Lessons learnt from blocking millions of cyber attacks

FireHost has announced the release of its 2013 year in review Superfecta report (available for download here link and by request). Using real-life data from the 100m+ malicious hack attempts FireHost blocked in the last 12 months, the Superfecta report contains a quarter-by-quarter guide to the biggest cybercrime trends and incidents in 2013, including expert analysis from both FireHost’s IT security teams and partners.

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DNA to detect pass-the-hash vulnerabilities

CyberArk has unveiled the latest version of Discovery & Audit (DNA), said to be the first tool on the market to identify and map exposed privileged password hashes and all related vulnerable machines on a network. CyberArk DNA is a patent-pending, light-weight, stand alone tool that exposes the magnitude of privileged account security risks by enabling organisations to easily identify and analyse all privileged accounts across their network. CyberArk DNA v4 free trial licenses are currently...

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Bit9 partners with Check Point Software Technologies

Bit9 and Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. has announced a partnership to integrate the combined Bit9 and Carbon Black real-time endpoint and server security solution with Check Point’s next-generation firewall and threat emulation offerings.

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Tech Data promotes Andy Gass

Tech Data says that Andy Gass will become Managing Director UK and Ireland, after spending the past two years fulfilling the role of SVP, South and West Europe. He will continue to be a member of Tech Data’s European Executive Board reporting to Nestor Cano.

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New US Cybersecurity Framework developed by NIST features COBIT 5 in the core

ISACA’s COBIT 5 is included as an informative reference in the core of the US Cybersecurity Framework, which launched this week and is aimed at helping improve cybersecurity at critical infrastructure operators and other businesses.

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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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