Rackspace has announced the launch of a new privacy and data protection offering aimed at helping businesses identify and protect sensitive data, including intellectual property and customer payment information. According to the company, the new solution follows the UK government’s proposal of a new Data Protection Bill which hopes to pull legislation in line with...

The article Rackspace announces fully managed privacy and data protection offering, by Alice MacGregor originally appeared on The Stack.

Security giant McAfee has announced the launch of a new virtual security platform for Amazon Web Services (AWS) which aims to provide advanced protection for businesses operating in the public cloud. The new product, named the Virtual Network Security Platform (vNSP), has been designed to secure workloads on AWS against advanced malware which can reach...

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The Stack speaks with Raj Samani, chief scientist and fellow at McAfee, and Hatem Naguib, SVP of security at Barracuda, to find out more on the No More Ransom initiative What is the No More Ransom initiative and what trends does it respond to? Raj: The No More Ransom initiative aims to inform the public...

The article Why the security industry is teaming up in the fight against ransomware, by Tetiana Tsukrova originally appeared on The Stack.

Ships may be moving away from using Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation and towards a simpler, more old school technology, in order to avoid cyber security threats. GPS and similar technologies that are used worldwide work by sending and receiving satellite signals, which can be easily jammed by hackers. If this happens and the crew...

The article GPS may be on the way out for ships amid security fears, by Sam Clark originally appeared on The Stack.

The UK government has announced plans to introduce a new Data Protection Bill. The law, drafted by Digital Minister, Matt Hancock, will allow users to delete sensitive information from the web. The new Data Protection Bill will allow UK citizens to request that companies erase their personal data, aiming to simplify the data withdrawal process....

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