IT Governance

MAY 24, 2021

Two in five businesses reported a cyber attack or data breach in the past 12 months, according to the UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021. The malicious software spreads through the victim’s systems encrypting files, making it impossible for organisations to open them. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

APRIL 17, 2019

It therefore makes sense that organisations plough whatever resources they have into addressing these concerns. For example, 29% of hotels didn’t encrypt initial links containing booking IDs and references to customers, which could enable crooks to eavesdrop and steal these details. Which technologies can help?

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This is crucial given the increased risk of cyber attacks in recent years; according to a UK government report , 39% of surveyed organisations said they suffered a security breach in the past year. Authorisation The tester verifies that access to resources is provided only to those permitted to use them.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 4, 2024

Across industries like education, retail and government, organizations are choosing private cloud settings to conduct business use cases involving workloads with sensitive information and to comply with data privacy and compliance needs. The popularity of private cloud is growing, primarily driven by the need for greater data security.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A prime benefit of cloud computing for business is its flexibility for quickly and efficiently scaling resources to meet business demands, freeing organizations from investing time and expense into expanding their own physical IT infrastructure. Automation Automation tools are a significant feature of cloud-based infrastructure.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Data is not just a resource for better marketing, better service and delivery. On the UK’s exit from the EU, the UK will need to satisfy the European Commission that our legislative framework ensures an “adequate level of protection”, but achieving a positive adequacy decision for the UK is not as uncontentious as the Government think.

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The Texas Record

MAY 7, 2018

We are happy to welcome guest writers from the Texas Department of Information Resources, Daniel Hankins, Shared Services Security Manager and Andy Bennett, Director Information Security Governance. For additional resources from the Texas Department of Information and Resources visit their Information Security page. [1]

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