“DDoS attacks can be carried out in a number of different ways, and it has become increasingly simple to ‘hire’ a botnet to carry out the attack by multiple means which makes it more difficult to prevent. " - Dr Guy Bunker

Originally posted on informationsecuritybuzz.com Excerpt: Security researchers at Cybereason have uncovered a massive espionage campaign involving the theft of call records from hacked cell network providers to conduct targeted surveillance on individuals of interest. Read the full article >

Originally published on informationsecurity.report . As part of our experts Comments Series, Dr Guy Bunker, CTO at Clearswift Cyber Security commented below on the subject of the recent use of DDOS attacks on the messaging app Telegram, which the founder of Telegram states was a concerted state-sponsored attack intended to disrupt the Cantonese anti-extradition protests. Dr Bunker discusses the...

Originally posted on verdict.co.uk Excerpt: ‘Gnosticplayers’ appears to have struck again last week, with the notorious hacker claiming to be behind the 24 May data breach that saw the personal details of almost 140 million Canva users accessed. Read the full article >

New research from data security company, Clearswift, has shown that, since the announcement of Brexit, over half (53%) of UK businesses have increased their cybersecurity spending.

Following the acquisition by RUAG in January 2017, Clearswift today revealed record-breaking financial results for the December 2018 financial year-end.

The judgment has confirmed that core to Glasswall’s patented technology is the requirement to parse fully, extract the content from and regenerate both emails and their attachments to create completely new files.

Theale (UK) 2nd May, 2018 – New research by data security company, Clearswift , has shown that 45% of employees have mistakenly shared emails containing key data with unintended recipients, including personal information (15%), bank details (9%), attachments (13%) and other confidential text (8%). The research, which surveyed 600 senior business decision makers and 1,200 employees across the UK...

Research from information security company Clearswift has shown that links within emails are perceived as posing the biggest cyber threat to UK businesses, with 59% of business decision makers highlighting this as a chief concern for businesses, far more than any other threat.

New research by data security company Clearswift has shown that board members are more confident than management about their organization’s ability to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in time for the May 25th deadline.

New research by data security company, Clearswift, has shown that 75% of employees are likely to exercise their right to be forgotten (RTBF). The principle, also known as ‘right to erasure’, dictates that an individual can request their data to be removed or deleted when there is no compelling reason for a business to continue processing that information.

Clearswift, a global cybersecurity innovator and data loss prevention specialist, and zsah Ltd, a leading UK owned hosting company, have announced a partnership that will allow Clearswift customers to host their award-winning SECURE Email Gateway and SECURE Web Gateway products in UK data centers, thereby helping customers comply with increasingly stringent data protection requirements and the upcoming GDPR regulations.

Theale (UK) 19th October, 2017. New research from leading information security company Clearswift has shown that the education sector is rivaling technology for the top spot when it comes to GDPR preparedness. The research surveyed 600 senior business decision makers and 1,200 employees across the UK, US, Germany and Australia. When asked whether firms currently have all of the necessary processes...

New research by leading data security company, Clearswift, has shown that year on year cybersecurity incidents, particularly insider threats; continue to rise, but that companies are able to spot suspicious activity significantly quicker than two years previous.

Theale (UK) 19th July, 2017 – New research by data security company, Clearswift, has shown that year on year cybersecurity incidents from those within the organization, as a percentage of all incidents, have fallen in the UK and Germany, two countries currently now under the ruling of GDPR . However, in the United States, a country outside of the direct jurisdiction, threats are on the rise. The...

New research by leading information security company Clearswift has shown how attitudes to cyber security have changed in the boardroom and among staff in the wake of the recent WannaCry attack. 600 senior business decision makers and 1,200 employees across the UK, US, Germany and Australia were interviewed following the events.

Theale (UK) 8 June, 2017. Clearswift has announced its partnership with the London Digital Security Centre, an initiative to make London the safest place for businesses to innovate online. Founded by the Mayor of London as a joint venture with the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police, the Centre is tasked with helping businesses protect themselves from digital crime. This includes the...

Clearswift was recognized at the 13th Annual 2017 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards® for its unique ability to prevent evasive cyber-attacks and data breaches through its game-changing Adaptive DLP technology.

Clearswift was recognized at the 13th Annual 2017 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards® for the industry’s first and most effective layer of signature-less Office 365 inspection and sanitization of evasive threats, delivering highly secure email without delay.

UK companies Clearswift Ltd and GeoLang Ltd today announced their technology partnership that will enable a new solution through the integration of Clearswift’s Adaptive Data Loss Prevention products with GeoLang’s information access security broker (IASB) platform “Ascema”.