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How Attackers Exploit People to Circumvent Cyber-security

LONDON, UK: Proofpoint, Inc. has released the results of its annual study that details the ways attackers exploit end-users' psychology to circumvent IT security. The Human Factor Report 2015 reveals that last year was the year attackers “went corporate” by changing their tactics to focus on businesses rather than consumers, exploiting middle management overload of information sharing, and trading off attack volume for sophistication. The Proofpoint findings reiterate how human behavior, not simply system or software vulnerabilities, has significant implications on enterprise security—and what defenses are necessary in a world where everyone clicks.

: Lucy Harvey; Industry News; Posted On Friday, 24 April 2015 18:04

Check Point and FireEye announce new partnership to share threat intelligence

San Francisco, CA: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd and FireEye have announced a partnership to share threat intelligence to protect customers from modern advanced attacks. As part of this cooperation, Check Point’s ThreatCloud and Next Generation Threat Prevention solutions and the FireEye NX platform will share the latest threat intelligence in real-time, allowing customers to update firewall security policies dynamically based on the intelligence from both platforms.

: JOSEPH RUTTER; Industry News; Posted On Friday, 24 April 2015 17:56

gateprotect offers companies high security encoding to military standards

Hamburg: gateprotect GmbH, a German IT security specialist and subsidiary of the Rohde & Schwarz corporate group, has expanded its product range with the R&S®SITLine ETH security solutions. Thanks to state-of-the-art cryptographic methods, these guarantee the current maximum security for Ethernet wide area networks: The SITLine-ETH encryption devices are BSI-approved for the NATO RESTRICTED and VS-NfD confidentiality levels and thus offer highly secure protection to military standards, even for corporate data.

: Anika Ohlsen; Industry News; Posted On Friday, 24 April 2015 17:51

2 out of 3 IT Pros put systems at risk of downtime and security violations

Netwrix 2015 State of IT Changes Survey reveals that nearly 70% of organisations continue to make undocumented changes and only 50% audit their IT infrastructures

The Netwrix 2015 State of IT Changes Survey of more than 700 IT professionals across 40 industries found that 70% of companies forget about documenting changes, up from 57% last year. Most surprisingly, the number of large enterprises that make undocumented changes has increased by 20% to 66%.