Kaspersky Lab has announced it will be transferring its software assembly and data storage and processing operations from Russia to Switzerland because of the latter?s neutrality and very stringent laws and regulations for data protection and transparency.
Four weeks on, the threat continues to evolve rapidly and has now extended its target geography to include Europe and the Middle East, adding a phishing option for iOS devices and PC crypto-mining capability.
Before the end of 2018, Kaspersky Lab products and threat detection rule databases (AV databases) will start to be assembled and signed with a digital signature in Switzerland, before being distributed to the endpoints of customers worldwide.
Top regional IBM officials have stressed that with the onset of the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital living, any industry is now vulnerable to attacks and therefore data security is imperative at every level.
The National Privacy Commission has ordered Jollibee to suspend the operations of its online delivery site and all other websites open to the public after the fastfood giant submitted a data breach report last December 12, 2017.
Kevin Mitnick, the famed American hacker who has parlayed his notoriety into a successful career as a security professional, said human frailty is still the weakest link in the security chain.