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Deflecting DDoS – Key Tactics in the Battle Against IoT-Powered Attacks

What makes a DDoS successful? I asked myself that question at the end of August when the central bank of Spain, Banco d’Espana, was hit by a DDoS attack that took its website temporarily offline. The bank issued a statement acknowledging the attack and stating that “no damage” had been done and its operations, as a central bank with no commercial arm, were not affected, implying that the attack was not successful. Meanwhile, the hacktivist group, Anonymous Catalonia, claimed...

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GDPR and mitigating cyber-risk

For digital businesses across all industries and markets, there are a number of risks which freelancers and contractors may face as a result of the new regulations. Here, Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, founder of on-demand insurance provider Tapoly, discusses the ins and outs of GDPR and the risks cybersecurity breaches can pose to freelance and contract workers in the digital age.

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How unguarded privileged access can turn a breach into a catastrophe

It has become increasingly accepted by many organisations that a security breach, in some form or another, is unavoidable. Even the most robust and cutting-edge security defences can potentially be thwarted by a dedicated adversary armed with new attack techniques. From the downtime to the cost of the clear-up, the impact can be devastating: in fact, a 2017 study by Ponemon estimated that the average data breach carried a total cost of $3.62m. By Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at...

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Sizing up email threats for your business

No matter the size, all organisations are at risk of being the next target of a cyber-attack. Attacks take on a variety of forms, from phishing scams, malware to ransomware, each requiring its own security measures. So how do you as a business owner protect your organisation against a multitude of growing cybersecurity threats? By Steven Malone, Director of Security Product Management at Mimecast.

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Every move you make

Privacy in the age of the algorithm.By Robert Brown, AVP, Cognizant's Center of the Future of Work.

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Case Study: @nifty Delivering IT Security to Their Customers with Kaspersky

NIFTY Corporation is one of the leading Telecoms and Internet Service Providers in Japan, supplying high-speed broadband connectivity to more than 1.39 million broadband users. Providing robust security for the many subscribers to its online services is very important because repeated security breaches or loss of service may result in customers suffering damage or losses - and ultimately leaving NIFTY and moving to competitors' services.

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