IT Governance

MAY 18, 2020

Almost half of organisations have suffered a cyber security incident as a result of the sudden shift to remote working, a new study has found. A Barracuda Networks survey discovered that 46% of organisations across the UK, US, France and Germany have suffered at least one “cybersecurity scare” since the coronavirus lockdown began.

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Preservica

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Ithaka S+R recently published a report based on findings from A*CENSUS II Archives Administrators Survey , which gathered data from 746 of the most senior archives leaders and decision-makers. See our exciting, new innovations in action during our live demo webinar on Tuesday, March 7.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Organisations usually spend most of their security budget on technologies intended to keep cyber criminals out of their systems, but this overlooks their biggest vulnerability: human error. And yet organisations do comparatively little to secure these weaknesses by way of staff awareness training. Barriers to training.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A UK government report published last year found that 48% of organisations lacked the expertise to complete routine cyber security practices. The report also found that 30% of organisations had skills gaps in more advanced areas, such as penetration testing, forensic analysis and security architecture.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Is mobile technology on a course to become more secure than traditional computing? Related: Securing the Internet of Things I’ve been writing about organizations struggling to solve the productivity vs. security dilemma that’s part and parcel of the BYOD craze for some time now. We spoke at Black Hat 2019.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Related: Can ‘SASE’ help companies secure connectivity? In its summary report – The State of Network Security, 2020 To 2021 —Forrester combined findings derived from several surveys the firm conducted during the course of last year; Forrester polled security decision makers in organizations across North America and Europe.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Cyber security is becoming an expensive endeavour for organisations – and in many cases, the costs are so high that they can’t deal with threats appropriately. However, it’s one thing to want to invest in cyber security, but something else entirely to set aside the budget to do so. What is cyber security as a service?

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

So here’s a quick refresher course on how to make it through the next few weeks without getting snookered online. USE A CREDIT CARD: It’s nearly impossible for consumers to tell how secure a main street or online merchant is, and safety seals or attestations that something is “hacker safe” are a guarantee of nothing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 8, 2023

Your Cannot Secure Your Data by Network Penetration Testing divya Thu, 03/09/2023 - 06:05 Organisations continue to experience serious data breaches, often causing harm to their customers, society, and their hard-earned reputations. You would of course lock it in a very secure safe.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

UK organisations are overlooking the importance of cyber security staff awareness training, instead investing in expensive and unnecessary technologies, a VMware and Forbes Insight study has found. So, why are businesses trapped in this cycle of investing in cyber security solutions they don’t need? Same solutions, same results.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Cyber security awareness training is one of the most important steps an organisation can take to protect its systems. Unfortunately, research by Privatise Business VPN suggests that staff aren’t getting the training they need to secure their organisation’s systems. The benefits of cyber security training. Your staff.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This, in turn, has triggered a surge in certificate outages: some two-thirds of 400 enterprises participating in a recent survey reported certificates expiring unexpectedly – with 25 percent experiencing five to six such outages in a recent six month period. Addressing compliance, security. Change, of course, is never easy.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2022

Programs from private companies that focus on hiring veterans, offering free technical training and certification courses and upskilling existing veteran employees into cybersecurity roles could be an answer to our industry’s talent shortage. Loosening these restrictions has been shown to work. And it works.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2022

Cybersecurity tools evolve towards leveraging machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) at ever deeper levels, and that’s of course a good thing. Scamming with giveaways and surveys is an old scheme, but this campaign was exceptionally effective due to the highly targeted nature of the approach to victims. Humans needed.

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

Four out of five organisations can’t find qualified staff to fill cyber security positions, according to CyberEdge’s 2018 Cyberthreat Defense Report. The report also breaks down the job roles that organisations are having the most trouble filling: IT security administrator (32.3%). IT security architect/engineer (27.6%).

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The Texas Record

MARCH 4, 2020

This month we are focusing on security! The unfortunate reality about security is that many of us do not pay it much attention until a breach occurs. personally identifiable information) your government is responsible for protecting, and what you are doing to make sure all your employees are all on board the security train!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2018

John Grimm, Thales eSecurity’s Senior Director of IoT Security Strategy, recently spoke with CyberWire’s Dave Bittner about key findings and trends from Thales eSecurity’s 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study. One of the findings in the survey that’s been very consistent over the years is that the one of the top threats to data is mistakes.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

For a security technology that’s only a few years old, microsegmentation is catching on quickly. According to a new report from edge security vendor Byos, 88 percent of cybersecurity leaders believe microsegmentation is essential to achieving zero trust security, and 83 percent are currently leveraging microsegmentation in some form.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 7, 2020

In a January 6, 2020 blog post , the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection reflected on how the FTC has taken action over the past year to strengthen its orders in data security cases.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

For all the attention that organisations pay to information security, the biggest threat continues to come from employees. Another benefit of staff training is that it demonstrates that the organisation takes information security seriously, making malicious insiders think twice before stealing data or sabotaging the organisation’s systems.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

For all the attention that organisations pay to information security, the biggest threat continues to come from employees. Another benefit of staff training is that it demonstrates that the organisation takes information security seriously, making malicious insiders think twice before stealing data or sabotaging the organisation’s systems.

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IT Governance

APRIL 18, 2021

And, of course, there is the threat of cyber attacks. According to a UK government survey, 39% of UK businesses came under attack in the first quarter of 2021 , with many incidents causing significant damage. For an estimate of how much cyber security incidents cost, a Ponemon Institute study found that organisations spend $3.86

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Securing NHS Data in the Digital Age surveyed 100 major IT decision-makers at NHS trusts on the way the Department of Health is addressing cyber security, and 83% said effective investments could save the NHS £14.8 Palo Alto’s report suggests that improved cyber security would also resolve other issues. Other benefits.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The challenge of the moment is that many companies already have their hands full trying to improve their security posture as they migrate their legacy, on premises, IT systems to the cloud. The operating systems of home IoT devices today typically get shipped with minimal logon security. This is a sign of IoT attacks to come.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A recent Sophos survey of 2,700 IT managers in organisations with 100-5,000 employees around the world, revealed that many businesses are not prepared for ransomware attacks. 54% of those surveyed had experienced an attack within the past year. The survey recommends educating end users, as this will enable them to identify attacks. “End

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2020

You can’t argue with that if you think our health should be our top priority, but keeping the status quo will of course continue to affect our jobs, our organisational security and our wellbeing. But that’s not to suggest that the government’s cyber security agency hadn’t done anything about the threat until now. Phishing scams.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2021

A recent survey of some 2,000 U.S. It’s a shift that could change the course of humanity. And now along comes SellCell’s survey to extensively illustrate something Cook and Zuckerberg, well know: U.S. I asked Elizabeth Rogers, a privacy and data security partner at the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich , about this.

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IT Governance

MAY 20, 2020

We take a look at some of those challenges in this latest round-up, which discusses the cyber security risks associated with the pandemic and the ways lockdown threatens our ability to work productively and safely. The post Secure Together: Britons scammed out of £3.5 Cyber crime.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 6, 2018

A recent survey by Ping Identity shows that customers move away from brands that have suffered data breaches. Ping Identity surveyed more than 3,000 consumers from France, Germany, the UK and the US to examine Attitudes and Behavior in a Post-breach Era. The risk of long-term reputational damage cannot be ignored. Train your staff.

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IT Governance

JUNE 18, 2018

The survey found that data losses (82%) and remediation costs (47%) were the biggest concerns, followed by reputational damage (37%). . In spite of these concerns, the survey found that only 14% of schools and colleges have implemented the UK government’s Cyber Essentials scheme. . Phishing and ransomware e-learning course .

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2018

The cyber security skills gap has been growing for years, and the problem is particularly bad in the UK. All of this means that organisations are unprepared for major security incidents, which could cause substantial damage and affect business operations. However, some cyber security experts believe the skills shortage is a “myth”.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 29, 2024

More than half of surveyed organizations seek to increase value and revenue through the adoption of generative AI. 34% of surveyed organizations plan to invest the most in AI and machine learning (ML) over the year. AI offers insights and the ability to automate capabilities intelligently.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

Cybersecurity experts would have you believe that your organization’s employees have a crucial role in bolstering or damaging your company’s security initiatives. Now is the moment to train your personnel on security best practices, if you haven’t already. Customize Your Security Training.

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IT Governance

MARCH 6, 2020

Ordnance Survey hack exposes the details of 1,000 employees. Ordnance Survey has confirmed that the email account of its CFO (chief financial officer) was hacked , exposing 1,000 employees’ personal details, including up to four who had their bank details compromised.

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CILIP

APRIL 15, 2024

A recent survey reported that “more than half of UK undergraduates say they use AI to help with essays… One in four are using applications such as Google Gemini or ChatGPT to suggest topics and one in eight are using them to create content. How do we get that balance right?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

A cyber survey conducted by the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that ‘123456’ is still the most hacked password. This data is disconcerting and shows that we are far from to be secure even if security experts continue to warn users of cyber risks associated with the use of weak passwords.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Cyber security spending continues to rise steadily but many organisations are failing to upgrade essential tools to identify and respond to threats, a study from consultancy company Ovum has found. The good news is that most organisations are regularly updating their cyber security tools. An exciting future’.

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