Tag: Andy Kays
UK ups protections of data centers
September 18, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
LONDON—U.K. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle announced on Sept. 12 that the government would classify data centers as “Critical National Infrastructure” (CNI) in a move that experts say positions the country as one of the safest for business.
It’s the first CNI designation in almost a decade, since the Space and Defense sectors gained the same status in 2015, according to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
“Recognizing data centers...
File hosting service Dropbox breached by cyberattack
May 8, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s been another major disruption to hit the cybersecurity world, as online file hosting service Dropbox has reported a data breach with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In its SEC filing, the company says it became aware of the incident in April.
“When we became aware of the incident, we launched an investigation with industry-leading forensic investigators to understand what happened and mitigate risks to our users,”...
Socura partners with Axonius to tackle sprawling IT environments
June 8, 2023SSN Staff
LONDON – Managed detection and response specialist Socura is partnering with cybersecurity asset management and SaaS management company Axonius to help customers control their complex and sprawling IT environments.
Socura said that the partnership will augment the company’s managed Security Operations Center (SOC) team. Axonius offers a comprehensive digital asset inventory that Socura said acts as a ‘single source of truth’ for security teams. It will assist Socura customers...
Socura launches SASE service
April 3, 2023SSN Staff
LONDON – UK based cyber security managed services specialist Socura announced the launch of its SASE service.
The managed SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) launched in partnership with Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma. Citing industry research, Socura expects SASE to be a $60 billion industry by 2027 thanks to the rise of “Flexible” working which the say was enshrined in UK law in December of 2022. Describing SASE as an emerging and complex technology with limited offering Socura...
SMS 2FA out at Twitter for non-subscribers
February 20, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter users are having a case of the blues, or not, as may be the case this week with the upcoming removal of SMS two-factor authentication (2FA) from non-subscribers.
On Feb. 15 in a product update blog, Twitter announced that the popular security process is being disabled on the platform by March 20 due to security issues stemming from what Twitter said are “Bad Actors” abusing the system. While SMS 2FA is one of the less secure forms of 2FA, it...