ISACA, a global professional association serving 115,000 information systems assurance, security, governance and risk professionals, has selected Matthew S. Loeb, CAE, as its new chief executive officer. With a strong background in enterprise strategy, corporate development, global business operations and governance, Loeb brings his extensive experience in leading innovation and strategic growth to ISACA.
Read MoreDatabarracks has been named as one of the first organisations in the UK to become certified with the Cyber Essentials Scheme, a new digital security standard deployed under the government’s National Cyber Security Strategy. The scheme offers guidance and assistance to organisations taking their first steps towards cyber security. The scheme is focused around a set of five controls derived from Government analysis of the most common attacks and vulnerabilities.
Read MoreEighty-six percent of IT professionals believe the influx of connected “things” will create security and privacy issues.
Read MoreSendGrid has announced the launch of SendGrid Transport Layer Security (TLS) Encryption. With this feature, SendGrid now proactively negotiates an encrypted connection with email service providers (ESPs) and ensures that email messages cannot be intercepted, collected or modified in transit.
Read MoreDespite 71% believing UK data protection laws should be stronger, 53% still admit to sending sensitive documents by email and 19% have lost critical documents in transit.
Read MoreKaspersky Lab has announced its latest virtualisation security solution, Kaspersky Security for Virtualization | Light Agent. The product delivers advanced protection to not only the VMware platform, which accounts for 47 per cent of the market, but now also the Citrix (18 per cent) and Microsoft (24 per cent) platforms. The new light agent technology is Kaspersky Lab’s first ever security solution optimised specifically for Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer customers, and will...
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