Monday, 13 October 2025

NATO announced yesterday that it is now officially recognising cyberspace as a frontier for war, in addition to the traditional sites of battle including land and sea. The declaration was made following a meeting for NATO's defence ministers on Tuesday, with Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stating that it has become clear that dangerous attacks can be launched on the internet and among computer networks just as easily as they can on the battlefield.

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Web application security is a very hot topic these days. So what do CISOs need to know in order to deal with related risks?

Qatar National Bank, a recent victim of a data breach exposing over 1.4GB of customers’ data, including full personal data and credit card information, suspects it was compromised via an SQL injection vulnerability. Later, the same hacking team compromised six more financial institutions, using vulnerabilities in their websites and web applications.

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Today BioConnect has announced the successful deployment of its BioConnect Identity Platform and Suprema biometric hardware for access control at Netwise Hosting Ltd, a leading provider of data centre colocation in London, UK. BioConnect provides identity solutions, with a special focus on data centre colocation customers. BioConnect offers a unique approach which removes the need to manage point-to-point integrations as it couples Suprema biometric readers with over 20 of the leading access control system providers.

Case Studies
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  1. Sohonet select Opengear to add resiliency to its network
  2. Amulet Hotkey launches world’s first hardware-virtualized GPU solution on Dell Blade Servers
  3. Online fraud detection spend to hit $9.2bn by 2020 as fraudsters target mobile transactions
  4. Tenable Network Security and ServiceNow help customers prioritize and streamline their security operations
  5. Meeting the new Building Regulations security rules - help from DHF
  6. UN determined to work collectively to ensure people worldwide are protected, says Ban
  7. DHS and DOJ Return Valuable, Ancient Artifacts to India
  8. BlackVault Guardian launches to protect against network security breaches
  9. Al Murabit Security Services first Iraqi company awarded international industry leading accreditation from UKAS
  10. Pulse Secure aids PCI compliance with granular cipher enhancement
  11. Rajant named technology sponsor in sharp electronics Robolliance Programme
  12. Computop delivers game changing payment services for Bigpoint
  13. WatchGuard acquires Hexis HawkEye G to deliver holistic network security from the network to the endpoint
  14. Malwarebytes partners with Wick Hill for pan-EMEA distribution
  15. Public Interest News from BSI



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