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Fast-track digital workflow transformation at Kofax Accelerate
Kofax , a leading supplier of Intelligent Automation software for digital workflow transformation , has announced an immersive virtual two-day customer event , Kofax Accelerate , to be held on the following dates and times :
• Americas : May 25 and 26 – 12 noon Eastern / 9am Pacific
• Europe , Middle East and Africa ( EMEA ): May 26 and 27 – 9am Central European Time
• Asia Pacific / Japan : June 3 and 4 – 10am Singapore Standard Time
The conference will offer sessions led by Kofax and industry experts focusing on market trends , use cases , best practices , customer success stories and technology demonstrations that will help enterprises fast-track their intelligent automation journeys . Session themes will include :
• Empowering line-of-business managers and IT with low-code intelligent automation capabilities
• Automating the ingestion , analysis , and flow of insights by creating digital workflows
• Eliminating manual processes that weigh down business processes
• Delivering frictionless experiences that delight customers and employees
• Automating business-critical workflows at scale
• Digitizing documents and harnessing data for business insights
Kathleen Delaney , Chief Marketing Officer , Kofax , said : “ Kofax Accelerate is about understanding how organizations can make the most of their intelligent automation and AI investments to provide personalized customer experiences , while improving operational efficiency . Making the right investment decisions , especially in a COVID-19 affected economy , is more important than ever-given the ‘ winner takes most ’ dynamic that exists today .”
F5 Labs finds rise in Denial-of-Service and password login attacks
DoS attacks . However , the percentage is creeping up with 36 % of incidents reported in 2020 .
Most DoS attacks are network volumetric floods ( commonly known as TCP SYN or UDP floods ). F5 SIRT also received reports of ‘ Slow POST / Slowloris ’ attacks , designed to initiate and keep as many of a victim ’ s connections open as possible . A total of 19 % of reported DoS incidents involved attacks on DNS .
Denial-of-Service ( DoS ) and password login attacks such as brute force and credential stuffing are on the rise , according to new research from F5 Labs . The analysis of three years of incidents reported to the F5 Security Incident Response Team ( SIRT ) also found that Application Programming Interface ( API ) attacks are becoming increasingly widespread .
“ Attackers , as always , choose the most efficient ways to turn a profit . Our weaknesses are their opportunities . We can definitely expect more password login , DoS and API attacks on the horizon ,” said Raymond Pompon , Director of F5 Labs .
F5 Labs found that nearly a third ( 32 %) of all F5 SIRT ’ s annually reported incidents were
DoS attacks were most prominent in the APCJ region , accounting for 57 % of its reported SIRT incidents . EMEA was next in the firing line with 47 %, followed by the US and Canada ( 33 %) and LATAM ( 30 %).
EMEA experienced the biggest jump in its percentage of reported incidents since 2018 , rising from 22 % to 23 % in 2020 , which represents an eye-catching 945 % spike .
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