CS1907

Secure systems, secure data, secure people, secure business
Computing Security July/August 2019
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CONTENTS
Computing
Security
NEWS
OPINION
INDUSTRY
COMMENT
CASE STUDIES
PRODUCT REVIEWS
CYBER FACE-OFF
THE YEAR OF
MAGICAL THINKING
Hidden forces behind the
But has the new regulation
espionage explosion revealed
actually delivered yet?
DETECTION & RESPONSE:
How knowledge is the real key
BRAIN WAVES
Intelligence-driven
response is a must
after a data breach
COMMENT 3
Nation in transformation
GDPR SPECIAL
INSIDE
EDITOR’S FOCUS 6-7
Twenty fast-growth cyber scale-ups have
been accepted onto their first national
cyber security growth programme
ARTICLES
FULLY IN THE FLOW 8
Document Logistix uses DAST to ensure
security of sensitive customer data
GDPR BARES ITS TEETH 10
With the one-year anniversary of GDPR
having come and gone and the first few
hefty fines now imposed on organisations
by the regulators, we look at what it all
means for the future of the industry
WHO CAN YOU REALLY BANK ON? 16
Those who rely on their online bank to
keep their money safe might be alarmed
to hear that last year 54% of these
institutions allowed attackers to steal
THREAT OR TREAT? 22
money. And their customer data may
be equally at risk
How organisations should set about the
management, detection and response to
EDUCATION, EDUCATION,
a data breach is proving to be an on-going
EDUCATION! 19
question. But whatever the approach
Cybersecurity needs to be a priority for
taken, an intelligence-driven strategy is
the education sector, argues Adrian Jones,
CEO of Swivel Secure
an essential part of that process
GDPR: OPPORTUNITY, NOT THREAT 22
GDPR has increased demand for data
protection processes that are flexible,
autonomous and easy to use. Debbie
Garside, Group Chief Innovation Scientist
at Shearwater Group and CEO of Geolang,
THE STATE WE’RE IN 26
explains how the regulation is helping
The energy sector, communications and
industrial organisations are all at risk of
MASTERCLASS 28
attack from nation states and other
The spotlight this issue falls on Paul Harris,
malicious actors. But it goes much deeper
CEO, Pentest Ltd, A Shearwater Group plc
company, who explains the many benefits
than that. The economy itself is vulnerable,
that Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) can
with UK banks right in the firing line
deliver in the on-going battle against
cyber attacks
ENDPOINT DETECTION & RESPONSE 33
Keith Maskell, Titan Data Solutions, takes
a close-up look at what he sees as an
CRITICAL MASS 30
important new concept in distribution -
Critical asset owners increasingly have to
EDR and Packaged SOC Services
protect their ICT infrastructures against
cyber attacks. It's no longer enough for the
supplier of a single machine component or
PRODUCT REVIEWS
subcomponent to claim it is cyber-secure -
Webroot Business Endpoint Protection 15
the entire machine must be so
Safetica Data Loss Prevention 18
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