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Web companies are most likely to lose user data, a new study shows. The study, conducted by cybersecurity experts VPN Overview analysed major data breaches that have been registered since 2004 to discover which industry is most prone to losing data. Online companies come in first, as since 2004 there have been 53 data breaches within the sector, for a rough total of over five billion pieces of data lost. 81% of these breaches have been caused by hacking, followed by accidental publication (7.4%...

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has announced a new Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) programme that removes administrative burdens and empowers a partner service-led approach. With Check Point’s prevention-first security operations suite, Horizon, the programme gives partners the capabilities needed for comprehensive XDR/XPR, MDR/MPR, events management and SOC certainty, while providing operational peace of mind. The M...

Bitt and IDEMIA are pleased to have won the 2022 G20 TechSprint global CBDC competition. The announcement came ahead of the G20 Bali Summit from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank Indonesia as they concluded their third annual contest, which received more than 100 submissions from many of the financial, technology, science, and marketing companies.  Offline CBDC payments An independent panel of 11 experts, convened by Bank Indonesia, assessed the developed prototypes from t...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Volta Trucks, the full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, and services provider announced a strategic partnership to deliver and scale eMobility charging infrastructure to simplify the transition to fleet electrification. Zero-emission urban transportation The companies signed a letter of intent outlining the cooperation. They will jointly seek to deliver turnkey solutions for fleets to transition to zero-emission urban transportation through an end-to-e...

Johnson Controls, the pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, is proud to graduate the inaugural class from year one of its new, industry-first Trusted Advisor program. The 40 graduating students received an extensive education that goes beyond product knowledge, making them far more prepared to support contractors than the industry norm. The graduation event was held at the Ducted Systems Academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in August 2022 and included student presentations, a fa...

SwiftConnect, a software platform provider that enables flexible work by connecting the right people to the suitable space at the right time announced a strategic alliance with Microsoft to develop intuitive, employee-centric experiences on top of the industry’s new connected workplace platform, Microsoft Places.  SwiftConnect’s platform for commercial real estate and enterprises will provide access control signals for space utilisation insights that help reimagine wo...

Suprema, a global pioneer in access control and biometrics, announced that Suprema has simultaneously renewed two important international standard certifications regarding information security management (ISO/IEC 27001) and privacy information management (ISO/IEC 27701). Data protection certifications  Suprema is recertified in compliance with ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701, international standard certifications for information security management systems (ISMS) established by the Intern...

i-PRO Americas Inc., a pioneer in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, announces the release of the new i-PRO EZ-2 Partner Portal. Built to enhance and simplify the way integrators, resellers, and distribution partners conduct business with i-PRO, the EZ-2 Partner portal features instant access to i-PRO inventory levels and enables users to create quick quotes 24/7. The EZ-2 Partner Portal represents the latest innovation from i-PRO to make researching, ordering,...

According to Gartner’s latest forecast, spending on information security and risk management products and services is forecast to grow 11.3 percent to reach more than $188.3 billion in 2023. As organisations increase their focus on ESG, third-party risk, cyber-security risk and privacy risk, Gartner predicts that the integrated risk management (IRM) market will show double-digit growth through 2024, until greater competition results in cheaper solutions. Security services including consu...

Deryck Mitchelson, Field CISO at Check Point and former NHS Scotland CISO, is warning the UK’s education sector that it is currently facing an average of 1,801 weekly cyberattacks and urges schools and colleges to increase their cybersecurity efforts. Recently, the ransomware group, Vice Society, attacked multiple schools in the US and UK, including Test Valley, Buntington First School, and Harpenden Academy. The ransomware attacks resulted in confidential data being posted on the Dark We...

Aiphone Corporation, the international manufacturer of intercom and security communication products, is pleased to announce that its IX Series intercoms are compatible with the Genetec™ Security Centre, a unified IP security platform that provides users with a single interface between multiple security devices and their data. This integration enables Aiphone IX Series customers to easily incorporate their video intercom systems as part of a larger unified security platform. Security Cente...

For most business owners, business is more than just livelihood–it's the culmination of years spent dreaming and planning. With that in mind, it only makes sense to protect the business with the smartest security system on the market.  For the modern business still with traditional security systems, there are four typical challenges. Huge investment Traditional intelligent security systems often need companies to invest in multiple independent subsystems and independent servers. C...

Moxa Launches Industrial Intrusion Prevention Systems on its All-in-one Secure Routers to Protect Critical Infrastructure. Moxa is excited to launch industrial intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) on its alongside the MXsecurity industrial security management software, expanding its product portfolio with advanced cybersecurity and purpose-built management solutions. The EDR-G9010 Series is an all-in-one secure router with firewall/NAT/VPN/switch functionality. Next-generation fire...

New research reveals that the average security leader in the UK and US works 16.5 hours every week over what they are contracted to work. This is an increase of 5 and a half hours compared to the same figures last year (11 hours extra per week in 2021), as observed by email security firm, Tessian, as part of their annual ‘Lost Hours’ report series. Research findings The data also revealed that one in three...

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total cost of eCommerce fraud to merchants will exceed $48 billion globally in 2023, from just over $41 billion in 2022. It predicted that this growth would be accelerated by the increasing use of alternative payment methods, such as digital wallets and BNPL (Buy-Now-Pay-Later), which are creating new fraud risks. Online payment fraud The report recommended that fraud prevention vendors focus on building platforms p...

There has been talking about ‘future-proofed’ access control systems over the years. But what do those words mean? Simply, it means the system will remain secure, and provide enough capacity for future data transfer needs and additional devices. More to the point, it protects users' freedom to develop and expand their systems how they want.  Users' reader choice has the greatest influence on the future functionality and expandability of their system. So, below, Idesco identifie...

Bugcrowd, the pioneer in crowdsourced cybersecurity announced it has been authorised by the CVE programme as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). CVE programme The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE(r)) programme is an international, community-based effort that relies on the community to discover vulnerabilities.  The mission of CVE is to identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The discovered vulnerabilities ar...

Thales announces the latest innovations of CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager that help organisations address digital sovereignty requirements across major public clouds including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, SAP and Salesforce. Organisations that leverage these cloud providers can now leverage CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager’s Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) capabilities for enhanced data security and encryption key ownership. According to the 2022 Thales Cloud Se...

With the announcement of the acquisition of Authlogics, Intercede expands its product portfolio to cover the entire range of authentication options from ‘Passwords to PKI’. Intercede use the ‘authentication pyramid’ to describe the various levels of security that differing authentication mechanisms provide, with PKI and FIDO at the top of the pyramid as the most secure due to their combination of private/public key cryptography, secure hardware, and multiple factors to i...

Suzanne Spaulding, Senior Advisor at CSIS and Advisor at Nozomi Networks, former DHS undersecretary for cyber and infrastructure where she led the NPPD now called CISA: “This is consistent with the recommendation from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.” “This is not regulation. Instead, it's designed to make the market more effective by providing consumers, including business consumers, information they need to better compare security and risks in Internet of Things (IoT) dev...

EG Electronics, a specialist electronics technology solution provider of automation, energy, smart cities, and industrial IoT applications, will be co-exhibiting with their partner Bi-Search International at Electronica 2022 – the trade fair and conference for electronics. This year, Electronica will take place from 15-18 November 2022 at the Trade Fair Center, Munich, Germany, where EG Electronics and Bi-Search International will showcase their latest transparent OLED display technology...

At ISC East 2022 in booth # 918, i-PRO Co., Ltd., a pioneer in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, will showcase the latest enhancements to its line of products, including: i-PRO recently revamped its the entire PTZ range, adding a total of 35 new cameras. The new cameras benefit from a new modern design in a smaller form factor that is similar in size to many dome cameras. The S-Series cameras include a powerful built-in AI processor enabling advanced automatic...

Exterro, Inc., the provider of Legal GRC software, which unifies e-discovery, digital forensics and data privacy to drive successful, defensible outcomes for in-house legal, IT teams, privacy, and law enforcement worldwide, has introduced Exterro Smart Data Inventory, a new solution designed to help organisations build, monitor and maintain a defensible privacy programme based on a single intelligent and dynamic data inventory across record types, assets, 3rd parties, and processing activities.&...

Ground Labs, the provider of data discovery solutions, announced its recognition as Compliance Software Solution Provider of the Year in the 6th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards. These honours acknowledge innovation, hard work, and success in a range of information security categories. The programme attracted more than 4,100 nominations from around the world. GLASS Technology™ Powered by GLASS Technology™, Ground Labs’ Enterprise Recon significantly reduces the time...

DigiCert, Inc., the provider of digital trust, announces that its Root Certificate Authority (CA) is approved by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (Alliance) for Matter device attestation. As the first Matter-approved root CA, also known as a Product Attestation Authority (PAA), DigiCert can now provide rapid time to market for smart home manufacturers looking to earn the Matter seal on their products. A multi-year participant in Matter, DigiCert contributed its expertise to the security and...

Camera, Access Control and LED lighting devices are rapidly moving towards using IEEE 802.3bt as their PoE standard for high PoE applications. The IEEE 802.3bt includes 8 Classes of PoE up to 90W. During the time this standard was under development, some security products required more power than the existing standards of IEEE 802.3af (15.4W) and IEEE 802.3at (30W) could provide. UPoE This led to the use of none standard types of PoE, such as UPoE which was adopted by most manufacturers, as i...

ConnectWise, the software company dedicated to the success of IT solution providers (TSPs), announces the appointment of Raghu Ram Bongula as its new Chief Technology Officer. Bongula brings two decades of leadership with a focus on digital/cloud transformation, building new platforms, and modernising legacy platforms. Prior to joining ConnectWise, Bongula served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Global Payments, where he led a team responsible for building new products and platforms t...

Netwatch North America, the pioneer in proactive video monitoring solutions, announces the newest version of its Netwatch Web App, a web portal that enables Netwatch dealers to perform essential site management functions for their customers. This robust, self-serve interface empowers dealers to easily access and manage all customer sites from the convenience of a web browser. Built to enhance speed and efficiency, the Netwatch web app allows dealers to manage sites from anywhere and at any time...

Originally scheduled to run from 30 November - 2 December 2022 at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Messe Frankfurt’s technology fairs in Thailand will be held from 1 - 3 November 2023. The decision was made to allow the security, lighting, and building industries adequate time to recover. In addition, the Thailand Lighting Fair will be merged into the Thailand Building Fair to capitalise on the success of the fairs&...

Symmetrium, Israeli mobile management and security platform, announces the launch of a closed beta for a selected group of enterprises who wish to transform their mobile enterprise operations and user experience. Since enterprise mobility is a major challenge for organisations undergoing digital transformation, Symmetrium has chosen DTX Europe 2022 as the formal launch site for its closed beta. BYOD solution As remote work doubled in 2022, alongside Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) whic...