Israeli cyber security company, SIGA OT Solutions has completed an $8.1m series B funding round led by PureTerra Ventures – a Dutch fund that specialises in water and infrastructure investments, along with Israeli venture fund SIBF, Moore Capital, and Phoenix…
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There will be no Internet of Things without strong cyber security
The concept of IoT holds great potential: By connecting millions of devices to the internet we can save time and money and become more efficient, we can offer our customers more convenience, better service and much more. But no grand…
A three-pronged approach to government security
The increase of ransomware attacks over recent years has cast a spotlight on the need for governments to adopt a risk-based approach to cyber security. Adam Vincent, Co-Founder and CEO at ThreatConnect explains more. Shortly after the SolarWinds hack of…
Registration now live for International Security Expo and co-located cyber event
Registration is now open for The International Security Expo – the Government, industry, academia and end-user event. The exhibition will return to Olympia, London from 28th-29th September, reuniting the entire security market at the first Government-focused face-to-face event for almost…
Uniting the worlds of cyber and physical security
The number of cyber attacks on companies, governments and individuals has been consistently rising in recent years, with global ransomware attacks increasing significantly in 2020, up 485% in compared to 2019. Tackling cyber security and protecting key critical infrastructure is…
UK reports £5.7m in cyber crime financial loss so far this year
British people and businesses have suffered financial losses of £5.7m from a reported 14,883 cyber crime incidents since the start of the year. The new study from click fraud prevention experts, PPC Shield indicates that malicious hacking, fraudulent use of social media accounts and email scams…
What are the future impacts of AI on cyber crime?
At the IoT Expo Event, Dave Palmer, Director of Technology at Dark Trace, an AI company that specialises in products and systems that can automatically recognise the signs of a cyber attack and interrupt them before a crisis occurs, hosted…
1 in 5 Britons don’t take actions to protect their smart devices
New research by cyber security solution, NordVPN shows that people in the UK are the most vulnerable when it comes to their IoT devices. Almost 95% of Britons have some kind of IoT device in their household. However, of the…
ETSI releases IoT testing specifications for industrial automation
The ETSI committee on Methods for Testing and Specifications (TC MTS) has recently completed a first set of seven standards addressing the testing of the IoT MQTT and CoAP protocols, and the foundational security IoT-Profile. “These new standards fill the…
Eurotech achieves IoT security certification
Supplier of hardware and software components to develop and deploy edge computing and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, Eurotech has announced its Multi-service IoT Edge Gateway, ReliaGATE 10-14 and Everyware Software Framework have been PSA Certified Level 1. This independent…
