cybersecurity
A UK business will spend more than £1m recovering from a data breach
A UK business would have to spend £1.1m on average to recover from a breach – more than the global average of £1m. An NTT Security study of 1,350 non-IT business decision …
Launch your own cybersecurity sprint: 30 days to improved security
Whether it’s well-publicized cyber attacks on government organizations or widespread ransomware that threatens to halt business operations, attackers continue to target …
Could e-discovery pros fill the insatiable demand for cybersecurity talent?
When looking at the cybersecurity industry from a jobs perspective, there is no denying demand for talent far exceeds supply. With many lingering vacant job requisitions, who …
BEC scams: How to avoid them and how to fight back
Phishing and spear-phishing emails are a constant threat to all users, but enterprises are positively inundated with them. “Most businesses will use a spam filter and …
Don’t let cybercrime hold your innovation to ransom
When things break, our natural instinct is to look for someone to blame. Why? Because nothing happens by accident. It’s either done on purpose, a casualty of neglect or lack …
Security analytics and operations are becoming more difficult
A new Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) study, which involved a survey of more than 400 IT and cybersecurity professionals, found that 72 percent feel cybersecurity analytics …
Constant availability: Mission-critical business data challenges
In today’s world, consumers expect businesses to be always-on, but 24/7/365 availability – for both data and applications – comes with specific information …
What will it take to improve the ICS patch process?
While regular patching is indisputably good advice for IT networks, one of the main takeaways from the Petya and WannaCry attacks is that a lot of companies don’t do it. And …
Getting the most out of your SIEM investment
Over the last 10-15 years, many organizations built Security Operations Centers (SOCs) on the backbone of security information and event management (SIEM) solutions. These …
Businesses overconfident about keeping attackers at bay
Despite the increasing number of data breaches and nearly 1.4 billion data records being lost or stolen in 2016, the vast majority of IT professionals still believe perimeter …
UK executives badly informed about where data is stored compared to other countries
When it comes to data compliance matters, one in five business decision makers within the UK admit they do not know which compliance regulations their company is subject to, …
Five crucial ways to help keep a system safe from harm
We’re living in an incredible age of technology, invention and innovation. It’s hard to imagine that just a short time ago we couldn’t order groceries for delivery from …