For most enterprises, the question isn’t whether to use AI—it’s where and how. For customers, AI enables more personalized experiences and faster response times. Employees can achieve higher productivity with more intuitive ways of working. Businesses can open new revenue streams and build competitive differentiation while strengthening security. The potential benefits are many—but realizing them isn’t a trivial matter.

The EU’s Network and Information Systems Directive 2 (NIS2) for cybersecurity resilience entered full enforcement in October 2024, and compliance with its requirements presents major challenges for many companies, particularly those in the financial services sector. And while most IT leaders are confident of achieving NIS2 compliance, they also acknowledge that this cybersecurity directive has exacerbated existing challenges such as resource constraints and skills gaps.

In the digital age, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks pose a significant threat to organizations, potentially leading to service disruptions and financial losses. To effectively combat these threats, businesses are increasingly adopting hybrid DDoS protection solutions. By integrating cloud traffic scrubbing, on-premises local protection, global DDoS-specific threat intelligence, and an orchestration platform, hybrid solutions offer a comprehensive defense strategy.

It is hard to believe that World IPv6 Launch Day was 12 years ago on 6 June 2012, and while worldwide adoption of IPv6 continues to accelerate, uptake has not been as fast as anticipated. The purpose of the World IPv6 Launch Day was to encourage service providers and web companies to test their services and evaluate their capabilities in the face of the global exhaustion of IPv4 addresses.

In the digital era, websites are increasingly vulnerable to a variety of automated threats. These threats, executed by malicious bots, can lead to significant financial losses, data breaches, and compromised user experiences. To safeguard against these risks, it is imperative for websites to implement robust bot protection.

In today’s ever-evolving threat landscape, organizations face numerous security challenges that necessitate a shift from traditional web application firewalls (WAFs) to next-generation solutions. This article aims to highlight the failures of traditional WAFs, contrast them with the capabilities of next-gen WAFs, and emphasize the crucial need for API security in the current digital ecosystem.

The second Network and Information Systems Directive (NIS2) will come into effect on 17 October 2024. This is the date by which all EU member states must implement the directive into national law. Not far behind is the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), an EU regulation which came into force on 16 January 2023 but is effective 17 January 2025.

In the digital landscape, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into cybercriminal activities has marked the beginning of a new era of threats. The “machine war” has indeed commenced, with AI enhancing the scale and sophistication of cyberattacks. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, in particular, have become more formidable with AI’s capabilities, presenting significant challenges for cybersecurity defenses.