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National Post
4 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Absolute Security and CrowdStrike Expand Partnership to Deliver Resilience to CrowdStrike Customers
Article content Absolute Resilience Platform Now Available in the CrowdStrike Marketplace, Offering Customers Streamlined Ways to Discover, Try, and Buy Security Offerings that Reduce Risk, Eliminate Complexity, and Unlock New Capabilities Article content SEATTLE & LAS VEGAS — Absolute Security, a leader in enterprise cyber resilience, today announced that Absolute Resilience ™ is now available for purchase in the CrowdStrike Marketplace, the one-stop destination for CrowdStrike's world-class ecosystem of compatible security products. With Absolute Security, organizations can further strengthen their cyber resilience by ensuring that mission-critical applications maintain continuous visibility, self-healing capabilities, and operational integrity against cyberattacks and other IT disruptions. Article content 'Losses caused by ransomware, breaches, endpoint theft, and technical complexity are driving organizations to fortify their infrastructures with resilience capabilities,' said Cheryln Chin, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Absolute Security. 'By joining the CrowdStrike Marketplace, we're making it even easier for customers and partners to discover, try, and buy Absolute Security cyber resilience solutions helping them to strengthen defensive postures and optimize IT and security operations.' Article content As organizations advance their cyber resilience strategies, many are now focused on strengthening control enforcement, optimizing performance, and maximizing the long-term value of their security investments. To support these efforts and help organizations stay protected against emerging threats, customers can now streamline the purchase and deployment of leading Absolute Resilience solutions through the CrowdStrike Marketplace: Article content Rehydrate: With just one click and within minutes, customers can remotely restore and remediate mobile, remote, and hybrid PC fleets to full operational capacity following security or IT incidents. Article content Application Self-Healing: Customers can automate the repair and reinstallation of mission-critical applications. Article content Application Health Monitoring: Customers can gain insight into basic application health parameters across 2,000 Windows and Mac business, productivity, and security apps to detect failures and perform root cause analysis. Article content Underpinned by Absolute Persistence ®, customers receive the assurance that Absolute Security solutions and their other security controls remain always on, protected against risk, fully operational, and able to quickly recover following security and IT incidents. Embedded in the firmware of more than 600 million global PCs from leading manufacturers, Absolute Security solutions cannot be tampered with, deleted, or turned off. Article content For organizations looking to strengthen device compliance and maintain alignment with internal security policies, Absolute Resilience is now available for purchase through the CrowdStrike Marketplace. Article content Want to learn about the best kept secret in Cybersecurity today? Visit Absolute Security at Black Hat 2025, Booth 4605, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas. Schedule a demo or meeting in advance with our cyber resilience experts: Schedule Today About Absolute Security Absolute Security is partnered with more than 28 of the world's leading endpoint device manufacturers, embedded in the firmware of 600 million devices, trusted by thousands of global enterprise customers, and licensed across 16 million PC users. With the Absolute Security Cyber Resilience Platform integrated into their digital enterprise, customers ensure their mobile and hybrid workforces connect securely and seamlessly from anywhere in the world and that business operations recover quickly following cyber disruptions and attacks. To learn more, visit and follow us on LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. Article content ABSOLUTE SECURITY, ABSOLUTE, the ABSOLUTE LOGO, AND NETMOTION are registered trademarks of Absolute Software Corporation ©2025, or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Other names or logos mentioned herein may be the trademarks of Absolute or their respective owners. The absence of the symbols ™ and ® in proximity to each trademark, or at all, herein is not a disclaimer of ownership of the related trademark. Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content
The Independent
24-07-2025
- Health
- The Independent
‘Risk-reducing' surgery could prevent thousands of breast cancer cases
Thousands of breast cancer cases could be averted each year if more women were offered 'risk-reducing' breast removal surgery, a new study suggests. This intervention, known as a mastectomy, is currently used to treat existing cancer or offered to those with a high genetic predisposition, specifically women carrying the BRCA1, BRCA2, or PALB2 genes. The analysis indicates that approximately 6,500 cases of breast cancer could be prevented annually if preventative mastectomies were more widely adopted. Crucially, the research proposes expanding eligibility beyond the currently recognised genetic markers. Women with other genes linked to increased risk, such as ATM, CHEK2, RAD51C, and RAD51D, may also benefit. Furthermore, the study highlights that a combination of other factors, including a family history of breast cancer, parity (number of children), breastfeeding history, and mammogram density, should be considered in assessing a woman's overall high risk for the disease, potentially making them candidates for risk-reducing mastectomies. Women in the UK have an 11 per cent chance of developing breast cancer across their lifetime. Medics can calculate a woman's risk of breast cancer using tools which combine the effect of various risk factors. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) found that if health officials could identify all women aged 30 to 55 who have a 35 per cent or higher risk of breast cancer, and they all went on to have RRM, then an estimated 6,538 breast cancer cases could be prevented in the UK each year. This is the equivalent of around 11 per cent of the 59,000 women in the UK who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. The academics point out that women who have one of the other genes linked to breast cancer, who may be at high risk of disease, could potentially be found by a mechanism called 'cascade testing' – where genetic tests are offered to family members of women who have been found to have these different genes linked to breast cancer. The economic evaluation study, published in the journal JAMA Oncology, concludes: 'Undergoing RRM appears cost-effective for women at 30-55 years with a lifetime BC-risk 35 per cent (or more). 'The results could have significant clinical implications to expand access to RRM beyond BRCA1/BRCA2/PALB2 pathogenic variant carriers.' Corresponding author on the paper, Professor Ranjit Manchanda, professor of gynaecological oncology at Queen Mary and consultant gynaecological oncologist, said: 'We for the first time define the risk at which we should offer RRM. 'Our results could have significant clinical implications to expand access to mastectomy beyond those patients with known genetic susceptibility in high penetrance genes- BRCA1/ BRCA2/ PALB2 – who are traditionally offered this. 'This could potentially prevent can potentially prevent (around) 6500 breast cancer cases annually in UK women. 'We recommend that more research is carried out to evaluate the acceptability, uptake, and long-term outcomes of RRM among this group'. Dr Rosa Legood, associate professor in health economics at LSHTM, added: 'Undergoing RRM is cost-effective for women (aged) 30 to 55-years with a lifetime breast cancer risk of 35 per cent or more. 'These results can support additional management options for personalised breast cancer risk prediction enabling more women at increased risk to access prevention.' Women deemed to be at high risk of breast cancer can also be offered regular screening and medication. Louise Grimsdell, Breast Cancer Now senior clinical nurse specialist, said: 'While this modelling provides valuable insights into the cost-effectiveness of risk-reducing mastectomy for women with a high risk of developing breast cancer, each individual must be offered all risk-management options that are suitable for them. 'Choosing to have risk-reducing surgery is a complex and deeply personal decision that comes with emotional and physical implications. 'So, it's vital women can consider all their options, including screening and risk-reducing medications, and are supported by their clinician to make an informed decision that's right for them. 'It's also crucial that the unacceptably long waits that far too many women who chose risk-reducing surgery are facing are urgently tackled.'
Yahoo
24-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Robotic arm fitted inside nuclear glovebox for first time
A robotic arm has been fitted and operated inside an active nuclear glovebox for the first time. The project was completed by a group of robotics experts at Sellafield. Sellafield had a major challenge of safely cleaning up and disposing of hundreds of unused nuclear gloveboxes, some of which are up to 60 years old and still pose a risk to workers and the environment. However, a demonstration project at the site has successfully proven that a robotic arm can be retrofitted to a nuclear glovebox and thus reduce the risk to operators. The project, named the Risk Reduction of Glovebox Operations (RrOBO), is a joint effort among Sellafield Ltd., Atkins Réalis, Cavendish Nuclear, and Taylor Kightley Engineering. It is classed as an Active Demonstrator project, where Sellafield Ltd works closely with suppliers to identify key clean-up challenges and to design, test, install, and demonstrate potential technological solutions. The key component of this project is the AtkinsRéalis Remote Glovebox Operations (ARGO) system, which can be inserted into an existing glovebox and safely controlled remotely by operators. The robotic arm inside the glovebox (Image: Sellafield Ltd) After months of designing and off-site testing, the system was incorporated into two gloveboxes at Sellafield's MOX Active Demonstration Facility. Engineers operated the robotic system while operators provided critical interface support and feedback. This maximised learning to guide future developments. The demonstration proved that the robot could successfully carry out a complex series of precise glovebox tasks while maintaining full containment integrity. Thus, it can now be used on other legacy gloveboxes at Sellafield to broaden its range of applications and assist in accelerating decommissioning work across the site and other NDA Group sites. Nicholas Clarke, Sellafield Ltd's remediation technology and innovation lead, said: "RrOBO has delivered outstanding results, completing months ahead of schedule and significantly under budget. "It demonstrates the viability of robotic glovebox operations and shows what we can achieve when we enable our teams to collaborate, think freely, and innovate together. "And we've gained valuable insight into how this technology can be scaled up to support the wider Sellafield mission and help other nuclear sites across the UK and globally." Robert Marwood, AtkinsRéalis' head of robotics and technology, said: "Removing hands from gloveboxes is a key challenge for the nuclear industry, and we're proud to be helping to drive change and improve safety. The robotic machine created at Sellafield (Image: Sellafield Ltd) "This collaboration is a great demonstration of how solutions from other industries can be integrated into the nuclear sector in a lean and agile manner. "By driving innovation, we can make nuclear operations safer and more efficient." Kate Canning, head of research and development at the NDA, said: "RrOBO is a fantastic example of using robotic technologies to reduce risks, eliminate manual handling hazards, and enhance efficiency. "The demonstrator project has shown the real potential of the technology to be transferred more widely across NDA group."
Zawya
27-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Strobes Partners with SecureDigital to accelerate risk-based cybersecurity adoption across EMEA
Dubai, UAE: Strobes Security, a leading provider of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) solutions, today announced a strategic distribution partnership with SecureDigital, a value-added distributor (VAD) based in the UAE, to expand the reach of its advanced cybersecurity solutions across the Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. With this agreement, SecureDigital will serve as Strobes' distributor for the Middle East and preferred VAD across Europe, Africa, and the wider EMEA market. The partnership is designed to enable regional resellers, MSSPs, and enterprise customers to access Strobes' robust platform that unifies Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (RBVM), Pentesting-as-a-Service (PTaaS), Attack Surface Management (ASM), and Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) - all under a single continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) framework. The combined strength of Strobes' platform and SecureDigital's channel ecosystem is set to deliver measurable cyber risk reduction at scale. 'Strobes is entering the next phase of its global expansion, and EMEA is a key strategic market for us,' said Venu Rao, CEO of Strobes Security. 'SecureDigital brings the right combination of deep cybersecurity expertise, regional presence, and trusted reseller relationships. Together, we're empowering organizations to move away from reactive security and adopt a proactive, risk-driven approach to threat exposure management.' Through this alliance, SecureDigital will offer pre-sales support, training, marketing enablement, and professional services for Strobes' solutions, making it easier for partners to deliver enterprise-grade security outcomes with faster time-to-value. 'Cybersecurity complexity has reached a tipping point in EMEA,' said Rabih Achkar, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer of SecureDigital. 'Strobes is uniquely positioned to solve this problem by consolidating visibility, risk prioritization, and remediation into a single, intelligent platform. We are thrilled to partner with Strobes and bring this cutting-edge solution to our channel partners and enterprise customers across the region.' Key benefits of the partnership include: Expanded regional support: SecureDigital will provide localized assistance across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Accelerated partner enablement: Channel partners gain access to technical workshops, co-branded campaigns, and strategic support. Faster deployments: Through regional expertise, customers can reduce time-to-value for PTaaS, RBVM, and ASPM rollouts. Enhanced compliance readiness: Enterprises in regulated sectors will benefit from Strobes' support for standards like NIST, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR, and local data localization laws. About Strobes Security Strobes is a unified threat exposure management platform that empowers modern security teams to find, prioritize, and fix the vulnerabilities that matter. With modular offerings across RBVM, PTaaS, ASPM, ASM, Strobes helps reduce noise, improve time-to-remediation, and align security with business risk. Headquartered in Texas with global operations, Strobes is trusted by security-conscious enterprises worldwide. For more information, please visit About SecureDigital SecureDigital is a leading Value-Added Distributor specializing in advanced cybersecurity and digital infrastructure solutions. Headquartered in Dubai, SecureDigital partners with global cybersecurity vendors to deliver scalable, tailored security strategies to enterprises and government agencies across EMEA. For more information, please visit For media inquiries, please contact: Srini Dhara 5700 Tennyson Pkwy, # 372, Plano, TX, 75024 hello@
