2020 has been a challenging year in the business world. The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown businesses in most sectors into a period of rapid change – those who are willing to rise to the occasion and innovate are those most likely to survive this continuing period of uncertainty. Flexibility, agility, efficiency, resilience…the recipe for survival […]
While the initial scramble to get employees set up for remote working home may seem a distant memory now, you should still consider whether your remote-working arrangements are the best they could be. Many businesses will have allowed their employees to work from personal devices and while this path offers convenience it can also be […]
“How can I ensure the data I collect has value?” Microsoft Forms lets you generate surveys and quizzes and helps you make sense of the data you gather. Tired of wasting time on ineffective data collection tools? Problematic forms and over-complicated survey reports; you may think these are par for the course with data collection. […]
More than 43,000 NHS staff have been hit by phishing emails over the past few months, as they battled to save patients infected with COVID-19, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed. Think tank Parliament Street asked NHS Digital for the data on spam and phishing emails from March to July 14. A spokesperson confirmed to Infosecurity that […]
Only 2% of organizations have run incident response scenarios related to the pandemic response. According to research by Immersive Labs of 402 organizations, nearly 40% are not fully confident in their teams training to handle a data breach if one occurred, and 65% of exercises consist of reviewing PowerPoint slides. In an email to Infosecurity, Heath Renfrow, director […]
Virtually all security professionals believe that human error could put the security of cloud data at risk, according to new research published today. A survey commissioned by Tripwire and carried out last month by Dimensional Research found that 93% of security professionals were concerned that human error could result in the accidental exposure of their cloud data. Despite their concern over […]
“If only there was a way I could get rid of all the manual tasks in my workflow.” If your working day is bogged down with repetitive manual tasks then Power Automate may be the tool for you! Are mundane, repetitive manual tasks hindering your productivity? Efficiency, good organisation and high productivity are the keys […]
A substantial proportion of second hand mobile phones are vulnerable to being hacked due to not being supported by important security updates, an investigation by Which? has found. The analysis centered around three popular mobile phone retailers: SmartFoneStore, Music Magpie and CeX. The worst affected was CeX, where nearly a third (31%) of phones sold […]
Cloud breaches are likely to increase in “velocity and scale” due to a prevalence of poor cybersecurity practices in cloud configurations that are creating exposures. This is according to the most recent The State of DevSecOps report by Accurics, which assesses cloud configuration practices that lead to breaches. The study found that 93% of cloud deployments analyzed contained […]
The number of commodity malware campaigns exploiting machine identities doubled between 2018 and 2019, according to new research. The rapid increase in this particular type of cyber-scourge was unearthed by threat analysts at Venafi, who gathered data on the misuse of machine identities by analyzing security incidents and third-party reports in the public domain. Among the attacks […]