Cybersecurity
How to beat the bots in 3 steps
The November season is now arguably the highlight of APAC’s retail calendar alongside the Lunar New Year. But for retail brands coming under sustained bot attacks, the season of merriment can quickly become one of stress. However, retail marketers who prepare and act swiftly will be counting their investment returns, and not their losses, once the shopping…
watchTowr Founder & CEO Benjamin Harris on being a step ahead of attackers in today’s evolving cybersecurity landscape [Q&A]
In an industry that has for years complained that a talent shortage is an insurmountable limitation, we must look to data and technology to automate tasks that no longer need human input—so we can free up human intelligence to solve more complex challenges.
The cost-benefit analysis of database backup strategies
In Southeast Asia, data protection as a business culture is still gaining awareness, and with remote working becoming more common, greater urgency and action are needed. Data plays a vital role in any successful business, and backups are central to any data protection strategy. Protecting this data is mission-critical, and it falls to database…
Singapore’s Silence Laboratories raises $1.7M seed funding led by Pi Ventures
Silence Laboratories, a web3 focused cybersecurity startup headquartered in Singapore, said Thursday it has closed a $1.7 million round in a seed funding, led by Pi Ventures. The round also included participation from web3 centric funds such as imToken ventures and prominent angels like Daniel Ari Friedman, Mahin Gupta, CK Vishwakarma, Priyeshu Garg, Ashish…
A fraud deterrent with an open data approach: Digital Footprint Analysis
One thing that all criminals know is how important it is to cover your tracks. We’re talking all the way from your lowest-level criminals – say, a kid blaming the dog for the broken window – all the way up to your everyday digital huckster, defrauding companies for thousands at a time.
Cybersecurity startup watchTowr totals $10.25M in Pre-Series A investment
watchTowr will use the additional funds to continue enhancing the technology that underpins its proprietary platform and to seize growth opportunities that are arising from markets outside of Southeast Asia.
Palo Alto Networks appoints Steven Scheurmann as Regional Vice President for ASEAN
Scheurmann is a recognized expert on topics such as the digital economy, cybersecurity, AI, and cloud technology. He has taught at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School and regularly speaks at industry events.
ams OSRAM and trinamiX jointly release demonstration of ultra-secure face authentication behind OLED
ams OSRAM and trinamiX are working together to provide smartphone manufacturers with a highly secure and convenient user authentication system that will be available later this year.
Understanding how MFA works for you, and how it doesn’t
Ultimately, there are pros and cons to every security measure, and we are in a constant trade-off between good cybersecurity and ease of use.
To track or not to track: The marketer’s dilemma
Without browser tracking tools, marketers will struggle to see which channels, creative material, and messaging contributed to each conversion. If visibility is diminished, how can marketers know where to invest and optimize?
