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VPS Director wins Health and Safety Award

Carolyn Smith CMIOSH, ACILEx,MIIRSM, a Director at the safety and security specialists The VPS Group, has won Health and Safety Manager of the Year at the Safety and Health Excellence Awards, held at the NEC Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham.

With hundreds of peers in the sector attending, a strong line-up of finalists, including the Deputy Director of Environment Agency, and hosted by comedian Hugh Dennis, Carolyn said "It was a great evening all round. I am of course thrilled to have won the SHE Award, but more so because it adds to the recognition of all the hard work that the whole health, safety and wellbeing team have put into embedding a really great, positive ethos about health and safety throughout the company."

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Friday, 08 April 2022 10:22

Cequence Security Announces Partnership with Software AG

API security leader partners with enterprise integration and IoT platform company to bring API security to customers

London, UK: Cequence Security has announced a strategic partnership with Software AG, the software pioneer of a truly connected world. The integration of Cequence’s API Sentinel with Software AG’s webMethods Gateway will establish an end-to-end API security solution for enterprise security teams.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Friday, 08 April 2022 10:18

Mobile Banking Apps 50% Safer than Other Channels in U.K.

233% increase in online fraud attack rates overall;
The highest fraud rates were detected in Poole, Leicester, West Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,and Derby;
Regions with the lowest fraud rates in Scotland and Wales;
50%+ higher banking fraud rate reported when using desktops and laptops, telephone, or in-person combined vs. mobile banking applications.
London, UK - 5 April 2022 – Feedzai has released its quarterly Q2 2022 Financial Crime Report, The RiskOps Age, based on an analysis of over 18 billion global banking transactions throughout 2021. The report identifies trends in consumer spending and fraud attacks and compares transactional intelligence from 2021 and the previous three years to provide insights from pre-pandemic vs. the first and second years of the pandemic. One of the main conclusions is that while online transactions grew 65%, online fraud attack rates grew by 233%.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Wednesday, 06 April 2022 09:47

Armis Appoints Tom Gol as CTO for Research

Armis reinforces commitment to staying ahead of cyberattacks through in-depth threat and vulnerability research

Palo Alto, Calif.: Armis has announced the appointment of Tom Gol as CTO for Research, reporting directly to Nadir Izrael, Global CTO and Co-founder at Armis. In this role, Tom will lead and oversee all research efforts as the company continues to solidify its place as a security leader and expert in threat and vulnerability research. His team will work to bolster the Armis platform and enhance product development, effectively integrating research to make a substantial impact on the product.