‘The bad guys can get in’: Hackers at a cybersecurity conference breached dozens of voting machines within minutes

‘The bad guys can get in’: Hackers at a cybersecurity conference breached dozens of voting machines within minutes

Posted by SGCS Admin, 02-08-2017

Hackers at a cybersecurity conference breached 30 voting machines in less than two hours. The episode demonstrates the US’ continued vulnerability to electoral tampering by state actors. Some be...

The UK Government’s Cyber Breaches Survey 2017 revealed that a fifth of businesses are worried about the cyber security risk emanating from their suppliers

The UK Government’s Cyber Breaches Survey 2017 revealed that a fifth of businesses are worried about the cyber security risk emanating from their suppliers

Posted by SGCS Admin, 01-08-2017

CybSafe, the behavioural science based cyber security e-learning platform, today revealed that enterprise level organisations are increasingly assessing cyber security during supplier contract negotia...

Majority of Companies Are Failing at Cyber Security Metrics and Investing Blindly

Majority of Companies Are Failing at Cyber Security Metrics and Investing Blindly

Posted by SGCS Admin, 01-08-2017

Thycotic has released the research results from its Security Measurement Index survey. The resulting “2017 State of Cyber Security Metrics Annual Report“ identifies how companies worldwide...

Hackers Breach Cybersecurity Company In Apparent Revenge On Employee

Hackers Breach Cybersecurity Company In Apparent Revenge On Employee

Posted by SGCS Admin, 01-08-2017

A threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant has been hacked and the attackers are claiming to have lurked on his computer for a year, collecting his login credentials for various sites and tra...

Free Anti-Virus for All? Well, Sort of

Free Anti-Virus for All? Well, Sort of

Posted by SGCS Admin, 31-07-2017

After testing a pilot version in Russia, China, and Nordic countries last year, the Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs said Tuesday it will begin a global rollout of its free antivirus pro...

Is Cloud Security a Safe Bet for Highly Sensitive Government Data?

Is Cloud Security a Safe Bet for Highly Sensitive Government Data?

Posted by SGCS Admin, 31-07-2017

Security is the primary focus of any government agency. One of the most obvious pitfalls of these agencies moving highly sensitive data to the cloud is that they surrender control to a third party. Mo...