Latest

3rd Party Risk Management

Risk Quantification 101: Communicate Risk in Dollars and Cents

Information Security Media Group  •  November 9, 2021

In this video, LogicGate and Protiviti explores the fundamentals of risk quantification and highlight how the practice empowers you to leverage the power of risk confidently and strategically.

Cybercrime

Voipfone DDoS Attacks Raise Specter of Protection Racket

Mihir Bagwe  •  October 28, 2021

Telecom company Voipfone has come under a severe "extortion-based" DDoS attack from foreign entities, according to a tweet by the U.K.-based company. The attack is likely a continuation of the one observed on Thursday, although the company stated that all its systems remained operational.

DDoS Protection

Microsoft Says It Mitigated Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

Soumik Ghosh  •  October 13, 2021

Microsoft disclosed that it mitigated a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack, which was 140% higher in scale than any previously recorded network volumetric event on Azure. The firm and some security experts say that attacks of this magnitude could wreak havoc on targeted companies and are difficult to mitigate.

Application Security & Online Fraud

Fraud Transformation: Balancing Business and Customer Needs

Tom Field  •  October 11, 2021

More than two-thirds of survey respondents say they take a balanced approach - business, customers and compliance - investing in fraud prevention technology. So, why do they also report customer friction among their top challenges? BioCatch's Raj Dasgupta analyzes the results of the new Fraud Transformation Survey.

Profiles in Leadership: Dr. Frances Undelikwo, Fidelity Bank

Suparna Goswami  •  October 11, 2021

Dr. Frances Undelikwo, divisional head of IT and operational risk management at Fidelity Bank in Nigeria, says she found her passion by trying out different departments and fields under information security. She discusses her career path and current role.

CISO Trainings

Analyzing the Results of the 2021 Cybersecurity Complexity Study, EU & UK

Information Security Media Group  •  October 8, 2021

In this exclusive interview, Martin Cook, Senior Solutions Engineer with ReliaQuest, discusses how to reduce complexity, increase visibility and tap into new resources to enhance your own abilities to detect, investigate and respond to attacks.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Ransomware: A Problem of Excesses

Tom Field  •  September 29, 2021

You can't decrease the motivation of ransomware attackers. But you can curb their success by bolstering your own enterprise's approach to access, credentials and privileges. Morey Haber and James Maude of BeyondTrust share insights on ransomware defense.

Cybercrime

Illinois Man Convicted of Running DDoS Facilitation Websites

Prajeet Nair  •  September 19, 2021

An Illinois man has been found guilty of running subscription-based distributed denial-of-service attacks that enabled customers to launch DDoS strikes of their own. He is now facing a statutory maximum sentence of 35 years in federal prison when sentenced in January 2022.

►

Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development

The Evolution of Bots

 •  November 15, 2021

In this session Akamai will share some of the research and insights into the tools, tactics, and techniques attackers are using to launch their malicious onslaughts while remaining under your defensive radar.

►

Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development

Cybersecurity Awareness 2021: #BeCyberSmart about Account Takeover Attackers

 •  November 15, 2021

Attackers are innovating constantly to try to increase their success rates as they work to evade detection and mitigation technologies in the kill chain. But the future isn’t just more and more attacks.

►

Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development

Breaking Down the Cloud Firewall

 •  November 15, 2021

Join Akamai solution engineers Ashwini Naidu, Swagatta Dutta Choudhury, and Felix Addo for an interactive workshop as they take a deep dive and dispel myths about cloud WAF.

►

DDoS Protection

Rethinking Risk in the Wake of DDoS Extortion

 •  November 15, 2021

This webinar helps to understand the evolution of DDoS extortion, its ramifications on 2021 security postures, and the latest best practices to fight back and reduce your risk.