Say goodbye to traditional security training: How to keep your staff engaged!
As the saying goes, what got you here, won’t get you there. While the traditional method of once-a-year security awareness training for your staff may have been an acceptable method in the early 2000’s, times change, and so do the needs of staff. Simply providing information to employees is not enough. For best results, information delivered […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Protect your top attack vectors, across all channels by Perception Point
Perception Point is a Prevention-as-a-Service company for the fastest and most accurate next-generation detection, investigation, and remediation of all threats across an organisation’s main attack vectors – email, web browsers, and cloud collaboration apps. Perception Point streamlines the security environment for unmatched protection against spam, phishing, BEC, ATO, ransomware, malware, Zero-days, and N-days well before […]
Rackspace: IT departments plugging talent gaps with technology
77% of UK organisations, including IT operations, say they are finding ways for technology to do jobs formerly performed by people in the face of hiring and skills issues. That’s according to new research from Rackspace Technology, which shows two thirds (64%) of UK companies are downsizing their staff, facilitated by technology, out of a […]
Take your IT security career to the next level with these excellent online courses
Our selection of online courses tailored specifically for the IT Security sector will enable you to both learn new skills and improve existing ones in 2023 and beyond – sign up today! These are specially-curated online courses designed to help you and your team, improve expertise and learn new things. The IT and Personal Development online learning […]
CIOs ‘need to accelerate time to value’ from digital investments
CIOs and IT leaders must take action to accelerate time to value and drive top- and bottom-line enterprise growth from digital investments. That’s according to Gartner’s annual global survey of CIOs and technology executives, which gathered data from 2,203 CIO respondents in 81 countries and all major industries, representing approximately $15 trillion in revenue/public-sector budgets and […]
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 […]
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 […]
The four biggest mistakes in IT security governance
By Atech Intelligent IT security and endpoint protection tools are critical components of security governance, and the stakes within today’s threat landscape have never been higher. A lapse in identity protection or zero trust networks could spell financial disaster for a company. We know that attacks are increasing in sophistication and frequency, and in cost […]
OPINION: Local authorities shouldn’t be daunted when moving to the cloud
Local Authorities are under intense pressure to escalate Digital Transformation strategies while also dramatically reducing IT costs, achieving public sector sustainability goals and extending citizen self-service access to key services. With stretched in-house resources and a widely acknowledged skills shortage, the existing IT team is dedicated to keeping the lights on for as long as […]
IT security solutions – 2022 buying trends revealed
Authentication, Compliance and Cloud Web Security top the list of services the UK’s leading IT security professionals are sourcing in 2022. The findings have been revealed ahead of July’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 in during 2022 […]
