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Scared about supply chain cybersecurity? 5 reasons you aren’t scared enough- Part 2

We saw the 1st reason of supply chain cybersecurity in the 1st part yesterday. Now we see the remaining reasons today. In today’s world, “common criminals, organised crime rings, and nation-states leverage sophisticated techniques to launch attacks that are highly targeted and very difficult to detect,” (more…)

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August 15, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

The growing threat of Wi-Fi enabled IoT

There is a saying, ‘fast, cheap and good – pick two.’ This appears to apply to the IoT as manufacturers race to get new fast and cheap products to market, but at the expense of security. (more…)

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August 11, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Juniper Research: Online payment fraud detection spend to reach $9.3 billion by 2022

A new study from Juniper Research has found that spending on online FDP (fraud detection and prevention) solutions is set to rise to $9.3 billion by 2022, an increase of 22% over this year’s anticipated spend. (more…)

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July 26, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Now is the time for service providers to wake up to the DDoS threat

Service providers are faced with a great opportunity in the era of IoT, but with it comes great risk. It’s been a turbulent time for service providers in recent months, not least due to the rise in frequency and complexity of DDoS attacks which can completely knock out their networks. (more…)

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June 22, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Three key network strategies for the connected enterprise – Part 2

Successful rollout of enterprise digital transformation continues to be a mixed bag. We continue to see the explosive increase in connected devices (the IoT phenomenon) and large advances in application capabilities to improve enterprise productivity. (more…)

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May 30, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Three key network strategies for the connected enterprise – Part 1

Successful rollout of enterprise digital transformation continues to be a mixed bag. We continue to see the explosive increase in connected devices (the IoT phenomenon) and large advances in application capabilities to improve enterprise productivity. (more…)

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May 29, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

The enterprise manager’s checklist to getting to grips with DDoS attacks and the Botnet army

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks jumped into the mainstream consciousness last year after several high-profile cases – one of the largest and most widely reported being the Dyn takedown in October 2016. (more…)

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May 25, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Tackling the threat to enterprises (or their service providers) rolling out new IoT services

At its heart, the trouble with IoT is the rush to market exhibited by many manufacturers who see the business need to fill a gap or provide a useful service, but overlook the essential need to bake security in from the get-go. (more…)

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May 17, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Connected devices have never been more at risk to attackers

It was because of the growing security risks surrounding these devices last year, says Roland Dobbins, principal engineer at Arbor Networks, that a number of internet criminals were able to weaponise them and as a result, take a number of websites and services offline by launching DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. (more…)

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May 9, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

The importance of security in an IoT world

In October 2016 the world received a harsh wake-up call about the importance of IoT security, says Shane Buckley, CEO of Xirrus. (more…)

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April 24, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil