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Thales acquires chip giant Gemalto in $5.6B all-cash deal

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French technology giant Thales SA will acquire digital security company Gemalto after outbidding a rival French company whose bid was rejected. Thales will acquire Gemalto — the world’s largest manufacturer of SIM cards and credit card chips — in an all-cash transaction worth €4.76 billion ($5.6 billion), beating an offer from rival Atos that was valued at €4.3 billion ($5.06 billion). Gemalto said Atos’ bid significantly had undervalued the company. Known more for its work in aerospace, Thales has spent the past three years focusing on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. As part of that effort, the company has acquired a host of others, including Sysgo, Vormetric and Guavus. “The acquisition of Gemalto marks a key milestone in the implementation of Thales’s strategy,” Patrice Caine, Thales’s chairman and chief executive officer, said in a release. “Together with Gemalto’s management, we have big ambitions based on a shared vision of the digital transformation of our industries […]

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A third of US businesses do not feel prepared for GDPR deadline

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New research by Censuswide captures the preparedness levels of organizations in Europe and the United States for the May 2018 GDPR compliance deadline, as well as their perceptions on the new regulation’s business impact. GDPR preparedness Intended to … Continue reading A third of US businesses do not feel prepared for GDPR deadline→

Digital transformation, regulations impacting data security decisions at financial organizations

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Almost half (49%) of global financial services organisations have experienced a data breach in the past, according to the 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, Financial Edition. The report also reveals 21% have been breached multiple times and that 90% feel somewhat or more vulnerable to data threats. As a result, 78% are increasing spending to protect their critical data. Financial services organisations are engaging in digital transformation making the leap from legacy applications to technologies … More → Continue reading Digital transformation, regulations impacting data security decisions at financial organizations→

PKI changes and uncertainty due to new applications

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New research by the Ponemon Institute reveals the Internet of Things (IoT) is playing an increasingly important role in influencing public key infrastructure (PKI) planning and usage. PKIs, widely used for authentication, digital signing, and encryption, are considered a core service supporting many different use cases and applications. The most important trends driving the deployment of applications using PKI While a majority (54 percent) of respondents believe cloud-based services is the most important trend driving … More → Continue reading PKI changes and uncertainty due to new applications→

Finally, enterprise-wide encryption strategies increase!

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New research by the Ponemon Institute captures how organizations around the world are dealing with compliance, increased threats, and the implementation of encryption to protect their most sensitive data. Enterprises have accelerated adoption of encryption strategies, with 41 percent of respondents saying their organization has an encryption strategy applied consistently across the enterprise. Notably, business unit leaders have a higher influence over encryption strategy than IT operations. Other critical findings demonstrate organizations continue to show … More → Continue reading Finally, enterprise-wide encryption strategies increase!→

Is healthcare industry’s security spending focused on the wrong technologies?

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Global healthcare IT professionals are confronting a rapidly changing, challenging landscape, with 66% experiencing a data breach and 88% feeling vulnerable as a result. In response, 73% are increasing IT security spending to offset threats to data, according to Thales and 451 Research. Out with the old, in with the new? While healthcare records have always been a desirable commodity on the black market, technological changes have further complicated its storage and protection. Despite the … More → Continue reading Is healthcare industry’s security spending focused on the wrong technologies?→

Are businesses spending their money on the wrong IT security?

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Thales, a leader in critical information systems, cybersecurity and data security, announces the results of its 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research. Sixty-eight percent of respondents have experienced a breach with 26 percent experiencing a breach in the last year – both numbers that rose from last year. Paradoxically, overall security spending is also up; in 2017 73 percent of organisations increased IT security spending – a marked … More → Continue reading Are businesses spending their money on the wrong IT security?→

New infosec products of the week​: January 13, 2017

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Denim Group enhances ThreadFix platform Denim Group, a leading independent application security firm, today announced the latest version of ThreadFix, the company’s application vulnerability resolution platform for application developers and security professionals. ThreadFix makes it straightforward to identify the most critical application vulnerabilities and systematically address them. Trend Micro TippingPoint launches 100 Gb standalone NGIPS Trend Micro announced the availability of the latest Trend Micro TippingPoint NX Series Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems (NGIPS), including a … More → Continue reading New infosec products of the week​: January 13, 2017→

New infosec products of the week​: December 9, 2016

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Thales releases advanced encryption solutions for secure docker containers Thales released new capabilities for its Vormetric Data Security Platform. These advances extend data-at-rest security capabilities with integrated Docker encryption and access controls, the ability to encrypt and rekey data without having to take applications offline, FIPS certified remote administration and management of data security policies and protections, and the ability to accelerate the deployment of tokenization, static data masking and application encryption. Unisys Stealth(aware) automates … More → Continue reading New infosec products of the week​: December 9, 2016→