Swivel Secure, the pioneer in tokenless two-factor authentication technology has today announced the appointment of Hampshire based, Cohort Technology as its new distribution partner in the UK. The appointment, which takes effect immediately, is part of Swivel’s strategic global expansion plans that include strengthening the company’s partner network in the UK and building on the [...]

Gigamon has today announced it has signed a new distribution agreement with Cohort Technology to bring the firm’s networking range to UK resellers. Gigamon’s range of products is designed to improve network monitoring of datacentres, service providers and enterprise networks. Grahame Smee, managing director at Cohort Technology says the two firms are “putting down some [...]

Symantec-sponsored Ponemon study has revealed that the cost of a data breach has risen for the third consecutive year. The 2010 Annual Study: UK Cost of A Data Breach report found that the average data breach incident cost UK organisations £1.9 million or £71 per record, an increase of 13 percent on 2009, and 18 [...]

An unencrypted BP laptop that contained the details of 13,000 Louisiana residents has been lost. According to the Press Association, the 13,000 Louisiana residents had filed compensation claims after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The personal details include names, addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers. BP spokesman Curtis Thomas said it had sent [...]

Cohort Technology has retained distribution rights to Symantec’s encryption technology in the wake of the vendor’s enterprise security distribution review. Symantec announced the outcome of the 10-week process on Monday, with only Avnet and Codework (now Alimate) retaining rights to the full line-up. However, Cohort has clarified that it remains on board for the encryption [...]