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AI CAN HELP CYBERSECURITY—IF IT CAN FIGHT THROUGH THE HYPE

WALKING THE ENORMOUS exhibition halls at the recent RSA security conference in San Francisco, you could have easily gotten the impression that digital defense was a solved problem. Amidst branded t-shirts and water bottles, each booth hawked software and hardware that promised impenetrable defenses and peace of mind. The breakthrough powering these new panaceas? Artificial […]

Why Cities Are So Bad at Cybersecurity

Within the past few weeks, two large American cities learned that their information systems were hacked. First, Atlanta revealed that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack that took many of the city’s services offline for nearly a week, forcing police to revert to taking written case notes, hampering the Atlanta’s court system […]

Cybersecurity is everyone’s job, says McAfee’s Christopher Young

There is a high degree of awareness and maturity in India regarding cybersecurity, says Christopher Young, CEO, McAfee. The head of the global computer security software company spoke to Forbes India along with Anand Ramamoorthy, managing director, South Asia. They discussed Aadhaar, McAfee’s India plans and the role of the CEO in the age of […]

Cyber security firm raises £2 million to fuel growth

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) IT protection firm Corero has received £2 million in new funding from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s growth finance team. Corero, founded in 2010, works with service and cloud providers as well as digital enterprises to work towards eliminating the threat of cyber attacks. The money raised will be used to…Read […]

Cybersecurity: Protecting Yourself Against Fraud And Theft

While online shopping has revolutionized how we buy everything from groceries to the latest shoes, that also means handing over your vital credit card information with every purchase. Data breaches have become far too common, so you need to know how to protect yourself in our ever-growing cyber world. What am I protecting myself from? […]

A year after WannaCry, victims haven’t improved cybersecurity policies

Almost a year after the WannaCry ransomware attack took out banks, public transit systems, hospitals, and universities worldwide, several of the UK organizations hit have not adequately implemented cybersecurity practices that can prevent future threats, according to a Tuesday report from the UK’s Committee of Public Accounts. WannaCry hit the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) […]

Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle Among 34 Firms to Join Cybersecurity Tech Accord

Microsoft, Oracle and Facebook, along with 31 other companies, on Tuesday signed the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, an agreement aimed at defending against cyberattacks, whether coming from rogue hackers or nation-states. The 34 tech firms committed to stronger defenses, no offensive attacks, capacity building and collective action. The accord is designed to protect the integrity of […]

Why AI, Analytics, Cloud and Cybersecurity Open New Opportunities for Integrators

March Networks President and CEO Peter Strom examines key security technologies and trends that systems integrators should be tracking currently. I was recently asked which technologies are going to have the most significant impact on the physical security industry in the next few years. With the rapid pace of change in technology today, there is […]

What AI can do and what it can’t in cyber security

Often, if you read about AI you will hear it discussed interchangeably with two other concepts: Machine Learning and Data Science. These three terms are related, but not interchangeable: Artificial Intelligence: A broad term related to how to make machines mimic human thinking and action. Machine Learning: A subset of AI related to…Read more

How AI is impacting cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to be a big game changer in the global economy, and much of the value potential is up for grabs. The most important thing is that, in addition to the desire and great managerial efforts, this is a high level of education and development of people in the country, since […]