Canon selects Vera to secure the future of digital imaging and printing

Canon has selected Vera to secure and protect Canon’s fleet of digital imaging and printing products and services. This partnership will help enterprises protect their intellectual property and business information from data leaks for all information p… Continue reading Canon selects Vera to secure the future of digital imaging and printing

Impact of Meltdown and Spectre on Akamai

On Wednesday, January 3rd, researchers from Google Project Zero, Cyberus Technology, Graz University of Technology, and other organizations released details about a pair of related vulnerabilities, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre. These vulnerabilities appear to affect all modern processors and enables malicious code to read sensitive portions of memory on nearly all systems, including computers and mobile devices.

Akamai is aware of side-effects of "speculative execution", the core capabilities that enable the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. We are testing the performance and efficacy of the available patches on our systems. Because of our technical approach to handling data of many customers, we do not believe these vulnerabilities pose a significant threat to the Akamai platform. Akamai does not rely on the capabilities that enable these vulnerabilities. We will continue to update further, as more details become public. Continue reading Impact of Meltdown and Spectre on Akamai

Sophisticated industrial network monitoring without connectivity risks

SecurityMatters and Waterfall Security Solutions announced a global partnership to protect industrial control systems from the most advanced cyber threats. The joint solution integrates SecurityMatters’ SilentDefense network monitoring platform with Wa… Continue reading Sophisticated industrial network monitoring without connectivity risks

EMEA IT spending to exceed $1 trillion in 2018

IT spending in EMEA is projected to total $1 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.9 percent from estimated spending of $974 billion in 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. EMEA IT spending 2018 forecast (millions of U.S. dollars). Source: Gartner In 2017, however, all categories of IT spending in EMEA underperformed global averages. Currency effects played a big part in the weakness in 2017, and will also contribute to the strength forecast … More Continue reading EMEA IT spending to exceed $1 trillion in 2018

CISOs are finally getting access to the corporate board — but need more of it

Headline-grabbing hacks like the Equifax breach provide “teachable moments” that can be used to leverage more cybersecurity investment from company executives, but even with enough money, there are other resources — like face time with the board, or skilled personnel — that are always in short supply, according a panel of chief information security officers that spoke with CyberScoop Tuesday. “Even though CISOs are getting more and more time in front of the board, we’re still not getting enough,” Tammy Moskites, CISO for cybersecurity company Venafi, told CyberScoop on the fringes of an ISACA cybersecurity event in Washington. ISACA, formerly known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, is a professional membership and advocacy non-profit based outside of Chicago. “I get 15 minutes with the board on a quarterly basis,” said Michael Raeder, CISO of Orbital ATK, a defense and space contractor recently purchased by Northrop Grumman. “I typically go over” time, provoking angry looks from […]

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DigiCert to acquire Symantec’s website security business

Under the terms of the agreement, Symantec will receive approximately $950 million in upfront cash proceeds and approximately a 30 percent stake in the common stock equity of the DigiCert business at the closing of the transaction. DigiCert will continue to operate from its headquarters in Lehi, Utah and will employ over 1,000 professionals. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the Symantec Board of Directors, is expected to be completed in the third … More Continue reading DigiCert to acquire Symantec’s website security business

Seagate to pay millions for forking over employee info to scammers

A moment of inattention by one of its employees, and Seagate stands to lose tens of millions of dollars. No, the company was not the victim of a BEC scam – instead, it has been dragged to court by its own employees. In 2016, the company handed over current and past employees’ W-2 forms to scammers, who then used the information to file fraudulent tax returns in their names, obtain lines of credit using their … More Continue reading Seagate to pay millions for forking over employee info to scammers