Four steps to hiring the best CISO in an IoT world

Of all the new technology processes shaping the next wave of digital transformation, perhaps none is more prominent than the Internet of Things (IoT). As Phil Celestini, senior vice president and

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IoT connections to reach 83 billion by 2024

A new study from Juniper Research found that the total number of IoT connections will reach 83 billion by 2024, rising from 35 billion connections in 2020. This represents a growth of

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Security evaluation for IoT products supported by EMVCo

Global technical body, EMVCo has confirmed its security evaluation methodologies and processes support Internet of Things (IoT) payment use cases, enabling emerging solutions and devices to be evaluated quickly and efficiently.

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Smart security: How to protect your smart home devices from hackers

The Global Smart Home Devices Market was valued at US$14.55 billion (€13.2 billion) in 2018 and is expected to reach $40.23 billion (€36.5 billion) by 2023, according to the 2019 Smart

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It’s confirmed: IoT is under cyberattack

A WEEK IN IoT — Hosting a lively webinar debate yesterday on LTE-M with Aeris and IoT Analytics, I couldn’t help noticing, says Jeremy Cowan, editorial director of IoT Now, how often the audience

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If there is a cyber war, we all know who’s at default

Are we at cyberwar yet? There’s been enough warnings, says freelance technology writer, Nick Booth. Iran is reportedly on the brink of war with the US and China is sending waves

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Cost of a cyber security breach reaches a record high as Canadian businesses spend up to $5.8mn to recover

Cyber security incidents have become the new normal for Canadian companies, with 100% of organisations experiencing attacks, according to the findings of a new study from Scalar Decisions Inc. of more

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Smart home devices shipments will have exceeded 100mn globally in 2018

Almost 110 million smart home devices will be shipped worldwide in 2018, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting. This equates to a retail value of almost $17

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Cylance extends automated detect-and-respond capabilities in the enterprise

Cylance Inc., the provider of AI-driven, prevention-first security solutions, announced the availability of application programming interfaces (APIs) as part of its endpoint detect and respond offering, CylanceOPTICS.

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IoT security spend to reach US$6bn by 2023, growing 300% from 2018

A new study from Juniper Research has found that spending on IoT (Internet of Things) cybersecurity solutions is set to reach more than US$6 billion (€5.14 billion) globally by 2023. The

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71% of IT professionals can successfully hack any organisation, says Outpost24

Outpost24, an innovator in identifying and managing cyber-security exposure, announced the results of a survey of 155 IT professionals, which revealed that 71% believe they can successfully hack any organisation

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Over 40% of IT professionals ignore critical security issues they can’t fix

Outpost24, a provider of Vulnerability Management solutions for commercial and government organisations, announced the results of a survey of 155 IT professionals, which revealed that 42% ignore critical security issues

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Smart toy revenues to grow by almost 200% from 2018 to $18 bn by 2023, says Juniper Research

A new report from Juniper Research found that Smart Toys will represent an $18 billion (€15.10 billion) hardware and software market by 2023, up from an estimated $6 billion (€5.03 billion) in 2018.

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AlienVault unveils free threat-scanning service for endpoint devices through Open Threat Exchange

At RSA Conference 2018, AlienVault®, the provider of Unified Security Management® (USM) and crowdsourced threat intelligence, announced the launch of its OTX Endpoint Threat Hunter™, a free threat-scanning service in the Open Threat Exchange® (OTX™) available to any

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IoT security: Catch up to the threat and become unassailable

This World IoT Day (celebrated around the globe on Monday 9th April), I am particularly excited to see quite how far we have come with the Internet of Things. The IoT

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Tenable and ServiceNow form Strategic Security Alliance to reduce cyber risk

Tenable®, Inc. and ServiceNow, Inc. announced a Strategic Security Alliance between the Tenable Cyber Exposure Platform and ServiceNow® Security Operations, to simplify and accelerate the way enterprises and government organisations understand, manage, and reduce cyber risk.

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