Cyber Criminals
Cisco’s recent mid year Cybersecurity report concludes that it is necessary to raise the security warning flag even higher. Cisco security experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the accelerating pace of change and sophistication in the global cyber threat landscape. While cyber defenders are generally improving their ability to detect threats, prevent attacks and recover […]
The Carphone Warehouse breach is the biggest so far announced in the post GDPR era. What are the salient points to note from this breach? 6 million records accessed NCSC, ICO, FCA investigating 3 million records accessed in 2015 breach Cyber security risk identified by board in last FY report If GDPR applies, maximum fine […]
What are the main cyber security trends and focus areas for IT Managers and Chief Security Officers so far in 2018? One thing we know for sure is that cyber security won’t be taking a lower profile as IT embeds itself at the core of organisations becoming a true business enabler. IT is at the […]
What will you pay? With a 750% increase in ransomware attacks in 2016, a first layer of defense is needed. View the infographic for new proactive strategies with Cisco Umbrella and keep your business protected. Click here to view the infographic
We introduce another acronym yesterday, CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) and we now expand on the features and benefits of deploying a CASB solution as we continue in our approach to cloud security. We noted in our previous blog that cloud security was a shared responsibility between service user and service provider. Gartner analysis indicates […]
Download: A View of the Cybercrime Threat Landscape $2,235,018 per year The average amount SMBs spent in the aftermath of a cyber attack or data breach due to damage or theft of IT assets and disruption to normal operations. The amount is staggering, and enough to jeopardize the viability of many companies. Yet the business […]
We have discussed the changing IT landscape as the age of digitisation gains traction and growth in connectivity continue apace. The cyber attack surface is increasing and so is the scale and sophistication of attacks as identified by Cisco in it’s latest annual cyber security report. Security breaches will continue to happen because there is […]
In our series exploring the changing IT security landscape, we look at the drivers behind cloud adoption and some of the challenges it presents. Cloud adoption has gathered pace to become the dominant form of user access with Software as a Service (SaaS) applications becoming the norm. This growing trend means that direct branch […]
Ransomware is currently the number one form of cyber attack due to its profitability and simplicity in execution. It is now evolving as a business model where any ‘Joe Bloggs’ can buy ransomware code for a monthly fee – ransomware as a service. Ransomware thrives partly because of bitcoin and the associated anonymity of attackers […]
So it’s all happening in the cloud. Wholesale adoption of cloud services is now a business imperative as the opportunities and benefits of SaaS become ever clearer. Here are some numbers though that tell us not only what’s happening but also some concerns that we need to have at the forefront of our minds. 82% […]
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