According to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), only 17% of the UK cyber sector workforce is female, and this is down from 22% in 2022. To make matters worse, we’re fighting a losing battle against an ever-increasing…
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KnowBe4 acquires UK’s Egress to create advanced AI-driven platform to manage human risk
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Egress, a leader in adaptive and integrated cloud email security. Egress’ Intelligent Email Security suite…
Google’s Core Update is ‘Biggest’ Algorithm Update in History
Search giant Google is currently undergoing one of its biggest algorithm updates in its history, sources are told. The online search platform which manages more than 8 billion searches per day is doing a significant update to its internal systems…
Expert Insight: Outdated Recruitment Methods Are Impeding The Global Cyber Army
Cybersecurity is ‘inclusive’ by nature: no one is exempt from the fallout of the expanding cyber threat landscape. The notion, therefore, that some groups of individuals are offered fewer opportunities to join the cyber industry than others is frankly absurd.…
Mandiant’s M-Trends Report Reveals New Insights from Frontline Cyber Investigations
Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, today released the findings of its M-Trends 2024 report. Now in its 15th year, this annual report provides expert trend analysis based on Mandiant frontline cyber attack investigations and remediations conducted in 2023. The 2024…
#MIWIC2024: Melissa Chambers, CEO and Co-Founder of Sitehop
Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected…
ACDS Launches Revolutionary OBSERVATORY Solution: Redefining Attack Surface Management
Advanced Cyber Defence Systems (ACDS) has unveiled its groundbreaking Attack Surface Management (ASM) solution: OBSERVATORY. Engineered with a comprehensive three-pronged approach—Discovery, Validation, and Insight—OBSERVATORY offers an unparalleled level of network security. As the number of internet-connected devices explodes, organisations struggle…
UK’s Cydea introduces new way to quantify risk management
Cydea, the cyber risk management provider, has announced the Cydea Risk Platform, set to quantify threats in financial terms to businesses, allowing them to visualise the consequences of different business security-related scenarios. By giving a monetary value to risks and…
Report Reveals Healthcare Industry is Disillusioned in its Preparedness for Cyberattacks
Kroll, the leading independent provider of global risk and financial advisory solutions, has released the State of Cyber Defense: Diagnosing Cyber Threats in Healthcare report, exposing the healthcare industry’s disillusionment in terms of its cyber maturity. The research reveals that…
Goldilock Partners with organisation behind NATO’s largest cyber defence exercise
Goldilock, the British cybersecurity startup behind a unique physical network isolation solution, has partnered with CR14, a cyber defence organisation established by the Estonian ministry of defence and host of NATO’s operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), to conduct…