Thursday, 12 March 2026

Study finds low confidence in the ability to prevent email-related threats and an urgent need for improved email security practices in critical infrastructure sectors

Tampa, FL: OPSWAT has released the 2024 Report: Email Security Threats Against Critical Infrastructure Organizations. This research was conducted with Osterman Research, known for its in-depth analysis and insights into emerging trends and technologies in IT security and data management. The study surveyed IT and security leaders working within critical infrastructure industries and revealed that 80% of organizations experienced an email-related security breach over the past year and 63.3% of respondents acknowledge that their email security approach needs to be improved.  

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Lord Toby Harris (Lord Harris of Haringey) is the latest member of industry initiative, the Cyber Safety Force, pushing for greater collaboration between governments and businesses in defending infrastructure from cyber attacks

London: The Cyber Safety Force, an industry initiative driven by notable leaders in cybersecurity including Guy Golan, CEO and Executive Chairman of global cybersecurity firm Performanta, Simon Hodgkinson, former CISO of BP, and Greg Sim, Founder of 2020 Partners, welcomes its latest member, Lord Toby Harris of Haringey.

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Newcastle-based market-leading provider of Fire, Security, and Electrical Compliance Solutions, ABCA Systems Group Ltd, has completed the triple acquisitions of Maintec Ltd, A.G.S. Tech Ltd. and HBS Fabrication Northwest Ltd, which will strengthen the

Group's already dominant standing in the sector, bolster its presence, amongst other end-markets, in the wider social housing market, and in turn pave the way for significant further growth.

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  • API insecurity and automated abuse by bots responsible for up to 11.8% of cyber events and losses globally
  • Bot-related security incident count rose 88% in 2022 and 28% in 2023
  • Insecure APIs result in up to $12 billion more in losses than they did in 2021

Thales, the cybersecurity leader that protects critical applications, APIs, and data, anywhere at scale, releases the “Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks” report. The analysis of more than 161,000 unique cybersecurity incidents and uncovers the rising global costs of vulnerable or insecure APIs and automated abuse by bots, two security threats that are increasingly interconnected and prevalent. The report estimates that API insecurity and bot attacks result in up to $186[1]  billion of losses for businesses around the world.

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  2. Pacific Forum and TECO Commemorate 45th Anniversary of Taiwan Relations Act with High-Level Expert Dialogues
  3. Remote Service, Cybersecurity and Business Strategy highlighted as key areas boosted by AI, according to Espria
  4. AI & Quantum Computing to Revolutionize Industries, But Are We Ready for the Cybersecurity & Privacy Fallout?
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  6. EKCS unveils Mediaferry AI to transform creative operations for news publishers and broadcast media
  7. OUR WORLD IN THE AGE OF SATAN…THE WARS NEXT TIME
  8. How S&T Supports the Next-Generation Emergency Operations Center
  9. O WEST, STOP BEING STUPID AND CALL PUTIN’S BLUFF
  10. Endangered Wildlife Launches the Biodiversity Database
  11. BT spots 2,000 signals of potential cyber-attacks every second, as TV’s Hunted star warns of “AI arms race”
  12. Content creation platforms leveraged for phishing attacks
  13. WIIT and Cubbit announce Business Alliance Partnership to bring geo-distributed cloud to MSPs and Others
  14. Combating the Cyber-attacks with Threat-Intelligence
  15. Vitaprotech Group Finalizes Purchase and Merger with Identiv’s Security and Identity Reader Business



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