Sophos has today announced the appointment of Clarissa A. Peterson as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Peterson brings Sophos more than 20 years of experience as a senior leader within diverse global organizations. Peterson joins Sophos from Abt Associates, a global research and program implementation organization with projects inRead More…

Guest written by Matthew Gardiner, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Mimecast Most people live under the assumption that email is immutable once delivered, like a physical letter.  A new email exploit, dubbed ROPEMAKER by Mimecast’s research team, turns that assumption on its head, undermining the security and non-repudiation of email; even forRead More…

Security MEA speaks to Lee Finck, the Vice President of Worldwide Channels at Neustar, about the company’s Cloud Security Partner Programme Please tell us about Neustar’s Cloud Security Partner Programme? The Neustar Cloud Security Partner Programme provides partners with an unmatched opportunity to provide their customers with a rich andRead More…

Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a backdoor planted in a server management software product used by hundreds of large businesses around the world. When activated, the backdoor allows attackers to download further malicious modules or steal data. Kaspersky Lab has alerted NetSarang, the vendor of the affected software, and itRead More…

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced Amazon Macie, a new security service that uses machine learning to help customers prevent data loss by automatically discovering, classifying, and protecting sensitive data in AWS. Amazon Macie recognizes sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII) or intellectual property, and providesRead More…