Cyber Security
The future’s looking fishy for underwater warfare
A series of futuristic submarine concepts which mimic real marine lifeforms has been unveiled by The Royal Navy. These concepts radically change the way underwater warfare could look in 50 years. With a crewed mothership shaped like a manta ray, unmanned eel-like vessels equipped with sensor pods which dissolve on demand to avoid enemy detection, and fish-shaped torpedoes sent to swarm against enemy targets, these concepts aim to inspire the...
Has your company hired a Data Protection Officer?
Provider of cyber security solutions that protect business-critical data and applications, Imperva, has announced the results of a survey of 310 IT security professionals taken at the Infosecurity Europe 2017 trade show. The results suggest that while the industry is preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 22% haven’t yet hired a Data Protection Officer (DPO). Of those with no DPO, 52% aren’t planning on hiri...
Hacking your heart rate
Having discovered that pacemakers could be hacked, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling nearly half-a-million devices from St Jude Medical (now Abbotts). The vulnerable firmware covers any device sold before 28th August. This is the first time a fix has been available.
X-2 platform features low latency control system
Digital Concepts Engineering is launching the X-2 Unmanned Ground Vehicle fitted with the Marionette control system at DSEI. Exhibited as a CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) detection platform it is also well suited to EOD, search and rescue, perimeter patrol, communications relay, mine detection and clearing, light weapon mount and load moving tasks and is capable of manual or autonomous operation.
DroneShield announces RFOne demonstrations
DroneShield has announced demonstrations of its RfOne radio frequency sensor for drone detection starting first week of October, followed by its multi-sensor DroneSentinel platform demonstrations (combining radar, radiofrequency, acoustics, thermal and optical sensors) starting first week of November.
PATA SSD provides enhanced data security
Provider of of industrial SSD, digital consumer products and memory modules, Apacer, has announced that its value-added PATA SSD, 2.5" 44 pin AFD 257 brings benefit to data security. It covers three built-in data security functions - Full Erase, Destroy, and Write Protect to provide advanced and upgraded data security advantages. It is suitable replacement of 2.5” PATA HDDs.
UK’s critical infrastructure skips basic cyber security checks
Over a third of national critical infrastructure organisations in the UK (39%) have not completed basic cyber security standards issued by the UK Government, according to data revealed under the Freedom of Information Act by Corero Network Security, a provider of real time DDoS defence solutions.
The key to keeping your personal details safe
An online security key developed by Yubico is being used across a wide range of applications and by companies as high profile as Facebook and Google. The Yubikey is a physical device that can protect people from falling victim to online hackers looking to obtain login details for email and social media accounts.
What’s the biggest challenge for security professionals?
The results of a survey of 270 IT security professionals has found that almost half (48%) viewed customer-facing web applications as the area presenting the most security risk to businesses. This is in contrast to 23% who identified mobile applications and 18% who suggested desktop applications presented the biggest risk. To view the full survey results from Synopsys visit: www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyber-security-threat-survey.
New security solution launched to support GDPR requirements
Every year over 500,000 personal mobile devices are stolen in the UK, many of which contain access to sensitive business data, which could be a breach of new GDPR regulations due in 2018.