Kevin Townsend

Kevin Townsend is a Senior Contributor at SecurityWeek. He has been writing about high tech issues since before the birth of Microsoft. For the last 15 years he has specialized in information security; and has had many thousands of articles published in dozens of different magazines – from The Times and the Financial Times to current and long-gone computer magazines.

Corporate Data Lingering on Old Drives: Advice From The Professionals

July 1, 2016

Sophos Blasts Cylance’s Competitive Testing Methods

June 30, 2016

Cisco’s Acquisition of CloudLock Puts Spotlight on CASB Market

Cisco has announced its intention to acquire CloudLock Inc, a privately held cloud access security broker (CASB) based in Waltham, Massachusetts. Cisco will pay...

June 30, 2016

Historical Perspective on Dark Web Sale of 10 Million Health Records

Coinciding with the dark web sale of almost 10 million patient healthcare records, Panda Security has released a report (PDF) detailing the evolution of...

June 29, 2016

Brexit: What Does it Mean for Cybersecurity and Privacy?

June 28, 2016

U.S. Government Expands Authority in Cyberspace

DHS Proposal Requests Visitors Provide Social Media Account Names

June 27, 2016

History and Statistics of Ransomware

June 24, 2016

Microsoft Announces Azure Information Protection Service

Microsoft to Solve Document Cloud Compliance and Visibility Issues With Azure Information Protection

June 23, 2016

Video Conferencing Systems Expose Corporate Secrets

It was reported last week that a hacker had accessed the video conferencing system of the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ) and eavesdropped on...

June 22, 2016

HTML5 Won’t Stop Malvertising, Brings New Threats

Flash is one of the most abused pieces of software in use. Flexera Software's Vulnerability Review 2016 counts 457 vulnerabilities in 2014 and 2015...

June 21, 2016

Law Enforcement Cracks Down on Airline Fraud

Global law enforcement agencies have been sharing intelligence to crack down on airline ticket fraud, and appear to be taking action roughly every six...

June 21, 2016