The great American businessman and philanthropist, John Rockefeller once said “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” I doubt he ever envisaged that his words would be heeded by criminals waiting to profit from panic.
By Ashish...
The latest research from Dell Technologies revealed that the cost of data loss was increased from US$995,613 in 2018 to US$1,013,075 in 2019. In its research report, “Global Data Protection Index 2020 Snapshot”, Dell stated that the cost of data...
Axis Security, a private application access provider recently emerged from stealth mode and raised a total of US$17 million in a funding round led by Cyberstarts along with other investors like Sequoia Capital, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, and...
As part of the Safer Cyberspace Masterplan, the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore is set to launch the Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (CLS). For the time being, CSA will extend its rating-based CLS for Wi-Fi routers and IoT devices...
Hellman & Friedman, a private equity and venture capital firm that invests in high growth technology organizations, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cybersecurity firm Checkmarx, from private equity firm Insight Partners, at a valuation of US$1.15...
Opportunistic cybercriminals are taking advantage of the fear and uncertainty that’s created due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has issued a public alert to warn citizens about this, with guidance on how to...
U.S. CyberDome, a cybersecurity provider to political parties, announced that it’s going to share cyberthreat information with political campaigns. The organization also founded the Political Campaign Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (PC-ISAOs) through the U.S. Presidential Executive Order for...
A survey from cybersecurity firm Venafi revealed that 88% of security leaders and professionals believe the world is in a state of cyber war. The survey findings, based on the responses of 485 security decision-makers, found that 90% of...
In August 2020, Google introduced an annual bug bounty or vulnerability reward program (VRP) for its Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Sighting under-representation of research on the GCP, Google kept a bounty prize of US$100,000 to generate interest among bounty...
To provide a new and improved framework for industrial security, the Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) has launched Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Standard for the city. The ICS Security Standard is aimed at fortifying the industrial sector’s digital infrastructure...
