Security IT Summit: Are you registered for next month’s event?
The Security IT Summit, are you able to attend will provide you with key information for your business, along with numerous networking opportunities, bringing the IT/cyber security industry together. Wednesday 9th November – Hilton London Canary Wharf / Virtual attendance Your complimentary pass includes; – Access to insightful seminar sessions – A corporate itinerary of one-to-one meetings […]
Why your organisation needs the password police
By Steven Hope, CEO of Authlogics We live in a world full of policy, etiquette, regulation, and law, that provides a written and sometimes unwritten framework for codes of conduct that are deemed acceptable or unacceptable in our society. However, having rules in place does not guarantee compliance. It is for this reason that we […]
IT security solutions: 2022/23 buying trends revealed
Employee Security Awareness, Cyber Strategy and Access Control top the list of services the UK’s leading IT security professionals are sourcing in 2022/23. The findings have been revealed ahead of next month’s Security IT Summit and are based on delegate requirements at the upcoming event. Delegates registering to attend were asked which areas they needed to invest […]
Only 8% of global tech workers have significant cloud-related skills
75% of tech leaders say they’re building all new products and features in the cloud moving forward, but only 8% of technologists have significant cloud-related skills and experience. Additionally, 64% say that they are new to cloud learning and are looking to build basic cloud fluency. That’s according to Pluralsight’s 2022 State of Cloud Report, which […]
75% of UK businesses see C-suite as key security advocates
Rackspace Technology research has highlighted the impact the past five years of global cyber threats have had on the relationship between an organisation’s security team and its C-suite. The second annual cybersecurity research report found that more than half of UK business leaders (56%) now include cybersecurity attacks as one of their three main business […]
49% of UK organisations experience high-business-impact outages at least weekly
With cloud adoption, cloud-native application architectures, and cybersecurity threats on the rise, the biggest driver for observability in the UK was an increased focus on security, governance, risk and compliance. That’s according to New Relic’s second annual study on the state of observability, which surveyed 1,600+ practitioners and IT decision-makers across 14 regions. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said […]
Do you specialise in Employee Security Awareness? We want to hear from you!
Each month on IT Security Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the cyber security market – and in October we’re focussing on Employee Security Awareness solutions. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help IT security buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a Employee Security […]
Investing in a phishing prevention toolkit
Phishing remains one of the biggest security threats to all businesses – regardless of size and industry. This was reflected in the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021, as phishing was identified as the most common type of security attack (82%) last year. The accelerated shift to hybrid work environments, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, has […]
Geopolitical risk ‘will provide CIOs with new leadership opportunities’
Technology governance issues emanating from cross-country politics have led to digital geopolitics rapidly becoming an issue that multinational CIOs must step up to lead, according to Gartner. Forty-one percent of Boards of Directors view geopolitical power shifts and turbulence as one of the biggest risks to performance, according to a Gartner survey. Gartner predicts that […]
COVID IT: 27,887 cyber attacks took place throughout the pandemic
COVID-19 had a big impact on the number of susceptibilities being exposed by cyber actors, to the tune of nearly 28,000 attacks across the duration of the pandemic. Cyphere has analysed the statistics, comparing the figures to pre-pandemic years to highlight the effect COVID has had on cybersecurity. A rise in digital transformation as a […]
