WIDESPREAD TOR SCANNING
Priority: High Executive Summary: On 30th October 2019 between 20:18 and 23:22 BST, ITC’s SIEM service picked up a heavy, unexpected surge in connection attempts to our customers from Tor node IPs. To understand volumes, ITC typically observe only a few of these events a day, however in this instance there were several thousand detections […]
Risk, reputation and regulation: keeping hedge fund IT systems secure
Hedge fund managers can no longer focus solely on performance; regulation is increasingly in their sights. Since the 2008 financial crisis governments have focused on regulations in an attempt to rein in the “too-big-to-fail” banks, resulting in the likes of the Dodd-Frank Act and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID II). Fund managers must […]
October 2019
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My train of thought crime
I have just moved home, out of London for the first time in years. I am on my first journey back – an hour and forty on what is, technically, the fastest train in the UK. Wait, that is actually the Eurostar but it’s not able to go at full speed on our rail infrastructure […]
ITC Secure launches brand new service management capability; ServiceNow
At ITC we are committed to listening to our customers and delivering improvements to the services we provide. As part of our continuous service evolution, we are delighted to announce that as of the beginning of October, we have introduced a new and enhanced service management capability. This best in class collaborative platform has significantly […]
Georgia cyberattack has hallmarks of nation-state attack
Article by Robert Scammell – Verdict The Georgia cyberattack that took more than 2,000 websites and a national TV station offline has the hallmarks of a nation-state attack, according to cybersecurity experts. Targets of the cyberattack, which took place yesterday, include government agencies, local newspapers, banks and TV stations. More than 15,000 websites in the […]
Hard stare not working? Give them the finger.
Now you could easily think that we are talking about giving someone the bird, as beautifully portrayed in the first film in ‘The Top Gun Franchise’, (anyone else dislike the ‘franchise’ thing? How does it compare for you with calling Members of Parliament ‘Lawmakers’?). You might even think we were talking about the neural network […]
CYBER SECURITY: POWER OF THE CLOUD AND WINNING THE ARMS RACE
Article in CIO Applications Europe Cyber security products are more advanced and powerful than ever before, and the rate at which innovation and invention beget new products or services for mass consumption is simply incredible to behold. However, in parallel, the world of cyber threats and the reputation damaging consequences dominate headlines worldwide. Only this […]
Twister
As promised last time, this week’s missive is brought to you from Japan, the land of the rising sun, almost as far East as you can go and therefore closest to The Sun itself in a flat earth model. Unfortunately, the rugby qualifier between England and France (due to be held in Yokohama, near Tokyo) […]
ITC Secure has relocated its London headquarters
ITC is thrilled to announce that we have moved to a brand new state-of-the-art office in Canary Wharf, London. The office has been designed and equipped to meet the very high security requirements our customers expect and deserve. At the heart of it all is our world-class Security Operations Centre, from which our experts continue […]