Bullguard Premium Protection is feature-packed with what the company calls "next gen anti-malware," a new game optimization tool, and a "firewall on steroids." As a premium security suite it certainly has all the necessary features and then some. Bullguard's protection is also highly rated by independent AV testing organizations, but this combination of heavy security does come with its problems, especially for older machines. Bullguard tries to be a very simple desktop application to navigate and understand. For the most part it succeeds, though you do have to get used to its logic.

As cyber threats continue to grow in frequency and severity, traditional approaches to security have become less effective. Newer technologies such as layered and endpoint security are coming forward as important ways to shore up defences and prevent headline-grabbing data leaks and ransomware attacks. But what are organisations doing to combat the growing number and complexity of attacks? Here are four key strategies that are leading the battle for cyber threat detection and prevention. Everyone is talking about AI and machine learning, and it can be hard to establish the practical applications around the buzz.

Mavenir announced it completed its acquisition of computer security services company Argyle Data in a move to enhance its machine learning security suite. Financial details of the purchase were not disclosed. Argyle Data is a provider of big data analytics applications, which takes a machine learning based approach to recognizing abnormalities in network traffic. With 5G wireless and the internet of things (IoT) reshaping network traffic, machine learning is being leveraged to uncover traffic patterns and discern fraud. According to a report published by Research and Markets, the global fraud detection and prevention (FDP) solutions market is expected to reach $42.6 billion by 2023, rising at a market growth of 19.6% CAGR during the forecast period.