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Reflections on the War in Ukraine

Husam Dughman

Still reeling from the harrowing onslaught and impact of COVID-19, the world woke up to the news of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This led to an international outcry and worldwide condemnation, followed by the imposition of all sorts of sanctions on Russia by mostly Western countries. Some of Russia’s friends were ambivalent about the Ukraine war and counselled restraint and respect for other nations’ sovereignty. Notable among those are China and India. Russia’s relations with Western countries are now at their lowest ebb since the first half of the 1980s. But how on earth did it all come to this? To try and understand the situation more clearly, we have to begin by looking at some historical background.

: Husam Dughman; Viewpoints; Posted On Thursday, 19 May 2022 23:16

UK’s Most Innovative Cyber SME 2022 finalists announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and Infosecurity Europe

Richmond, Surrey, UK: Fourteen of the UK’s most creative and original information security businesses have been shortlisted in the UK’s Most Innovative Cyber SME 2022 contest, run by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) in partnership with Infosecurity Europe, Europe’s most influential information security event, and technology trade association techUK.

This is the seventh year that the organisations have teamed up for the prestigious contest, which was open to micro, small and medium cybersecurity businesses registered in the UK. The overall winner will be announced live on the Innovation Showcase stage at Infosecurity Europe 2022 (21-23 June at ExCeL London) on Tuesday 22 June at 16:45. Visitor registration for Infosecurity Europe 2022 is open here.

: HANNAH ROBERTSON; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 19 May 2022 23:11

The Nuvias Group Appointed Sole Distribution Partner for Armis across UK and DACH

Nuvias partners gain access to the entire Armis portfolio, addressing the considerable asset visibility market opportunity in Western Europe.

Woking, UK: Armis has selected the Nuvias Group as its distributor partner for the UK and DACH markets, moving from a direct to a two-tier distribution model, to boost its growth in Europe.

Armis, a fast-growing company, named ‘New Wave Leader’ by Forrester in 2020 and recipient of multiple industry accolades, including CRN’s Emerging Vendor of the Year 2021, complements the Nuvias portfolio by providing innovative, AI-driven cybersecurity solutions for complete asset visibility.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 10:55

3 in 5 Organizations Experienced Accidental Data Loss Over Email in the Past Year

New report from Tessian and the Ponemon Institute reveals that email has become the riskiest channel for data security in today’s organizations

SAN FRANCISCO : New research from email security company Tessian and the Ponemon Institute reveals that nearly 60% of organizations experienced data loss or exfiltration caused by an employee mistake on email in the last 12 months. Email was revealed as the riskiest channel for data loss in organizations, as stated by 65% of IT security practitioners. This was closely followed by cloud file-sharing services (62%) and instant messaging platforms (57%).