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11 cyber security predictions for 2020

IT Governance

The retail and hospitality industries will continue to have their POS equipment targeted. Despite the rise in sophisticated attacks, 2020 will continue to see newbies and unskilled attackers using toolkits from the dark web to launch scams (such as sexploitation), and phishing and ransomware attacks.

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Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q2 2021

IT Governance

In this blog, we provide an overview of the security landscape in the past three months, and look at key statistics and observations. To put this in even more context, in the second quarter of 2020 we disclosed just 55 incidents, meaning attacks have almost tripled in the past year. Download now.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q3 2022

IT Governance

After a huge spike in ransomware last year, with the number of publicly disclosed incidents increasing from 289 in 2020 to 401 the following year, the number has shot back down. The other big contributors were the education sector (39 incidents), technology (33) and retail (25). Keeping your organisation secure. Download now.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q2 2022

IT Governance

Between 2020 and 2021, there was a 39% increase in publicly disclosed ransomware attacks (289 to 401). The other big contributors were the technology and media sector (36 incidents), the education sector (25), professional services (16) and retail (14). In the first half of 2022, there have been just 105 such incidents.

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Apprentices – You’re Hired!

CGI

I was greatly inspired by the hard work and ingenuity of the prizewinners who are just beginning to start their careers in industries such as IT, construction and retail. The IT industry is one of Scotland’s fastest growing sectors with 11,000 new vacancies expected every year until at least 2020. Add new comment.

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Mainframes, Freight Trains and Education Pains

Rocket Software

And then enter the COBOL discussions of 2020. The numbers are certainly out there, and those of us who work in big financial and retail can tell you that they haven’t declined the way others had expected them to. Programmers should influence our educational institutions. Or worse, they’ve just completely forgotten about it.

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SEC and FINRA Issue 2020 Examination Priorities for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

Data Matters

Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently published their examination priorities (together, the Examination Priorities) for the 2020 calendar year. Protection of Retail Investors .

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