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Patching Shouts for Help from NDR!

HP threat research shows attackers exploiting zero-day vulnerability before enterprises can patch. It's time to consider NDR that is fast to deploy, detect and [automatically] respond, before the malware can hit the endpoint. IDS and…

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by Kevin Bailey

If Zero Trust is so critical

Why are you ignoring NIST, NSA and the NCSC? These agencies have all published final or preliminary (beta) guidance for Zero Trust (ZT) that is applicable to all sizes of organisations. I would suggest to you that the agencies are…

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by Kevin Bailey

The CISOs New Dawn

The first of four episodes (chapters) delving into the insights of 28 leading CISOs across US and Europe, conveying the challenges facing these leaders, how they are tackling them and examples of who is succeeding

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by Kevin Bailey

Your opinion although interesting is irrelevant

I don’t apologise for bringing Simon Cowell into the world of cybersecurity. Any followers during the auditions of X-Factor will have experienced Simon’s rebuff for anyone that has a different opinion of their singing ability compared…

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by Kevin Bailey

Every business needs to respond in real-time

Read how you can ensure that your DDoS mitigation solution meets the needs of the digital economy. How DDoS attacks directly impact your business; Why you are at risk without always-on, real-time DDoS security; Steps your business can…

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by Kevin Bailey

Are you an industry cybersecurity leader?

A recent Accenture ‘State of Cyber Resilience’ report researched the differences between Leaders and Non-Leaders in cyber security, with 17% of their 4,644 respondents falling into the leader definition and the remaining 83% defined as…

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by Kevin Bailey

CISOs ignore exaggeration

Everyone understands that you have spent a lot of money developing your cyber security product or service and its capability has been aligned to a known issue that exists. So why do so many organisations position the product as the…

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by Kevin Bailey

What just happened!

Market transitions wait for nobody. Are you ready for the next secular growth opportunity? Learn how to build your business strategy to incorporate both cyclical and secular growth opportunities.

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by Kevin Bailey

Everyone Off. The Plan Doesn't Work Any More

The media channels seem to be aghast at the news that our world will be different as we come out of the pandemic, they are sensationalising the financial leaders statements that we will all experience an economic downturn (recession),…

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Ransomware Data Protection Vendor Spotlight - NeuShield


Synergy Six believe that organisations need an explicit ransomware data protection solution to protect and recover active data, recovery data, and installed device OS and services during exceptional operations.

These solutions should not replace existing security and data backup and recovery tools.


  • What is Ransomware Data Protection?
  • What vendors believe they address this space?
  • Ransomware Impact Map
  • NeuShield Vendor Assessment




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