DDoS attacks increased by 20% in 2020, meaning everyone should consider themselves at risk

DDoS attacks increased by 20% in 2020, meaning everyone should consider themselves at risk

There were more than 10 million DDoS attacks in 2020, driven by new attack vectors and new threat actors; most of the industries targeted were vital to life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image: iStockphoto/ApoevAndrey Cybersecurity firm NETSCOUT has released a new report detailing the state of DDoS attacks during the past year and it leads with an unfortunate new statistic: 2020 was the first year that the number of observed DDoS attacks crossed the 10-million…

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Securing industrial networks: it’s a journey – Cisco Blogs

Securing industrial networks: it’s a journey – Cisco Blogs

When I meet with manufacturers, I usually hear some version of the following: “We’re digitizing to get real-time visibility into production and improved operational equipment effectiveness. But now we’re worried about malware interrupting operations. What can we do?” News headlines have erased any doubts about the need for industrial network cybersecurity. The trickier question is how to secure the network without interrupting production and revenue. To provide guidance, we’ve created Cisco Validated Designs for industrial…

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Mike Matranga launches M6 Global to serve K-12 communities, universities, corporate environments, etc.

Mike Matranga launches M6 Global to serve K-12 communities, universities, corporate environments, etc.

Mike Matranga launches M6 Global to serve K-12 communities, universities, corporate environments, etc. | 2021-04-14 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie…

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Cybersecurity funding hits all time high in 2020

Cybersecurity funding hits all time high in 2020

Investors pumped almost $8 billion into cybersecurity firms last year, according to Crunchbase. Image: iStock/structuresxx Continuing a decade-long run of high venture capital (VC) funding, 2020 proved to be a record year for cybersecurity investments with over $7.8 billion pouring into 665 deals globally. Driven by an increase in cybersecurity events during the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work, and companies moving operations online, cybersecurity funding in the U.S. increased 22% from 2019 to 2020, according to…

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Top-notch collaboration for top-notch athletes – Cisco Blogs

Top-notch collaboration for top-notch athletes – Cisco Blogs

Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe, which translated means German Sports Aid Foundation, was founded in Berlin in 1967 and is currently headquartered in Frankfurt. The foundation represents approximately 4,000 elite German athletes, helping them with personal and career development in parallel to positioning them as role models in society. The foundation prioritizes fair play and sports integrity, and organizes a number of annual sporting events to generate income and bring together athletes, supporters, entrepreneurs, and sponsor partners…

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Thycotic and Centrify Complete Merger to Expand PAM Offerings

Thycotic and Centrify Complete Merger to Expand PAM Offerings

Thycotic and Centrify have completed their previously-announced merger, and are now operating under the temporary name of ThycoticCentrify, it has been announced. The two cybersecurity firms have joined together to form a single cloud identity security vendor, pooling their respective expertise and tools in the area of privileged access management (PAM). The announcement comes amid growing cloud adoption as organizations seek to enable hybrid working models, particularly following the shift to remote working during COVID-19….

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Telemetry and AI/ML-Driven Wireless Advances – Cisco Blogs

Telemetry and AI/ML-Driven Wireless Advances – Cisco Blogs

Wireless telemetry and deep learning models can significantly improve wireless performance. The following papers discuss these technologies in detail and provide techniques that can help advance wireless to provide superior receiver decoding and enhanced Multi-User MIMO performance. Deep Learning-Based Receiver Design for 802.11ax Systems A traditional processing pipeline typically involves a sequence of signal processing-based algorithms, including channel estimation, common phase error correction, sampling rate offset correction, and equalization. In DeepWiPHY, we introduce a deep…

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Introducing the Cisco Security Outcomes Study: Small and Midsize Business Edition – Cisco Blogs

Introducing the Cisco Security Outcomes Study: Small and Midsize Business Edition – Cisco Blogs

It’s thrilling to lead security in small and midsized companies. We face many of the same threats as enterprises. With the growing emphasis on supply chain security, we share the same compliance obligations. We’re closer to the business leadership, and we’re closer to (sometimes embedded within) the IT team. With a fraction of the resources, we pull off the impossible quarter after quarter, year after year. It’s exciting but it isn’t without uncertainty. As we…

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High numbers of schools hit by phishing, account compromise and ransomware attacks

High numbers of schools hit by phishing, account compromise and ransomware attacks

According to a new report, thieves are targeting the personal data of staff and students stored in the cloud. Image: iStock/Igor Kutyaev Most educational organizations (60%) experienced phishing attempts, while 33% were victims of an account compromise attack, and 27% were hit by ransomware in 2020, according to a new report from cybersecurity vendor Netwrix.  The number of phishing attempts targeting educational institutions was well above average, according to the 2021 Cloud Data Security Report…

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Reimagining the Internet for the Digital Economy – Cisco Blogs

Reimagining the Internet for the Digital Economy – Cisco Blogs

As Asia Pacific becomes home to innovation and growth in this digital era, a decade where industry 4.0 vision will be realized. It is time to move past the legacy and layered network architecture to evolve SP networks into a digital platform that is enabled to create value plays for each enterprise vertical that benefits from a digital connection. The world is waking up to 5G. Accelerated digitization of the industries can only be realized…

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