Security Operations Centres

A new report published by CREST looks for solutions to the increasing problems of stress and burnout among many cyber security professionals, many of whom are often working remotely in high-pressure and under-resourced environments. CREST – the not-for-profit body that represents the technical security industry…

Cyber security professionals are currently busy sharing their predictions for the coming year, writes Jonathan Couch, who’s not a big fan of these types of predictions. That’s because what actually happens in any given year tends to be more of the same with one or…

BT has announced the appointment of Kevin Brown as managing director of BT Security, where he will be responsible for the company’s physical and cyber security activity around the world. Brown succeeds Mark Hughes, who’s stepping down from the role at the end of this…

Professional services firm Deloitte and BT, one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, have been awarded contracts to help deliver the National Enabling Programme initiative for policing, including the National Management Centre. Working with police forces across England and Wales, these…

International travel is commonplace in the world of business and tourism. Whether it be the desire to visit new commercial markets, current global operations or new locations, most of us will be bitten by the travel bug at some point in our lives. Unfortunately, many…

Carbon Black, the specialist in next generation endpoint security, has announced an expansion of its collaboration with IBM Security via further integrations between their respective portfolios of cyber security tools. The new integration will connect customers that leverage both Carbon Black’s endpoint detection and response…

Global organisations are now more confident than ever that they can predict and resist a sophisticated cyber attack, but at the same time they’re falling short in terms of investments and plans designed to recover from a breach in today’s expanding threat landscape. These are…

Organisations remain unprepared and without a formal plan to respond to cyber security incidents. That’s according to the annual Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) produced by NTT Com Security. Analysing global threat trends since 2013, the 2016 report reveals that there has been little improvement in preparedness, with the…

Securitas has issued its Interim Report for the period January-September 2015 in which the security guarding, technology solutions, consulting and investigations company highlights a period of “strong” organic sales growth with “good” sales momentum across Europe as the business launches its Vision 2020 strategy project. Headline figures for…

As part of National Apprenticeship Week, Francis Maude MP – the Minister for the Cabinet Office – has unveiled a raft of new initiatives designed to help young people kick-start a career in cyber security. Those initiatives include new apprenticeships, more civil service cyber specialists and offering cyber…