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COMPUTING SECURITY AWARDS 2014:
WHAT A NIGHT OF WINNERS!
The 2014 Computing Security Awards were undoubtedly our biggest and best so far, with people from right across the industry gathered at the Hotel Russell in London's Russell Square to hear who would be stepping forward onto the stage to collect the much coveted winners’ accolades.
For those who took those honours, it was a night of triumph and celebration. For those who had made it all the way through to the finals and didn't quite get there, no doubt they will planning to go that one step better next year when the awards will once more allow our industry to show what exceptional solutions and services are now available to those intent on keeping their organisations safe in a world where threats are growing all the time in numbers and sophistication.
Once again, our thanks to all of the readers whose thousands upon thousands of votes made this yet another exhilarating and tightly contested event. And to our sponsors - Check Point, Celestix, ZeroDayLab, Titania and Brookcourt - whose generous support is greatly appreciated.
You will find all the results in the latest issue of Computing Security magazine (Nov-Dec issue), along with background information supplied by the winning companies. You can also access the results at www.computingsecurityawards.co.uk, with video clips of the presentations. We look forward to seeing you all at the 2015 awards. Finally, to our readers, thank you once again for the wholehearted way in which you always embrace the voting process, helping to decide our winners. |
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Content Security Solution of the Year
WINNER: Check Point - Application Control Software Blade
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2014: THE DANGER DEEPENS
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Inside the criminal mind
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Welcome to the November 2014 Newsletter.
It was interesting to see that Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office with responsibility for the UK Cyber Security Strategy, co-hosted a summit of CEOs from the UK’s insurance sector in conjunction with Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, to discuss how the sector can help ensure that the UK is one of the safest places to do business in cyberspace.
The summit's aim is to engender closer collaboration between government and industry to help promote the growth of the cyber insurance market as a means of improving cyber security risk management.
The insurance sector is in a strong position to drive improvements in cyber security risk management, as it recognises the role it can play in improving good practice by asking the right questions of customers in relation to their cyber breach and operational risk policies.
Cyber threats pose a considerable risk to UK companies and industry is by far the biggest victim of cyber crime. Some 81% of large businesses and 60% of small businesses suffered a breach in the last year, with the average cost of breaches to business nearly doubling since last year, according to the '2014 Information Security Breaches Survey', commissioned by The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and conducted by PwC, in association with Infosecurity Europe.
"Protecting the cyber security of UK businesses is an important part of this government's long-term economic plan - we want the UK to be one of the most secure places in the world to do business," said Francis Maude.
The summit took place on Guy Fawke's Day, but I'll resist any puns about its explosive content. In fact, far from explosive, it marked something that hopefully will last much longer than some high-flying spectacular rocket that then burns out and plummets back to earth - and have far greater value in protecting businesses in the long term.
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Brian Wall, Editor
Computing Security
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