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Cyber security’s big threat? Finding the talent

Homeland December 17, 2019

Writing for Defence Online, Melanie Jones, Product Director for cyber security portfolios at Global Knowledge looks at the threat posed by cyber skills shortage. Recent cyber security surveys from Cybersecurity Insiders and IBM agree that the main security-related concerns for businesses are data loss and leakage, and the effect they have on an organisation’s bottom line and reputation.  The organisations that ...

Making the case for cyber security investment

December 5, 2019

Writing for Defence Online, Spencer Young, Regional Vice President of EMEA at Imperva highlights the needs for businesses to take cyber security seriously and invest accordingly. 2018 turned out to be a significant year for cybersecurity with breaches and attacks making the news far too often. In fact, a recent report released by ...

NATO leaders reaffirm defence spend commitment

Land December 4, 2019

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reaffirmed Britain’s commitment to NATO, describing it as ‘rock solid’ at a meeting of the leaders of the military alliances’ 70th anniversary in London. The Prime Minister and the other leaders, including US President Trump, met for talks designed to strengthen the alliance and to ...

Keeping data secure in the oil and gas industry 

November 29, 2019

Writing for Defence Online, Jerry Askar, Managing Director Middle East, Levant & Africa, Certes Networks, examines the importance of protecting the data networks of the utilities sector. As automation continues to evolve, the utilities sector is finding that encryption of their network data is a critical to safeguard against cyber-attacks.  And, as organisations ...