Nathan Eddy

People are most fearful of their credit cards or bank statements being hacked, with 78 percent of Americans and Germans ranking it a top online security concern, according to a study by security specialist Centrify. That number is even higher in the UK, where 85 percent of residents rank credit card and bank data as […]

A recent study by technology giant IBM and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation, a public foundation that links seniors and people with disabilities with technologies to enhance their lives, shows that meeting the needs of a growing aging population will require new technologies, partnerships, ideas and business models. The Outthink Aging study identified three […]

Panasonic System Communications Company of North America, a division of Panasonic North America, announced the release of UC Pro, a collaboration application that allows users to connect to anyone and anywhere across multiple devices. The software is designed to integrate with the Panasonic KX-NS series of IP-based communications platforms including the KX-NS700, KX-NS700G or KX-NS1000. […]

Deep storage specialist Spectra announced that it has expanded its BlackPearl Deep Storage Gateway family with the addition of the V Series and the P Series, which more than triples the throughput and number of tape drives managed compared with the standard BlackPearl S Series. The V Series serves as the new entry-level option, with […]

Technology giant HP Inc. has announced a marketplace for HP and third-party printing and imaging application JetAdvantage On Demand, which is designed for HP resellers and customers to buy, deploy and manage apps through the cloud. The new portal will initially offer applications from HP and Fenestrae that enable access control, fleet management and digital […]

Backup and data storage specialist Barracuda announced several enhancements to its Backup product line to enable faster backup and recovery performance, enhance public cloud support and expand storage capacity. The company now offers Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup for Office 365 improvements, while the expanded Backup Export Tool now supports exporting data to Amazon Web Services (AWS) […]

Social media and remote working are the least understood end-user security issues among businesses, according to a report from IT security firm Wombat. The report evaluated nearly 20 million questions asked and answered in Wombat’s security education platform over the past two years, and highlights both the areas end users struggle with the most and […]

D-Link announced its next-generation Layer 2+/Layer 3 managed gigabit switches, the DGS-3630 series, featuring 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, gigabit SFP ports and 10 GbE SFP+ ports. Out of the box, the DGS-3630 series switches include the Standard Image (SI) software, supporting essential functionality including L2 switching, entry-level routing, L2 multicast, operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) and […]

As ransomware and phishing attacks increase in frequency and sophistication, information security professionals remain apprehensive in their organizations’ abilities to protect themselves, according to a Tripwire survey of more than 220 information security professionals who attended Black Hat USA 2016. When asked if their companies could recover from a ransomware infection without losing critical data, […]

The second quarter of 2016 saw a small decline in the detection count malware in both Google Android and Windows-based devices. However, this decrease should not be mistaken as a sign of weakness in cyber-criminals, according to a report from Quick Heal Technologies. The company’s research labs recorded a steady increase in the detection of […]

Lost and stolen devices account for one in four breaches in the financial services sector, and five of the nation’s largest banks have suffered a breach already in 2016, according to a Bitglass report. The study found 14 percent of the leaks could be attributed to unintended disclosures and 13 percent to malicious insiders. In […]

Federal cyber-security is drowning in data, but big data analytics may be the key to unlocking data and charting a more secure future, according to a report conducted by MeriTalk and sponsored by Cloudera. The survey found that 81 percent of federal employees say their agency is using big data analytics for cyber-security in some […]