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Secure systems, secure data, secure people, secure business<br />
Computing Security Jan/Feb 2017<br />
contents<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Computing<br />
Security<br />
SHARP RESISTANCE<br />
New moves to keep<br />
out the intruders<br />
IN CONTROL?<br />
Security Operations Centres<br />
come under close scrutiny<br />
NEWS<br />
OPINION<br />
INDUSTRY<br />
COMMENT<br />
CASE STUDIES<br />
PRODUCT REVIEWS<br />
LIVING IN LA LA LAND<br />
How Lottery operator Camelot<br />
woke up to a nightmare<br />
GIVE US YOUR MONEY!<br />
How ransomware became<br />
big business - and may get<br />
even bigger in 2017<br />
COMMENT 3<br />
POSTGRAD DEGREES LAUNCHED<br />
TO FIGHT CYBERCRIME<br />
NEWS 5<br />
• Outlook bleak as passwords cracked<br />
• Hackers and the fear of flying<br />
• 10-step cyber assessment tool released<br />
INTRUSION DETECTION 8<br />
Perimeter defence and intrusion detection<br />
have been a mainstay of the network<br />
security stack for well over a decade. But<br />
how are they evolving to meet escalating,<br />
more sophisticated attacks?<br />
ARTICLES<br />
RANSOMWARE 16<br />
More than 80% of resellers think<br />
customers are most concerned with<br />
fresh ransomware threats<br />
TIME TO THINK TWICE! 22<br />
Over and again, human weakness - and<br />
curiosity - are complicit in aiding attackers<br />
to get inside an organisation's defences.<br />
How can this be prevented?<br />
TIME TO STOP LIVING IN<br />
FANTASY LAND 24<br />
National Lottery operator Camelot did not<br />
have the greatest of years in 2016. No<br />
doubt it took in lots of money, but it also<br />
took plenty of flak. Not that surprising,<br />
when tens of thousands of customers had<br />
their online accounts breached.<br />
CLOUD EXPO EUROPE 26<br />
Walk into the ExCel London exhibition<br />
centre on the 15-16 March and you will<br />
be entering a world that promises the<br />
infinitely possible, technology wise<br />
REVIEW<br />
• CYjAX Intelligence Platform 17<br />
PREDICTIONS 2017 11<br />
Security breaches ripped through the<br />
castle walls of one organisation after<br />
another last year. Can we expect 2017<br />
to be any different? The early forecasts<br />
are not that encouraging<br />
WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN? 18<br />
Having suffered two of the largest hacks<br />
in history, Yahoo ended 2016 on a low<br />
note, with its approach to cyber security<br />
brought seriously into question. What<br />
went so wrong?<br />
CENTRE OF ATTENTION 28<br />
Security operations centres - SOCs -<br />
are all the rage, it seems. But their<br />
reputation has been called into<br />
question, with reports that many are<br />
falling short of target maturity levels<br />
4<br />
computing security Jan/Feb 2017 @CSMagAndAwards www.computingsecurity.co.uk
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