect Healthcare IoT Devices Cybersecurity startup MedCrypt has attracted $750,000 in funding to develop solutions to protect healthcare IoT devices from cyberattacks. The seed financing was led by private ... Read more
August 30, 2016 Infosec Institute Publishes New SecurityIQ Case Study Cybercriminal are increasingly targeting employees and are taking advantage of poor security awareness to install malware or ransomware, while phishing emails are used to obtain ... Read more
August 26, 2016 Healthcare Mobile Device Security a Concern for Majority of Health IT Pros Hospitals are being singled out by cybercriminals who see them as an easy target. Hospitals store highly valuable data in large quantities and all too ... Read more
August 24, 2016 Sophos Email Security Now Incorporated into Cloud Management Platform The Sophos Central cloud-based management platform can be used to manage Sophos endpoint, mobile and wireless security products. Now Sophos has added its email security ... Read more
August 12, 2016 Walgreens HIPAA Violations Do Not Result in Financial Penalty Walgreens HIPAA violations discovered by reporters from WTHR 13 in 2006 have not resulted in any punitive action being taken by the Department of Health ... Read more