AI takes first tentative steps into FTSE 100 UK Boardrooms
By Lloyd Nail, senior associate, and Tom Whittaker, director, at independent UK law firm Burges Salmon Last week, the GC100, the association of General Counsel and Company Secretaries working in FTSE 100 companies, published the results of a poll of their members on the topic of the use of AI at Board and Committee levels. Specifically, […]
UK businesses subjected to one cyber attack every minute in 1Q19
UK businesses were subjected to 119,659 internet-borne cyber attacks each, on average, in the first quarter of 2019, according to analysis by Beaming. This rate of attack, which equates to one every minute, was more than double that experienced in the first three months of 2018, when companies were attacked online 53,981 times on average. […]
Petition launched for mandatory IT security levels in business
A petition has been launched urging the Government to establish a mandatory minimum level of IT security for all businesses. Cyber crime among UK businesses no costs over £21 billion each year. The petition, launched by Evaris, aims to make the currently optional National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Cyber Essentials Scheme compulsory for businesses to […]
Government challenges UK boards to up cyber security game
Boards at some of the UK’s biggest companies still don’t fully understand the potential impact of a cyber attack, according to a government report. The Government’s Cyber Governance Health Check looked at the approach the UK’s FTSE 350 companies take for cyber security. The 2018 report shows that less than a fifth (16%) of boards have […]
Cybersecurity responsible for 36% of management stress
Over half of SME owners count internet issues as one of their biggest bugbears heading into 2019, with phishing emails from overseas ‘billionaires’ topping the list of the strangest mailbox scams from the past 12 months. In a survey conducted by Q2Q, 52% of company bosses complained that problems with their internet were responsible for […]
What does GDPR mean for your business?
With the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25th 2018, many companies are still unsure as to how the new legislation actually affects them and the implications on how organisations store, secure and manage personal data. Ian Kilpatrick, executive vice president of Cyber Security for Nuvias Group, explains what GDPR means […]
