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It wasn’t that long ago that security professionals protected their IT in much the same way that mediaeval guards protected a walled city – they made it as difficult as possible to get inside. But onc...
When a new tool called "Deepfake Offensive Toolkit" was released, claiming that now you can inject real-time deepfakes into your virtual camera and bypass biometric liveness checks, I was th...
Ransomware attacks against financial services organisations continue to pose a perpetual threat, with IT teams in the sector struggling to keep pace with ever-increasing cybersecurity needs. In the l...
Last year reports of cybersecurity incidents targeting UK financial services providers skyrocketed by more than half in comparison with previous year and the trend continues this year, at even fast
Recently, bills were introduced in the U.S. Senate that would give Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversight of cryptocurrency, which would treat them as digital commodities. Regardless...
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Financial Services companies rely on their networks to provide market data to their customers without gaps and facilitate financial trades at high speeds. These networks require extremely low latency ...
According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), data breaches caused by ransomware has almost quintupled, rising from 5% to over 25%. Additionally, the cost of data breaches ha...
When harnessed correctly, collaboration is an extremely powerful tool. It drives innovation, increases chances of success, improves communication...the list goes on. But did you know that collaboratio...
In the absence of a national privacy referendum—similar to the EU’s GDPR—states are taking matters into their own hands with individual privacy laws. As of June 2022, five states—California, Colorado,...
Until you have experienced a consumer crisis in your business, it’s difficult to understand the breadth and depth of impacts on employees, customers and the business. Or the amount of time, resources ...