New venture aims to completely rethink enterprise security
Up to now cyber security has generally taken a defensive approach to protecting data and intellectual property.
That’s set to change as a team of industry experts has got together to create a system that's aimed at dramatically improving the reliability and security of enterprise data and applications running in both cloud and conventional environments.
Splice Machine reduces the cost and complexity of building database applications
Databases are important to enterprises of all sizes, but building applications to exploit data effectively can be time consuming and expensive.
Now Splice Machine, maker of the only Hadoop RDBMS (relational database management system), is making its product publicly available for the first time. It will allow database architects and app developers to build real-time, scalable applications without the burden or cost of a traditional RDBMS.
Celebrating 60 years of software
There's an old computing joke that says the difference between software and hardware is that hardware is the bit you can kick.
To celebrate software's 60th birthday business package selection specialist Capterra has produced an infographic charting the history of the bit you can't kick. It'll provide a trip down memory lane for anyone involved in computing.
Build your own 3D printer in 90 weekly parts
We've all seen those adverts for partworks allowing you to build a scale model of the Titanic at a cost not far off that of raising the real thing.
Now though UK publisher Eaglemoss Collections is producing a partwork that allows you to produce something a bit more useful. In 90 weekly parts it lets you make your own working 3D printer.
DGA malware evolves to get past security solutions
Malware developers are constantly shifting the goal posts in order to evade detection mechanisms. Part of this involves changing the domain names used to communicate with command and control servers and spread infections.
The latest trick identified by security company Seculert is the increasing use of Domain Generating Algorithms (DGAs).
DDoS attacks fall as defenses improve
New research from DDoS protection specialist Black Lotus shows that cyber attack incidents have continued to decline throughout this year.
There were 201,721 incidents in the third quarter of this year (down from 462,621 in Q1 2014 and 276,447 in Q2). This can be attributed to the security industry's increased knowledge and filtering against NTP DrDoS types of attacks, as well as more proactive activity to stop malicious attacks before or as soon as they're detected.
One third of retail security breaches come from third-party vulnerabilities
The past year has seen a number of high profile security breaches involving retail businesses and there’s no sign of the trend slowing down.
Security ratings company BitSight Technologies has released some new research looking at the performance of 300 major US retailers over the past 12 months. It shows that 75 percent of retailers that suffered a data breach have improved their security effectiveness.
When to find the best cyber shopping deals
'Tis the season to go and spend lots of money, as we approach Thanksgiving (in the US), Christmas, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and other shopping opportunities.
With November and December sales expected to top $616 billion dollars, payment processing specialist Merchant Warehouse has produced an infographic looking at what to expect from the holiday shopping season.
87 percent of the top 100 paid iOS apps available as hacked versions
According to the third annual State of Mobile App Security report from application protection company Arxan Technologies, 87 percent of the top 100 paid iOS apps have been hacked.
Don’t feel smug if you're an Android user though as the report reveals 97 percent of the top 100 paid Android apps have been too. But whilst the Android figure is in line with previous years, the iOS percentage represents a jump from 2013 when 56 percent were found to have been hacked.
Uncovering the real value of online reviews
We've become used to the fact that for pretty much any product or service we want to buy there will be reviews available online to help us with our purchase decision.
These reviews matter to businesses as they can have an impact on sales. Open review community Trustpilot has carried out a survey looking at how online reviews can influence the bottom line.
WatchDox finds and protects sensitive documents anywhere
With more and more data stored in the cloud or accessed from corporate systems on mobile devices, security and regulation becomes a major concern.
Enterprise file sharing specialist WatchDox has announced a new solution to both detect and protect sensitive files everywhere, on every device.
Beware the rise of the digital doppleganger
Data breaches in large organizations have made the headlines in recent years and that’s led to a huge increase in the amount of personally identifiable information being traded online.
According to UK credit report company CreditExpert there's been a 300 percent jump in the amount of personal information being traded online since 2012.
Microsoft acquisition boosts network defenses for enterprise customers
With more businesses adopting cloud and hybrid environments, protecting data is more important than ever but it’s also more complex.
Microsoft is looking to improve protection for its enterprise customers with today's announcement that it has acquired Aorato, an innovator in enterprise security.
New solution secures and masks sensitive data for Amazon RDS databases
Securing data and making sure that it's stored in compliance with regulatory standards is a key task for all businesses, but it relies on knowing where the information is stored in the first place.
That isn't always as easy as it sounds but a new solution from database security specialist GreenSQL allows enterprises to easily identify all sensitive and regulated data fields across their Amazon Relational Database Service databases.
Axway brings cloud B2B to Amazon Web Services
Enterprises can be reluctant to move some functions into the cloud because of security and other concerns. So services that can allay these fears have big potential in the market.
Data flow specialist Axway already hosts secure private cloud portfolio solutions with AWS and has now announced that it’s making a Cloud B2B service available.
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Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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