Exclusive: Microsoft’s Brad Smith on the White House’s refusal to back his...
Microsoft president Brad Smith has said that the Trump administration’s apathy for multilateralism explains why it is yet to sign up to a new global agreement on cyber security. In a wide-ranging...
View ArticleMSPs must put their own cyber security first
In December 2018, the United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging two Chinese nationals with intellectual property theft. Over the course of 12 years, the defendants allegedly...
View ArticleRevealed: the malicious WiFi networks that can exploit MPs’ phones
Experts are warning that MPs’ cyber security could be at risk after it emerged that a number of malicious WiFi hotspots have been operating in Westminster. Analysis shared with NS Tech indicates that...
View ArticleWhy hackers are turning their sights on smaller businesses
Targeted ransomware attacks are on the rise. Many organisations look at their business profile and dismiss the possibility of attacks in the belief that they are too small, too obscure and don’t have...
View ArticleLabour Party cyber attack: no evidence to suggest nation state to blame
Early on Tuesday, the Labour Party’s head of campaigns, Niall Sookoo, sent out a mass email to supporters. “Yesterday afternoon,” Sookoo wrote, “our security systems identified that, in a very short...
View ArticleHow British Red Cross’s IT security chief is demystifying cyber for staff
Lee Cramp is the head of information security at the British Red Cross, but unlike many other roles like his, he does not have an IT security team that sits below him. Instead, he works with the IT and...
View ArticleLabour vows to give NCSC new auditing powers
The Labour Party has unveiled plans to give security officials the power to audit public and private sector organisations’ cyber defences. Plans to review the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC)...
View ArticleFive retail security best practices for Cyber Monday
For many brands, Cyber Monday represents a huge revenue opportunity. Consultancy firm PwC calls it “one of the most significant shopping events of the year”, saying that consumers who are interested in...
View ArticleHow network operators are fighting communications fraud
A new survey by the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) delivers both good and bad news in terms of network operators’ efforts to control communications fraud. Communications fraud happens...
View ArticleQuarter of revenge porn and social media hacks are precursors to domestic...
A quarter of cyber-dependent crime, including revenge porn and the hacking of social media accounts, are precursors to domestic violence, according to research that has not yet been released by police...
View ArticleWhat does the future hold for security service providers?
Orange Cyberdefense, a France-based cybersecurity company, is capitalising on its home market strengths in an effort to expand its security portfolio, but challenges remain. The company’s expansion...
View ArticleDNS defence specialist EfficientIP raises £8.4m in Series B funding
The French cyber security startup EfficientIP has secured $11m (£8.4m) in Series B funding to build out its product offering and international business. Founded in 2009, the firm defends businesses...
View ArticleFBI: Your smart TV might be watching you
The Oregon office of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation recently issued a warning about the privacy and security dangers of smart TVs. The end-of-year holiday shopping period is a great time to...
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Mobile application management market predicted to soar
According to a new forecast from GlobalData, the market for Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) reached $13.3bn (£10.3bn) in 2019, a year in which mobile application management caught up to mobile...
View ArticleHow internet outages became a tool of oppression
Earlier this month, when protests heated up in India over the government’s plans to implement a controversial law that discriminates against Muslims, the Delhi police took action. Reportedly at the...
View ArticleBirmingham Airport pushes security up the agenda with board-level CIO-CISO role
Wayne Smith believes his seat at the board has allowed IT security to be considered at an earlier stage of procurement decisions Birmingham Airport has ambitious plans to become one of Europe’s leading...
View ArticleLaw firm Osborne Clarke embarks on cloud-first, security-first IT strategy
IT director Nathan Hayes believes IT and infosec have become integral to the business – although he still is not on the company’s executive board Nathan Hayes is IT director of law firm Osborne Clarke,...
View ArticleHow cyber security has changed the risk dynamic at Lloyds Banking Group
As head of IT risk and governance of Lloyds Banking Group, Ameet Jugnauth and his team have the unique role of taking a holistic view of cyber risks across the organisation. As part of his position, he...
View ArticleNCSC chief executive Ciaran Martin to step down
Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will step down from his post in the summer. The 45-year-old, a career civil servant, was appointed to the...
View ArticleWhite House ramps up pressure on UK to drop Huawei
US officials have launched a last-ditch attempt to stop Downing Street from allowing Huawei to participate in the rollout of Britain’s 5G network. The US secretary of state Mike Pompeo will ramp up...
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