The latest Businesses @ Work report from identity management provider Okta has revealed many of the fastest growing apps in the enterprise are based around security – and suggests that GDPR may be behind the renewed push.

Of the 15 fastest growing apps in the Okta network last year, seven were based around security. These were, in order of popularity, Jamf, KnowBe4, Cisco Umbrella, DigiCert, Sophos, Mimecast and CloudFlare.

Writing in an official company blog, Okta CEO Todd McKinnon argues that the...

Meltdown and Spectre are two critical vulnerabilities recently identified in modern processors. These vulnerabilities can allow unprivileged users to access memory belonging to other processes, including the kernel.

Much of the initial coverage of these vulnerabilities centred on desktop, server, and cloud systems, but they affect mobile devices as well. Apple, Google, Linux distributions, and Microsoft are now releasing patches to mitigate these issues.

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The fallout from the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities is going to be painful, long-ranging and expensive – the latter in more ways in one. Yet according to new research published by Bridgeway, companies are not exactly getting a jumping start on reparation.

Bridgeway, through anonymously analysing 100,000 mobile devices through its mobile management reporting tool, IronWorks found that only 4% of enterprise mobile devices had been patched against the threats. In all, at least 72% of devices are...

There’s a flood of connected devices making their way into our homes and businesses – a deluge exacerbated by recent holiday gifts and the latest and greatest from CES, where connected devices always take top billing.

From mobile, wearables and car technology to advancements in smart homes, TVs and cameras, the tech world is awash with internet-connected devices. By 2020, it’s estimated that there will be more than 30 billion

Verizon has announced the acquisition of Niddel to further its managed security detection and response capabilities for business customers.

Niddel’s machine-learning-based automated threat hunting technology and services will be integrated into Verizon’s existing offerings. Financial terms of the acquisition remain undisclosed.

Alexander Schlager, executive director for security services at Verizon, said: “Using machine learning to improve information accuracy significantly reduces false...

Enterprise mobile device adoption has soared in recent years, due to the realisation that enabling a mobile workforce benefits productivity and can improve employee retention. Despite these positives, unrestricted access to company data creates a host of security risks, such as data exfiltration and unwarranted access to confidential data.

In a bid to secure corporate devices from these risks, many IT teams have turned to the ‘trusted’ device security model. But this method of securing devices is...

Are you in the habit of swiping right at work? According to the latest report from enterprise mobile security provider Appthority, Tinder is now among the apps most blacklisted by enterprise mobility and security teams.

The study, which uses data based on millions of mobile security scans Appthority performs for its customers each quarter, found Tinder to be the third most frequently blacklisted iOS app; not so much because it wastes valuable company time, but because it is able to send SMS messages.

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42Gears, an enterprise mobility solution provider based in India, has announced the launch of a unified endpoint management (UEM) offering to move beyond standard mobile device management (MDM) and enterprise mobility management (EMM).

As the company’s website outlines, the UEM offering supports all OS types, as well as a wide variety of devices, from desktops and laptops, to ruggedized devices and IoT devices, to kiosks and printers. The product “takes away ineffective multi-platform dependencies...

Cisco’s Security Connector for iOS, a tool which aims to give enterprises deep visibility and control over network activity on Apple devices, is now generally available.

A blog post confirmed the news, which was first announced in June when Tim Cook, Apple CEO, took to the stage alongside Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins to discuss...

It has been a tough quarter when it comes to application security, according to RiskIQ’s latest mobile threat landscape report, with an increase in malicious apps flooding the marketplace, new mobile botnets, and imitation and trojan apps making it through official app store borders.

The report, which analysed 120 mobile app stores and more than two billion daily scanned resources, found that Google’s percentage of malicious apps fell to a low of 4% this quarter, having been at 8% in Q2. Yet this...