Global Checkmarx study reveals 63 % of participating organisations have fallen victim to a software supply chain attack in past two years
Police Scotland rolls out Motorola Solutions VB400 Body Camera to front-line police officers
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Global Checkmarx study reveals 63 % of participating organisations have fallen victim to a software supply chain attack in past two years
C heckmarx , a leader in cloud-native application security for the enterprise , has released its global research report , the 2024 State of Software Supply Chain Security .
Notably , the study found that 100 % of the large enterprises represented by 900 AppSec professionals responding from the United States , Europe and Asia-Pacific have been the victims of a software supply chain attack at some point .
“ Software supply chain security has become an active target of government regulatory and cybersecurity agencies and is top of mind for over half of global enterprises we surveyed ,” said Amit Daniel , Chief Marketing Officer at Checkmarx .
“ It ’ s critical for CISOs and security leaders to make it easier for developers to understand the new risks and secure their entire software supply chain . ‘ Malicious ’ is much more than vulnerable . We have seen more attacks on the open-source ecosystem in the last two years than ever before with over 385,000 malicious packages detected to date by our own Checkmarx security research team . That ’ s why Checkmarx offers capabilities in Checkmarx One to allow developers to seamlessly add protection against such attacks .”
The study revealed that : 56 % of respondents ’ organisational applications comprise open-source code packages and 75 % of respondents said they were either very concerned ( 39 %) or concerned ( 36 %) about software supply chain security .
Police Scotland rolls out Motorola Solutions VB400 Body Camera to front-line police officers
9,000 responses agreeing that it would increase public confidence in policing .
“ The introduction of body worn video will transform policing in Scotland , and a national roll-out is a key priority ,” said Jane Connors , Deputy Chief Constable , Police Scotland . “ Body worn video can significantly enhance public confidence and support officer and public safety by providing effective and transparent evidence of police and public actions .
M otorola Solutions has announced that Police Scotland will deploy 10,500 VB400 body cameras to police officers across the country .
The police service cites the £ 13.3 million investment as a significant step in enhancing transparency , accountability and public safety .
Before the procurement , Police Scotland conducted a national public consultation on body camera deployment , with 81 % of
“ Body worn video will also improve the quality of evidence presented in court to deliver faster justice for victims by increasing early guilty pleas and reducing time spent at court for victims , witnesses and police officers .”
The VB400 reliably captures high-quality video and audio for an objective record of events , helping front-line officers to document incidents and increase trust with the communities they serve .
The footage is automatically uploaded to VideoManager for secure storage that is tracked and auditable , protecting the chain of custody so that the police , public and judicial systems can be assured of the integrity of video evidence .
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