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How to perform an effective IT risk assessment
in Cyber Security, IT Tips“You can never protect yourself 100 per cent. What you do is protect yourself as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.” So said Kevin Mitnick, arguably the world’s most famous hacker. Indeed, the ever-presence of risk makes performing IT risk assessments critical for every business. […]
Most UK Firms Admit #COVID19 Cloud Security Threat
in Cyber Security, IT TipsMost UK firms are set to increase digital adoption after admitting that the cloud saved their business from collapse during the early months of the COVID-19 crisis, but security remains a persistent challenge, according to new research. Identity management vendor Centrify surveyed 200 business decision makers in large and medium-sized UK firms in September, in […]
Report Outlines Importance of Providing Engaging User Awareness Training
in Cyber Security, IT TipsThe way cybersecurity awareness training is conducted in organizations has a huge bearing on employees’ subsequent security outlook and behaviors, according to a new report from Osterman Research. The researchers discovered that users who found security training “very interesting” were over 13-times more likely to make “fundamental changes” to how they think about security compared to those […]
Outbound Email Errors Cause 93% Increase in Breaches
in Cyber Security, IT TipsIT leaders have suffered significantly higher numbers of data breaches as a result of outbound email in the last 12 months. According to research by Egress, 93% of 538 IT leaders surveyed reported a breach in the past year due to an email error, with 70% of those believing remote working increases the risk of sensitive data being […]
Universities Face Increase in Ransomware Attacks as Students Return
in Cyber Security, IT TipsAcademia has faced fresh warnings of cyber-attacks after a rise was recorded in August when students returned. According to an alert issued by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) there has been a recent spike in ransomware attacks against UK schools, colleges and universities. It claimed that, in recent incidents, it has observed remote desktop protocols and unpatched software and […]