The X-Files maxim of “Trust no one” has been encapsulated in the identity authentication model of  zero-trust network access (ZTNA), where identity has to be proven and users are subject to specific... Read more »

To create a secure tunnel from one point to another or to make resources invisible to outside threats may seem like scenarios that require magic; in reality, they just need network security.... Read more »

By What is a RAT (remote access Trojan)? A remote access Trojan (RAT) is a malware program that includes a back door for administrative control over the target computer. RATs are usually... Read more »

The global cyber security skills shortage shows no signs of abating, with the estimated shortfall of security professionals growing by 700,000 or 26% in the past 12 months from 2.7 million to... Read more »

A former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) worker who blew the whistle on the bank’s lax data protection practices – and to this day has thousands of sensitive customer data files under... Read more »

Many forecasted the VPN’s demise for years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, during the early month of the pandemic, the value of VPNs surged. VPN strategies that were just beginning to percolate... Read more »

Overall volumes of ransomware activity dropped somewhat during the third quarter of 2022 as the cyber criminal underground regrouped and refocused following the apparent demise of the Conti operation and the subsequent... Read more »

Researchers have been given a £420,000 grant to explore the potential use of a blockchain-based voting system in Greenland. Aarhus University, the Alexandra Institute, the IT University and researchers at Concordium Blockchain have... Read more »

The government has urged businesses to start to treat cyber crime and digitally enabled fraud as a major strategic threat as it launches a new National Cyber Advisory Board, a group of... Read more »