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Top 10 IT security stories of 2018
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EGUIDE: The discovery of the Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor vulnerabilities, and several similar vulnerabilities in the months that followed, were probably the single most challenging developments for enterprise IT security teams in 2018. Here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 IT Security stories of 2018.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Jan 2019

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Royal Holloway: Corporate under-reporting of cyber crime
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RESEARCH CONTENT: Without reporting, cyber crimes cannot be investigated, prosecutions cannot be pursued and effective prevention strategies cannot be developed. Yet despite this, most corporates fail to report cyber crimes. This article in our Royal Holloway security series explains why this is an increasing cause for concern.
Posted: 26 May 2022 | Published: 26 May 2022

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Deep learning for countering energy theft – a hybrid long-short term memory approach
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RESEARCH CONTENT: Energy theft is a critical issue for power system operators and billions of pounds are lost to it every year. This article in our Royal Holloway security series describes a convolutional long short-term memory-based energy theft detection model to identify electricity thieves.
Posted: 26 Apr 2022 | Published: 26 Apr 2022

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CW APAC, July 2020: Trend Watch: Security
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EZINE: In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at what organisations in the Asia-Pacific region are doing to secure their systems, from adopting a DevSecOps approach, to preparing for cyber attacks and ensuring the privacy of Covid-19 contact-tracing app users.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Jul 2020

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Royal Holloway: The Computer Misuse Act and the characteristics of convicted hackers
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RESEARCH CONTENT: In this Royal Holloway article, the authors go beyond the perpetuated stereotypes often found in media surrounding hackers by analysing the characteristics of real-life convicted hackers in the UK, who were charged under the Computer Misuse Act
Posted: 01 Apr 2021 | Published: 07 Apr 2021

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CIO Trends #10: Benelux
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EGUIDE: If CIOs ever needed a reminder of the predatory cyber criminals that circle their organisations, Travelex's woes is a big one. Also find out how close autonomous ships are to regularly docking in Dutch ports. Read more about it in this issue of our CIO Trends Benelux series.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 16 Jan 2020

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Royal Holloway: Investigating the security vulnerabilities and solutions for connected and autonomous vehicle technologies
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RESEARCH CONTENT: This article introduces connected and autonomous vehicles, analysing the underlying technologies and considering their cyber security vulnerabilities and attacks. We identify and assess the existing and emerging countermeasures for such vulnerabilities, and propose high-level recommendations.
Posted: 23 Jun 2022 | Published: 23 Jun 2022

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Building a Strong and Effective Incident Response Plan
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EGUIDE: Literally every business -- both large and small and across every industry -- is a target for criminal hackers and careless employees alike. The question is: What are you doing about it? This is where incident response comes into play. In this e-guide, learn how to create an effective incident response plan.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Oct 2019

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Preventing identity theft in a data breach
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EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we will explore the links between ransomware attacks, data breaches and identity theft. First, Nicholas Fearn investigates the phenomenon of the double extortion attack, and shares some insider advice on how to stop them, while we'll explore the top five ways data backups can protect against ransomware in the first place.
Posted: 06 May 2021 | Published: 06 May 2021

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How to Modernize Your Vulnerability Management Program
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EGUIDE: Attackers have changed their focus from servers to users. As a result, security professionals should refrain from security strategy complacency, especially when it comes to their vulnerability management programs. In this e-guide, learn how to modernize your vulnerability management program to protect your organization and users.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 22 Oct 2019

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