Healthcare has become more digitized; medical devices play an increasingly vital role in patient care. Alongside these advancements, any medical device connected to the internet can become a vulnerable entry point for cyberthreats. Hospitals and healthcare providers must take proactive steps to protect these devices, ensuring their reliability while safeguarding patient data and network integrity.

It was a cold and wet Thursday morning, sometime in early 2006. There I was sitting at the very top back row of an awe-inspiring lecture theatre inside Royal Holloway's Founder’s Building in Egham, Surrey (UK) while studying for my MSc in Information Security. Back then, the lecture in progress was from the software security module. The first rule of software security back then was never to trust user inputs.

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is the latest privacy and security model that uses blockchain and cryptography to put you in control of your own identity. In this blog, we will dive into what SSI is all about, its core principles, real-life uses, and why it is set to transform how we manage identities in todays digital world.

As cyber threats get trickier—with ransomware attacks happening every 11 seconds, and each attack costing between $350,000 and $1.4 million on average—businesses want to beef up their defenses without spending too much. More companies are using Extended Detection and Response (XDR) to simplify their security work and cut costs. XDR provides an answer that can help businesses do more with less tackling common problems like too many tools complex security setups, and high running costs.