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The value of biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments will reach an estimated $1.2 trillion globally in five years’ time, up from just $332bn today, according to a new study. Juniper Research evaluates the transition from traditional security like PINs and passwords, to biometric authentication, in its paper, Mobile Payment Biometrics: Key Opportunities, Regional Analysis & Market Forecasts 2022-2027. It claims the use of facial and fingerprint recognition via mobiles will lead to an astonishing 365%…

TOGAF definition The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is an enterprise architecture methodology that offers a high-level framework for enterprise software development. TOGAF helps organize the development process through a systematic approach aimed at reducing errors, maintaining timelines, staying on budget, and aligning IT with business units to produce quality results. The Open Group developed TOGAF in 1995, and by 2016, 80% of Global 50 companies and 60% of Fortune 500 companies used the framework. TOGAF…

Cyber-threats are behind soaring fraud and economic crime in the UK, where rates are now second only globally to South Africa, according to PwC. The consulting giant’s latest Global Economic Crime Survey revealed that nearly two-thirds (64%) of UK businesses experienced fraud, corruption or other economic/financial crime during the past 24 months, a significant increase on the 56% recorded in 2020, and 50% in 2018. It’s also much higher than the 2022 global average of…

The volume of mobile threats detected globally fell by nearly nine million from Q1 2021 to the first three months of 2022, according to new data from Kaspersky. The Russian AV vendor based its analysis on information collected from customer environments over the period. In total, 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware and “riskware” attacks were blocked in the first quarter of 2022, down from over 15 million in Q1 2021. The number of malicious installation packages…

Do you recall one of the first really fun chemistry experiment you performed as a child?  If your school followed the usual curriculum, then you probably made a model volcano and then added some baking soda to the opening, followed by the addition of vinegar.  A variation of this experiment was to add the ingredients to a plastic bottle, then stretch a balloon over the mouth of the bottle to watch the balloon inflate with…

Tripwire’s May 2022 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft. First on the patch priority list this month are 2 remote code execution vulnerabilities for Excel and a security feature bypass vulnerability for Office. Up next are patches that affect components of the Windows operating systems. These patches resolve over 40 vulnerabilities, including elevation of privilege, information disclosure, security feature bypass, remote code execution, and denial of service vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities affect…

Nor should tackling cybersecurity be a solo mission. Leaning into partnerships and changing where security investments are made may be critical to a more secure future. By John DeSimone, President, Cybersecurity, Intelligence and Services at Raytheon Intelligence & Space We all understand the principles of the game “tag.” One player is “it” and everyone else is left running around to fend for themselves to avoid being tagged. There are no trusted alliances, every person is…

What Small Businesses Must Do to Stay Compliant By Dan Clarke, President of Truyo, and Jeff Sizemore, Chief Governance Officer at Egnyte Every year, the Department of Defense (DoD) relies on hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurial businesses to provide critical technologies and innovations that help support the men and women who are working to protect the US. Equally, DoD contracts are often the lifeblood for many of those private-sector businesses. More recently, those companies––known as…