The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2022

In a recent survey of US-based CEOs, talent shortages and cybersecurity were listed as two of the top five business concerns in 2022. On attracting talent, the same survey revealed employers having success with hiring talent: •Removed unnecessary experience requirements. Offered competitive compensation package based on market demand.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The UK government’s Cyber security skills in the UK labour market 2021 report estimates that approximately 680,000 UK businesses (50% of those surveyed) have a basic skills gap. With the continued risk posed by COVID-19, we are committed to delivering our instructor-led courses in our unique Live Online format or COVID-secure classrooms.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

It’s for these reasons that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to conduct regular training courses. However, online courses, such as our GDPR Staff Awareness E-learning Course , mean this is no longer a problem. Take the survey >> The post Are your staff GDPR trained?

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

It’s for these reasons that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to conduct regular training courses. However, online courses, such as our GDPR Staff Awareness E-learning Course , mean this is no longer a problem. Take the survey >> The post Are your staff GDPR trained?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Unfortunately, finding that time isn’t easy, as the UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 proves. The survey identified several “barriers” that prevent organisations from having an effective staff training problem: If mandatory training isn’t conducted regularly, employees will forget the lessons they’ve been taught.

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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.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In fact, a Ping Identity survey found that 78% of people would stop using an organisation’s online services if it had experienced a breach. This blog has given an overview of the ways marketers must consider cyber security, but there is much more to learn, as we explain in our Privacy Essentials for Marketers Training Course.

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IT Governance

MAY 18, 2020

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. According to Barracuda Networks’s survey, 51% of organisations have recorded an increase in phishing attacks since the lockdown began.

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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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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.

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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. The specific costs will depend on the sophistication of the attack and how well executed it was. Recognise, respond, recover.

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Hanzo Learning Center

OCTOBER 20, 2020

One such example, was the #social-yelling channel which attracted more than 300 people in full ALL CAPS JOY over the course of the event. Of course, much of the conversation at the conference was about workplace transformation and the overnight switch to remote work in early 2020.

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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. Change, of course, is never easy.

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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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Those findings appear in The State of Microsegmentation in Network Security , a Byos report that details the results of a Q3 2021 survey of 100 cybersecurity leaders. Still, Katz said he was surprised by the survey results regarding top microsegmentation features by demand. Also read: Top Microsegmentation Solutions.

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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. SellCell’s survey of iOS users sheds light consumers’ growing level of awareness and concern.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Employees don’t have to disappear for a day or two to take a course; they can study in their own time and can even do it in the office, ensuring that they’re available should an urgent work issue come up. The one piece of good news from this survey is that senior executives appear to be happy to invest in cyber security solutions.

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Collibra

APRIL 15, 2024

Over the course of three days, we challenged all our data citizens to rethink what AI means to them and their businesses, while also realizing new ways to increase efficiencies, ensure data reliability, and do more with trusted data. 77% of CDOs are now driving business innovation with data, according to a recent CDO survey by Wavestone.

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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.

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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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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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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Earlier this year, shoppers learned of a fake advert that supposedly offered customers a £50 voucher if they completed a short survey. Once they completed the survey, all the victim needed to do to claim their apparent prize was share the post on Facebook and type ‘thanks’ in the comments field. Can you spot a scam?

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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.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The findings of the ICO’s investigation will be known in due course, but considering Eurostar’s response to the attack, it’s possible the organisation will escape a fine. Assess yourself now with our short survey to discover where improvements can be made. Assess your breach readiness. Find out now.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

According to its survey, 53% of IT managers think that employees need a greater understanding of cyber threats. It’s true that IT plays a central role in protecting organisations – hence the input from IT managers in the survey – but technology can only solve so much. Not just an IT problem.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

A candy store for hackers A recent Forrester workforce survey showed that by mid 2020, 58 percent of corporations worldwide had at least half of their employees working from home, where an average of 11 devices lurk — connected to the internet.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2019

See also: Government surveys further education providers before Brexit. You can learn everything you need to protect yourself from scams by enrolling in our Phishing Staff Awareness E-Learning Course. The course content is updated quarterly to provide the latest real-world examples of phishing emails.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2018

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. Mistakes that human beings make even in the course of trying to do things right. A sampling of John’s comments: The lynchpin of any good encryption system is how well you protect the key.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

According to the latest ISO survey , there was a 63% year-on-year increase in the number of ISO 20000 certifications awarded. IT Governance offers three training courses to help people start or develop their careers in ITSM. Our ISO 20000 Practitioner Certificate Course shows you how to lead your organisation’s certification project.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2019

Model N’s 2019 State of Revenue Report surveyed CEOs, CMOs and senior sales executives from leading pharmaceutical, medical devices, high-tech manufacturing and semiconductor companies. And, of course, this must be done while defending the company’s digital assets against rising cyber attacks, launched by skilled, determined threat actors.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 7, 2020

These orders have been a subject of focus for the FTC: in June 2018, the 11th Circuit’s LabMD decision struck down an FTC data security order as unenforceably vague, and the FTC subsequently held a hearing in the course of the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century on how it could improve data security orders.

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IT Governance

JUNE 11, 2019

According to a PhishMe survey , many of us think that’s the case. of respondents, and various other celebratory e-cards and employee satisfaction surveys were opened by 17.2% Organisations can help employees gain this knowledge with the help of our Phishing Staff Awareness Course. Fear: 10.4%. Opportunity: 7.8%. of respondents.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

Employees new to the cybersecurity realm would greatly benefit from relevant courses and learnings that might augment their skills and shine bright on their resumes. To move forward, begin by designing a survey that starts with the basic cybersecurity knowledge and distributing it across the organization. Introduce Data Privacy Laws.

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

A 2017 survey by (ISC) 2 found that hiring managers were exploring new recruitment strategies and attempting to entice previously unqualified people with the promise of a good salary and opportunities for career growth. You can choose from a range of courses and learn in a classroom or online.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

For example, a marketing executive at a retailer hires a company to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. The executive (and the retailer generally) is the data controller, and the company conducting the survey is the data processor. But, of course, under the GDPR, you can’t just go ahead and start gathering that information.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The alternative is to build an internal security team and encourage employees in security-adjacent roles, such as IT, to take cyber security training courses. A recent Field Effect Software survey found that 27% of respondents are looking to outsource some or all of their cyber security operations.

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