Following the recent WannaCry attack that affected so many organizations, both public and private, across the globe, many firms are now taking steps to protect themselves from potential threats in the future. One establishment in the UK that the WannaCry attack had ramifications for was the NHS. The incident meant multiple hospitals across England and Scotland had to cancel procedures after vital...

Cyber security is now an agenda item in the boardroom, not just the IT department, in the wake of May’s Ransomware attack and the countdown to GDPR compliance well underway. In May, multiple organizations including the NHS, Spain’s Telefónica and Deutsche Bahn were struck with what is arguably the world’s most publicized cyber-attack. Within a day, the ransomware cryptoworm known as WannaCry...

The age of mobile working continues to gather pace. More people than ever before are working from home or on the move, rather than in the traditional office environment. This isn’t surprising. Businesses are becoming increasingly digital and as such, can provide staff with increased opportunities to work outside the office. It isn’t just businesses that are leading the mobile working revolution -...

Augment existing security architectures with the latest cyber-attack protection and data loss prevention technology.

There is no doubt that macros are being increasingly used to execute malicious code around the world and we have all know what impact it can have on an organization when they strike. But sometimes team members just need to run macros to get their work done. So, what do you do? As a security professional, you want to prevent macros from running because it's safer and you don’t have to work until 3...

Being data compliant is not a simple process, but it is vital. We look at five steps organizations need to take to assist in data compliance and protection.

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 , Offi ce 365 Email Security and Advanced Threat Prevention solutions. Clearswift’s award-winning cyber security innovations are built around its unique layer of inspection and sanitization...

Cyber attacks dominated the headlines in 2016. The tentacles of cyber threats span the globe and every industry; cyberwarfare involving critical infrastructure services, massive data breaches where troves of emails and data were stolen, and blackmarket ransomware attacks that have taken over control of critical IT systems - only to be released after the ransom sums were paid. Over two billion...

We all know about the much publicised 2014 Yahoo hack that saw 500 million accounts compromised, wiping $350 million off the value of the company. In fact, it wasn’t a good year for anyone with a vested interested in keeping their social security number, address, email or first pet’s name out of the clutches of the dark side. If you add up the number of data breaches in 2014 alone, you’ll see that...

Ransomware and morphed forms of embedded malware are creating havoc for IT security organizations. Weaponized invoices, resumes and other malicious documents are distributed through compelling social engineering campaigns to evade existing email security gateways and sandbox analysis. Organizations are scrambling to find an immediate solution and have turned to Clearswift (see article Clearswift...

Policies written. Tools provided. Training conducted. As IT leaders, you have sufficiently enabled your users to properly sanitize and redact their documents before sharing outside the organization, but what happens when they forget? Worse, what happens if they intentionally ignore the policy and process altogether? No longer can the sanitization and redaction of documents for secure sharing rely...

We are pleased to share news that Clearswift was announced the winner of Very Important Benefits (VIBs) ‘Best Healthcare and Wellbeing Strategy Award’ for our approach to employee health and wellbeing! The VIBs are dedicated to championing the reward strategies of organizations of all sizes and sectors, and their providers. The finalists were hand selected by a best of breed panel of industry...

Clearswift takes home the Gold Award for its Adaptive Data Loss Prevention innovation and transformative leadership. Gold Winner – New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations – Security Services - ARgon for Email Gold Winner - Most Innovative CEO - Security Services: Heath Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Clearswift Gold Winner - Executive of the Year - Security Services: Dr. Guy Bunker, SVP of...

Organizations look to a more effective layer of sanitization to defend against advanced malware and the resurgence of ransomware. Advanced malware attacks evading traditional perimeter defenses have exploded this past year enabling cybercriminals to steal sensitive data or hold it hostage for a hefty ransom. As a result, organizations across the spectrum from healthcare, finance and manufacturing...

I recently spoke at an information security conference for Lawyers in Manchester. It was a good event, and there were lots of interesting discussions while there. However, it has been in some of the follow-up meetings, with more in-depth conversations that the penny has dropped over one particular issue –access to information. Both legal firms and accountancy firms hold enormous amounts of...

The only thing in life that is certain is death and taxes, or so the saying used to go. Unfortunately, if you have a business then there is another certainty, a data loss incident. This might not be a hacker, in fact it is far less likely to be a hacker than someone inside your organization – and that someone could be you. Mistakes made by employees make up around 80% of data loss incidents. How...

Organizations, for the most part, have systematically followed the same approach and strategy for years in their effort to prevent the costly impact of workplace cyber bullying and harassment. Human resources, legal and IT departments would work closely together to define detailed policies, conduct extensive trainings, and implement comprehensive response processes, while at the same time...

I was fortunate enough to speak at the Defending Law Firms from Cyber Attack Conference this week, with the speaking slot directly after Christopher Graham, the UK Information Commissioner which worked really well – as he provided a few stories, the government view on privacy and legislation old and new, and then I spoke about some of today’s threats and risks and more importantly what can be done...

Today, we live in an age where the ability to collaborate and share – with our colleagues, our family and our friends – has become critical to the public’s ability to operate as a whole. There has never been so much access to data and so many ways to share it, facilitating cooperation and collaboration between not only between citizens of the U.S., but also abroad. While the private sector has led...