Cyber Security

More Than Quarter Century of Patent Leadership Demonstrates IBM's Long-Term Commitment to a Culture of Scientific Discovery and Innovation IBM scientists and researchers received 9,130 U.S. patents in 2020, the most of any company, marking 28 consecutive years of IBM patent leadership. IBM led the industry in the number of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, quantum computing and security-related patents granted.  "The world needs scientific thinking and action more than ever. IBM's sustained commitment to investing in…

Watford-headquartered StarLeaf is a privacy-centric, British competitor to Zoom  Over 100 NHS organisations across England are using StarLeaf video meetings and chat to keep both internal and external teams connected and make sure medical appointments, training and recruitment take place Over 50,000 medical professionals are registered users of StarLeaf across these organisations, making over half a million video call minutes each day StarLeaf is facilitating 11,181 scheduled NHS meetings each day, and has played…

WPP announces the appointment of Tom Ilube CBE to its Board as an independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Tom is a technology entrepreneur and educational philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of AIM-listed Crossword Cybersecurity Plc, a technology commercialisation company focused on the cyber security sector and has previously founded several other technology start-ups. He is a Non-Executive Director of the BBC, where he serves on the audit and risk committee and chairs the fair-trading committee.…

The two companies are carrying out the world’s first Dual-Mode /Dual-Active V2X deployment, in which Autotalks’ chipsets are installed in roadside units such as traffic lights in Georgia, Texas and Hawaii Autotalks, which specializes in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions, has teamed up with Applied Information, Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of intelligent transportation infrastructure solutions, to save lives on the roads of Georgia, Texas, and Hawaii. The two companies are carrying out the world’s…

SecurityGate.io, an integrated risk management platform for critical infrastructure, and the leader in automating cyber security risk assessments for companies who depend on industrial control systems, announces Matt Wilbanks as the company's Chief Marketing Officer. Wilbanks will be responsible for global go-to-market strategy and marketing activities, and as a key member of the leadership team, developing the company's over-all strategic vision. Marketing Technology News: Digital Realty Earns 2020 ENERGY STAR Partner of…

Chakravarti joins executive leadership team to guide and shape the company's technology strategy BMC, a global leader in IT solutions for the digital enterprise, announced that technology executive Ram Chakravarti will officially join BMC as the Chief Technology Officer after a secondment from BMC's lead investor, KKR, effective April 6. Chakravarti has been fulfilling the role since August 2019, working with BMC leadership in defining the company's technology vision and standing up new innovation-focused initiatives.…

Twilio, the leading cloud communications platform, announced the appointment of two executives to its team. Steve Pugh joined the company as its chief security officer to lead Twilio’s global trust and security team responsible for corporate, physical and cyber security. Glenn Weinstein joined the company as its chief customer officer responsible for Twilio’s technical support, customer success, customer experience, professional services, and consulting partners. Pugh will report to chief financial officer, Khozema…

Mike Convertino, the former CISO of Twitter, Crowdstrike and F5 Networks as well as CTO of the Security Product Group at F5, has joined Arceo as Chief Security Officer and he is on a mission.  Mike, and a growing tribe of CISO's from major enterprises, have begun a self-styled "CISO Revolution" not only to change how CISOs themselves are treated, but also fundamentally to alter the way companies perceive and support cyber security. Collectively, the global cyber security market…

The landscape of Cyber Security is quickly changing. More and more perils spring up everyday, that's why it is more important than ever to cultivate the practice of a Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure. Swascan is quickly becoming the European authority in this field, thanks to the recognition obtained with its collaborations in this field with Adobe, Microsoft, Lenovo, Huawei, SAP, Nokia and now GoToMeeting, to proactively address software vulnerability. Thanks to its expertise, the team of cyber…

Reliable backups, multi-layered defense and regular security audits among healthcare cyber-security best practices urged--in a new article from Messaging Architects Messaging Architects, an eMazzanti Technologies Company and information governance consultant, presents healthcare cyber-security best practices to protect vital patient data in a new article on the Messaging Architects website. The informative article asserts that to survive ransomware attacks and other threats, healthcare organizations…

The Data Discovery Portal helps uncover what Facebook, Amazon, Google, and other tech giants know about consumers Cyber security provider F-Secure has released a free new online tool that helps expose the true cost of using some of the web's most popular free services - the abundance of data that has been collected about them by Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon Alexa, Twitter and Snapchat. F-Secure Data Discovery Portal sends users directly to the often hard-to-locate resources provided by each of these tech giants that…

KPMG Survey Reveals After Breach Consumers Want Proof of Fix, CSIOs Want to Apologize The continuous evolution of digital transformation is outstripping the pace of cyber security in organizations. As a result, the market is witnessing a fundamental disconnect between consumer expectations and concerns, and the ability of organizations to meet those expectations, according to KPMG's Consumer Loss Barometer report. The global survey of more than 2,000 consumers and 1,800 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)…

Addition of Bot Manager to Suite of Network & Application Security Offerings Helps Customers Reduce Expenses, Increase Revenue, Greater Overall Insights Radware, a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, announced it will showcase its Radware Bot Manager solution at the RSA Conference. The result of the acquisition of ShieldSquare in January 2019, Radware Bot Manager service offers comprehensive protection for Web apps, mobile apps and APIs from all generations of automated threats (bots)…

A year after launching "Pradeo Security for Samsung", Pradeo and Samsung once again leverage the Mobile World Congress to put the spotlight on their partnership for Threat Defense Landscape. At a time when business increasingly relies on digital and authorities keep strengthening mobility's privacy requirements, organizations are struck with a major challenge: preventing cyber attacks while preserving users' productivity. Follow MarTech Events and Conferences... Pradeo Security for Samsung is a Mobile Threat Defense…

Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Provides Advanced Protection Against Malicious Files Perception Point, a leading cyber security firm preventing file and URL based attacks in any content-exchange channel, announced its integration for cloud content management platform, Box. Perception Point’s technology will be offered as an added service that can be deployed in only one click onto Box’s solution, providing additional threat detection for Box customers. Collaboration platforms have become a target for highly sophisticated…

The Secret Life of Websites, a Sitelock Website Security Insider (Q1 2018) Report Published This Month, Gives Insights into Website Security and Much More The Cambridge Analytica data breach turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. After Facebook, Panera Bread, MyFitnessPal and other big enterprises and brands kept the talk around data privacy going. Turns out, you don’t have to be a big name in the market in order to face cybersecurity issues. The SiteLock Website Security Insider (Q1 2018) analyzed data from over…