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NYCEDC (New York City Economic Development Corporation) recently unveiled the plans to make New York City a cybersecurity powerhouse. The plans will be implemented under NYCEDC’s Cyber NYC program that envisions of making the city a global leader in...
Indian outsourcing and consultancy giant, Tech Mahindra, has partnered with ELTA Systems Ltd., a group and subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to provide cyber solutions and services to government and enterprise customers in India and around the world. The partnership...
Contributed by Rod Arthur Modern cyber-attacks have become more sophisticated. Standard modern attacks are multi-stage attacks rather than infection by a single malware executable. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks have evolved into weaponized instruments used to disseminate ransomware, as...
Britain financial and regulatory watchdog, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has slapped Tesco Bank with £16 million ($21.4 million) fine for the cyber-attack the bank suffered in 2016. According to the regulatory body the Bank failed exercise due skill, care...
GLOBE NEWSWIRE Cybersecurity firm, ManTech, has appointed Adam Rudo as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company’s Security Solutions business unit (SSBU), part of ManTech’s Mission, Cyber and Intelligence Solutions (MCIS) Group. As General Manager of ManTech’s SSBU, Rudo...
United States Army’s new Futures Command (AFC) are leaping step forward in combating threats from flying bombs. The said flying bombs are drones, and Futures Command recently hosted a Hack-a-thon where developers and hackers, and participants from all backgrounds,...
The largest social networking site, Facebook is the latest victim of a cyber-attack. On Friday, the networking giant announced that its team has discovered a security breach that has affected nearly 50 million users globally. The vulnerability existed in the...
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace has raised $50 million in Series E funding. The investment round was led by Vitruvian Partners, along with existing investors like KKR and 1011 Ventures. With the new series funding, the company has reached a total...
In order to meet the government’s new minimum cybersecurity standards, NHS Digital named Robert Coles as the new chief information security officer (CISO). Starting his job from October 2018, Coles will lead the healthcare sector’s response to cyber-attacks. Previously, Robert...
Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Ensign InfoSecurity has partnered with US cybersecurity startup IronNet Cybersecurity to develop a Cyber Analytics Center for Excellence (COE) in Singapore. Announcing the strategic partnership at the GovernmentWare conference, the alliance stated that the new facility will...