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Myth 4: Security is an expense, not a revenue generator Organisations prioritise investment in services that generate revenue, especially when budgets are tight. This can leave cyber security, viewed as an expense, on the back burner, when it should be considered a...

Myth 3: Our organisation has not been breached before, so we’re still safe. Often, organisations incorrectly assume their security risks remain relatively static, when they don’t have a way to effectively evaluate those risks. Projecting future risks based on...

Myth 2: There’s no reason to invest in security when organisations with tight security controls still experience security breaches. Some organisations rationalise a small cyber security budget by arguing that investing in security is a losing game. They hear about...

Myth 1: Small organisations are low-value targets for hackers. Thinking you’re not a target is one of the biggest mistakes a company can make. According to data collected from more than 2,200 confirmed data breaches, 58 per cent of security event victims were small...

A vulnerability (CVE-2018-15454) affecting a slew Cisco security appliances, modules and firewalls is being exploited in the wild to crash and reload the devices, the company has warned on Thursday 1st November. About CVE-2018-15454 The vulnerability is in the Session...

At a high level, our goal in security is to manage, mitigate, and minimise risk. In an ideal world, we would enumerate the list of risks and threats we are concerned about and allocate the necessary resources to properly address them. Of course, we don’t live in an...

The office isn’t what it used to be. Where once workers would commute from their homes and make their way into a cubicle every day, the worker of today is just as likely to pull out a laptop and get their work done without even walking out their front door. The...

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting retailers and their customers through digital and social channels as retailers leverage new channels for increased revenue opportunities. In a joint report, IntSights scoured the Clear and Dark Web to assess retail data and...

Firewall automation projects are seemingly all the rage these days, with everyone looking to automate at least some portion of the process. Usually, the goal is to save time and money by automating firewall administration and policy management. However, these two...

With every new feature update for Windows 10, it comes packed with new features. One area of this update that has been improved is in security settings. First off, there is a name change. It is no longer called “Windows Defender Security Center”. Microsoft is renaming...