Thursday 27 October 2016

Cyber Security: Five Firms Working to Squash Cyber Attacks

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Whodunit?

That’s the multibillion-dollar question this week after hackers took down the internet on October 21 with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on one of the largest Domain Name System (DNS) service providers in the world.

Who’s responsible is indeed a compelling mystery.

A more important and immediate consideration is how to protect your network against hackers.

Another is which companies stand to profit from the effort to ramp up security in the aftermath of such a high-profile event.

Below, we discuss two small-cap stocks and three startups that figure to benefit from rising awareness of DDoS attacks and the importance of cyber security.

Here’s what we know so far about what happened last Friday. For the full article click here 



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