In response to today's Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), Brian Zeman, Chief Operating Officer, Prevalent, Inc., says: management: "Today’s 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) drives home four simple truths. It codifies that breaches are overwhelmingly perpetrated by outsiders, for financial gain, and that discovery sharply lags – enabling exfiltrations that do untold harm to consumers, businesses and their partners.
Recently it was reported: Nearly 9,000 malware-laden servers, compromised websites found in Singapore-based Interpol operation. As a response Sándor Bálint, Security Lead for Applied Data Science, Balabit said: "When most people think of the fight against malware, the first thing that comes to mind is installing anti-malware software on end-user computers. However, as this story points out, it is just as important to protect publicly available servers so they cannot be easily turned into command-and-control (C2) servers by cyber criminals, and used in subsequent attacks on other victims.
21 leading businesses from across the engineering and electrotechnical services sector have been shortlisted by judges for this year’s ECA Annual Awards, beating off major competition in the process. The successful organisations have been recognised by the judges for their performances in eight categories, which include: ‘Contractor of the Year’, ‘Best Client / Contractor Partnership’, ‘Innovation in Contracting’, ‘Best Health and Safety Initiative’, and ‘Excellence in Training and Development’.
Dave Kieft, the outgoing President of the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), believes there is significant potential for business growth in the engineering services sector, as a result of recent developments and new commercial opportunities.
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