Commenting on Deutsche Telekom’s new and interactive real-time map of global cyberattacks, Tufin Technologies says it is significant that the bulk of attacks (27.3m last month) identified by the Sicherheitstacho service were against the Server Message Block (SMB) – aka the Common Internet File System (CIFS). Reuven Harrison, CTO of the security policy management specialist, says this attack vector operates across an application-layer network protocol that is mainly used for providing shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network.

 Acquisition creates $140M company poised to lead multi-billion dollar strategic risk and security market   LONDON, UK — March 11, 2013 - 5pm GMT — Tripwire, Inc., a global provider of IT security solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire nCircle, a leading provider of information risk and security performance management solutions. The acquisition is expected to close in April and is subject to the customary closing conditions. The terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed.   “Tripwire and nCircle have the opportunity to be a powerful and transformational combination in the rapidly changing security market,” said Jim Johnson, CEO of Tripwire. 

 London, 14th March 2013 – Commenting on a Wall Street Journal report that the top US spies have warned of the rising threat of state-sponsored hacking, social engineering, APTs and other security breaches, security expert Yaki Faitelson today noted that most organisations lack the basic controls that can help them to quickly remediate and learn from an attack, and in many cases prevent or limit breaches in the first place.  

“Most of these attacks are not that sophisticated, and even if they are they don’t need to be to do damage if basic controls aren’t in place.  We can’t ignore fundamental data protection “blocking & tackling” and expect to protect ourselves from basic threats, much less sophisticated attacks.

 Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (19 March 2013)—Big data can save big money. A recent McKinsey report found that value gained from data in the US health care sector alone could be more than US $300 billion every year. But traditional tools aren’t enough to manage these extremely large amounts of fast-changing information. To help enterprises use big data effectively, global nonprofit IT association ISACA issued guidance today on how to manage the chaos and address the business benefits and challenges.