(ISC)² recently announced the change of guard at its EMEA operations with the appointment of Deshini Newman as the Regional Managing Director for EMEA. Deshini joins (ISC)² from Cambridge Assessment, part of Cambridge University (UK), where for over 10 years she held leadership roles in the global development of theirRead More…

Cisco announced its intent to acquire Skyport Systems, a privately-held company providing cloud-managed, hyper-converged systems that run and protect business-critical applications. The terms and purchase price of the acquisition are confidential.Read More…

Guest written by Rajat Mohanty, the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paladion underlining the importance of Artificial Intelligence going forward this year At the end of 2017, cybersecurity experts published their predictions for 2018. One big theme repeated in many headlines: • Hackers to exploit AI technology for data breachesRead More…

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA), an Internet Society initiative with the mission to enhance online trust, today released its Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report. OTA’s annual analysis found that cyber incidents targeting businesses nearly doubled over the last year from 82,000 in 2016 to 159,700 in 2017. Since theRead More…

Google offshoot Alphabet announced its entry into cyber-security business by establishing a brand new business identity ‘Chronicle’ within the company. According to the company, this new business has been branched out of X, the moonshot factory. The Chronicle will have two parts: a new cybersecurity intelligence and analytics platform that is aimedRead More…

Leading GRC vendor, MetricStream recently announced the appointment of Mikael Hagstroem as their new CEO.  Hagstroem joins MetricStream after serving McKinsey Analytics as the Partner and COO. Prior to McKinsey, Hagstroem was EVP at SAS Institute. The outgoing CEO, Shellye Archambeau will continue to actively serve the company on the boardRead More…