Global conflict, bush fires, flooding and political unrest. These are just some of the key issues unearthed as a result of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) asking its senior members what their risk predictions are for 2020. In Part 3 of Risk Xtra’s comprehensive…
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Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust deploys Everbridge solutions to support crucial IT infrastructure
by Brian SimsCritical event management and enterprise safety software applications specialist Everbridge has announced that Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is implementing its CareConverge and Mass Notification solutions in order to improve the targeting and impact of its IT emergency alerts and combat ‘message fatigue’ which…
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Advanced endpoint protection and remediation solution specialist Malwarebytes has announced the results of its latest Cyber Crime Tactics and Techniques (CTNT) report entitled ‘CTNT Q3 2019: The State of Healthcare Cyber Security’. The company observed a 60% increase in threat detections at healthcare organisations by…
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Malwarebytes, the advanced endpoint protection and remediation solution developer, has issued its latest quarterly threat report. Entitled ‘Cyber Crime Techniques and Tactics: Ransomware Retrospective’, this in-depth ransomware edition explores the shift in ransomware attacks from consumer targets through to organisations, businesses, municipalities and beyond, breaking…
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Information Commissioner’s Office selects first ten participants for data protection Sandbox
by Brian SimsThe use of biometrics to speed up airport passenger journeys, innovations in crime prevention and technological advances in the health sector are among the first projects selected to take part in the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) Sandbox. Other products and services which will be tested and…
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“Legacy applications pose serious cyber security risks to hospitals” warns BridgeHead Software
by Brian SimsA new White Paper entitled: ‘Legacy Applications: A Healthcare Cyber Security Nightmare’ has been co-authored by clinical and cyber security consultancy AbedGraham and healthcare data management specialist BridgeHead Software. The document explores the far-reaching implications that vulnerable legacy applications have for healthcare organisations regarding cyber…
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Information security company Shred-it has been helping GP practices, dental surgeries and other medical service providers in the UK ensure that confidential paperwork, such as medical records, is securely destroyed when no longer needed. This is essential in the medical sector which holds an array…
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In every intelligence industry there’s often a central aim: predicting the future. We collect and analyse, dissect and interpret, looking for that essential nugget that will give us the edge over our adversaries by indicating what they’ll do next. While this activity goes on 24/7/365,…
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Retailers acting quickly to fix flaws in software as code quality issues “remain rampant”
by Brian SimsVeracode’s latest State of Software Security Report reveals that the retail space is faster than most industry sectors when it comes to addressing common vulnerabilities found in software, ranking second only to healthcare in its speed of shutting down flaws to reduce risk exposure. However,…
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Paxton, the electronic IP access control and door entry systems specialist, has just launched PaxLock Pro, the latest addition to the company’s range of wireless access control solutions, in conjunction with the new and improved Net2Air bridge, the connector to the Net2 wireless range. PaxLock…
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