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An average of 2 960 attacks: that is the number of cyber attacks to which the ordinary organisation in Africa is subjected each and every week. It is a staggering revelation and what makes it more worrying is that this Read More …
Earlier this week, the United States White House unveiled a new initiative, called Service for America. This initiative, created together with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM), aims to get more people interested Read More …
Fortinet has once again had the honor of contributing to NATO’s annual Exercise Locked Shields, a premier cyber warfare event known as the world’s largest and most intricate international live-fire cyber-defense exercise. Hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre Read More …
As simulated attackers tried to overload an electrical system, cripple a water distribution network and shut down a gas plant, cyber defence operators across 26 national agencies sprung into action to neutralise the assaults on a fictional state’s critical infrastructure. Read More …
A first-of-its kind cryptocurrency-tracing training game co-created by Sheffield Hallam University’s Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC) has won a prestigious European Commission Award. Cryptopol was developed and co-created by researchers in CENTRIC and Read More …
The Indian Army, in its plan for larger manpower optimisation of its force, is deliberating to convert its logistics and transport units into the Territorial Army (TA), a top defence source said Thursday. The TA, according to the source, is Read More …
NATO sent a senior-level delegation to Albania on Wednesday to help the tiny Western Balkan country cope with the consequences of recent cyberattack that the government blamed on Iran. NATO said James Appathurai, the alliance’s deputy assistant secretary general, led Read More …
US Cyber Command chief General Paul Nakasone has revealed the agency he leads conducted nine “hunt forward” operations last year, sending teams to different counties to help them improve their defensive security posture and hunt for cyberthreats. These missions provide Read More …
A cyber rapid-response team (CRRT) is being deployed across Europe, after a call for help from Ukraine. The newly formed team of eight to 12 experts, from Lithuania, Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Romania, and the Netherlands, has committed to help defend Read More …
France is grouping the country’s top cybersecurity experts in Paris’ business district of La Defense, bringing together startups and household names to tackle the scourge of hacking, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday. Cyberattacks have become the number Read More …