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2020 - A Transformational Year in Cybersecurity

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - 17:30

It is true to say that there’s never a quiet year in cybersecurity. The focus and professionalism of cybercriminals, allied to the ever-evolving threatscape, mean that anyone working in cybersecurity...

Six Step Guide to Email Security Best Practice

Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 13:41

The popularity of email as a collaboration tool shows no sign of abating. In fact, research group Radicati predicts that in 2020 the number of emails sent and received per day will exceed 306 billion...

Another Day, Another Significant Data Breach – What We Know About the EasyJet Cyber-attack

Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 10:06

Significant data breaches feel like they are arriving now with ever-increasingly regularity. The latest breach to hit the headlines was with EasyJet. The budget airline announced on 19 May 2020 that...

Debunking cybersecurity jargon part two – what is a deep content inspection engine?

Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 14:46

Given the prevalence of jargon and technical terms within the cybersecurity sector, we have launched a series of blog posts that look to debunk some of those terms and explain what they are in more...

Debunking cybersecurity jargon part one – what is adaptive redaction?

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 15:25

Like many industries and areas of technology, the cybersecurity sector is prone to using jargon, technical terms, and acronyms that can confuse even the most seasoned industry insider. We work with...

10 things your endpoint security software must allow you to do

Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 16:32

Even during more normal times, there are millions of people all over the world that work remotely or from home regularly. During the current coronavirus crisis, that number has increased dramatically...

Lightning can strike twice: Marriott International suffers second data breach

Monday, April 6, 2020 - 15:54

It feels like only 18 months ago that international hotel group Marriott was subject to a data breach in which hackers stole the records of 339 million guests. That’s because it *was* only 18 months...

Clearswift – staying safe and secure throughout the coronavirus pandemic

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 14:52

We are clearly living in uncertain times right now. The coronavirus (COVID-19) situation is changing rapidly on a day-to-day basis, so we wanted to take this opportunity to address what it means for...