The market for cybersecurity is currently very active, and especially companies that are providing services in the detection and reaction phases of the cybersecurity cycle are a hot commodity right now. According to a recent article in TechCrunch, within one week 4 cybersecurity companies were sold for a total of 1.5 Billion Dollar. So there [...]
Motivated by the sudden growth of interest in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)mechanisms worldwide, companies that develop cybersecurity products started building their own SIEMsolutions as soon as possible. Due to market share competition, each of these companies developedtheir own proprietary security rules formats and built their analysis engines to work best with thesespecific formats.Soon [...]
Just a thought, as we look at other possible competitors, etc. in cybersecurity, it’s best not to forget and keep a skeptical view of many “commercial” claims. Read –and enjoy! – this latest report from ProPublica, an independent and nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism. In few words: companies that promised to beat ransomware with [...]
Sometimes we also ourselves think if what we are building in the CS-AWARE project is really useful and what someone may consider as “bare necessities” for a local public administration, or only some forward-looking, nice-to-have “stuff” which may better be described as a solution-in-search-of-a-problem. And then we read something like this here: A ransomware attack [...]
A recent article in Forbes reveals one of the latest cyber security incidents detected by Kaspersky, namely a malware disguised as a legitimate security update. Kaspersky called this attack as "one of the biggest supply-chain incidents ever." “The motivations for the malware attack are unclear, but it apparently targeted only 600 specific MAC addresses. Once [...]
Beyond the issue of protecting their information assets, local officials often know little about what is happening. Surveys have shown in the US that the number of survey respondents that respond “Don’t know” to survey questions remains high. No top official, whether appointed or elected, should be unaware of basic cybersecurity information – the [...]
Cybersecurity has become in many countries a booming industry, flooding the market with new products, with a near zero unemployment rate, and numerous unfilled jobs. This shortfall is expected to grow by 50+ percent in the near future. However, in the meantime, local governments are finding it increasingly difficult to attract and keep cybersecurity [...]
In the financial sphere, the risk is associated with uncertainty (possibility of fluctuations in value, both in a positive and negative sense). In cybersecurity, the events of interest are always linked to losses of value, but maintain the character of uncertainty. We are therefore interested in the random events concerning the IT security of [...]
Delphi Economic Forum, one of the most prestigious Greek annual events took place between Thursday, February 28 and Sunday, March 3, 2019 aiming to identify the main global trends, assess their implications and review the resulting challenges and policy options confronting decision-makers of the wider Eastern Mediterranean Region.On the subject of cybersecurity, a fruitful debate [...]
According to a study of the Vodafone Institute, that investigates the acceptability of new technologies in Europe, Asia and the USA, there is a global shortage of digital skill. In fact, only 29% of the employees consider their digital skills adequate, 85% acknowledges that, nowdays, digital skills are necessary at work, while 56% admit that [...]
