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 […]
Prepare for Battle in 2022: How hackers and the new world of work are shaping security models
By Atech The main challenge in 2022 is data loss prevention (DLP) and it’s clear to see already from vendors’ such as Microsoft’s compelling propositions for compliance solutions. We are moving towards detecting data loss in real time. As we understand more about the human element in breaches and develop smarter controls and human-like detection […]
Cloud applications put your data at risk — Here’s how to regain control
By Yaki Faitelson, Co-Founder and CEO of Varonis Cloud applications boost productivity and ease collaboration. But when it comes to keeping your organisation safe from cyberattacks, they’re also a big, growing risk. Your data is in more places than ever before. It lives in sanctioned data stores on premises and in the cloud, in online collaboration […]
Digital transformation: The long-term revenue opportunity
At the start of the pandemic many people would have been mistaken for thinking that work-from-home and stay at home orders were going to be short-lived. After the Prime Minister introduced these initial instructions to the nation, many IT teams rushed like mad to maintain business continuity and productivity for their organisations. Since then, society’s […]
Multi-cloud environments ‘pose greater security challenges’
73% of organisations currently operate in a multi-cloud environment, but those responsible for these types of complex environments overwhelmingly (98%) report that relying on multiple cloud providers creates additional security challenges. That’s according to the research conducted by Tripwire that evaluated cloud security practices across enterprise environments in 2021. Conducted by Dimensional Research in June, the survey […]
The cloud security challenge every CISO must overcome
By Keith Glancey, Systems Engineering Manager at Infoblox Cloud adoption has never been higher. Whether it’s public, private, multi- or even hybrid-cloud environments, organisations of all sizes, across all sectors are benefiting from the enhanced flexibility, reduced cost and greater stability that cloud can bring. However, whilst cloud can be an enabler in many areas, it can also […]
Giving resellers the key to unlocking end user continuity, productivity and flexibility
By Dave Manning, Operations Director, Giacom Until recently, the transition to working from home was unfolding at a gradual pace for many businesses. Although there is much research to back up the benefits of flexible and remote working, many business leaders remained sceptical, believing that office working remained the setup that would be most productive […]
Financial services head to the cloud to escape security concerns
The financial services industry is accelerating its shift to the cloud, as it presses forward with digital transformation in the face of security concerns. That’s according to the Financial Services edition of F5’s 2020 State of Application Services (SOAS) report, which says 60% of surveyed organisations in the industry believe public cloud platforms will be strategically […]
In case you missed ZIVVER at the Security IT Summit…
By Zivver Last month marked ZIVVER’s first appearance at the Security IT Summit and we had a great time meeting so many people (virtually). If you took some time during the summit to connect with us, we look forward to staying in touch! And if you missed your chance to meet with us at the […]
Without automation, security gets harder during a business disruption
FireMon’s 2020 State of Hybrid Cloud Security Survey found that 69.5 percent of respondents have a security team of just 10 people or fewer. And most manage both on-premise network security and cloud security. These teams are already bogged down with manual tasks at the best of times, so when a crisis hits, it magnifies the risks of manual processes. Not only is it difficult to maintain essential network operations, but the number of misconfigurations that threaten compliance go up dramatically. Worse still, if unexpected interruptions to […]
