Cyber security leaders tend to be happy with the quality of threat intelligence they get from their industry partners, but struggle to generate real insight from it and are making uninformed, or even downright bad, purchasing decisions as a result. A study conducted by Google Cloud’s Mandiant, based on a global survey of 1,350 […]

An incident response career path might be the answer for anyone who loves information security and thrives on excitement and technical challenges. The explosion of cyberthreats means that incident responders — sometimes referred to as the firefighters of the cybersecurity world — are needed more than ever. A skills shortage plagues the cybersecurity industry. […]

What is passwordless authentication? Passwordless authentication is signing into a service without using a password. This is often done with certificates, security tokens, one-time passwords (OTPs) or biometrics. Passwordless authentication is generally considered more secure than using passwords. Types of passwordless authentication Authentication factors are generally divided into three categories: Knowledge factors, or something you […]

The Russian hacktivist collective Killnet has carried out a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against Nato, causing temporary disruption to some of the military alliance’s public-facing websites. The Killnet operation had previously said via its closed channel on the encrypted Telegram service that it was commencing attacks against Nato. It also […]

Clear, comprehensive and coherent frameworks are needed to regulate police use of artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics in the UK, the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner has said. As commissioner for the retention and use of biometrics, Fraser Sampson is responsible for overseeing police use of DNA and fingerprints in England, Wales and Northern […]

A former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) worker who blew the whistle on lax data protection practices at the bank faces storing sensitive information under her bed indefinitely as a second regulator says it can’t help her. The bank, now part of NatWest Group, alleges the whistleblower has “sought payment” in exchange for the […]

Porsche’s Formula E team takes cars to 16 races in a season, and has a 24-hour setup time for events held on city streets with a wide variety of conditions and potential changes to courses. During races, data is collected from hundreds of telemetry points on electric racing cars, handled and processed in real […]

In the summer of 2021, analyst Gartner published its Market guide for security awareness computer-based training. It reported that the human element (85%) continues to be a primary catalyst for data breaches, with phishing accounting for 36% of breaches. One recent attack that made the headlines occurred at Intuit Mailchimp, the marketing automation platform provider, […]

An inquiry has been launched by the Lords Communications Committee to try to help the digitally excluded, as the UK’s cost-of-living crisis persists. The committee will look at what causes digital exclusion, as well as the social and economic impact of people being unable to access or use digital devices and services. It will […]

A significant number of girls with an interest in tech-based school subjects don’t go on to take part in technology programmes at university, according to McKinsey. The consulting firm’s research found that 31% of girls studying information science, computer science, and technology at school level don’t choose these subjects at university, and the same […]