Consolidating your cyber security strategy
Reducing complexity and expanding protection with extended detection and response According to the Office for National Statistics, in February 2022, eight in ten workers who worked from home during the pandemic said that they planned to hybrid work in the future. This shift in work patterns brings more possibilities for cybercriminals to exploit weak spots in […]
Operational Resilience: More than Disaster Recovery
To contend with the explosion of cybercrime and its impact on business operations, many organisations are updating their disaster recovery plans to include cyber incident response. Many of the processes and guidelines in traditional disaster recovery plans have changed little in years, sometimes even in over a decade—making them ill-suited to address cyber disasters. More […]
Securing SaaS Data: Balancing App Agility with Robust Protection
In recent years, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions have become increasingly important for the day-to-day running of millions of organisations. Platforms such as Salesforce, Google Workspace and Microsoft Office 365 have delivered rapid growth, not least because they can offer cost-effective, easily scalable and accessible remote collaboration environments. This is part of a wider trend across the […]
The 3 Traits of Successful Cyber Security Leaders
The cyber security transformative urgency in many firms forces to look beyond traditional technology profiles Cyber security has risen to prominence on the agenda of many business leaders. Large firms have been struggling with it for decades in spite of significant investments in that space, but for many across the boardroom, the realisation has taken […]
Ransomware Ratchets Up The Pressure
Ransomware Ratchets Up The Pressure Ransomware attacks may have dipped slightly but they continue to prove a bane, with 71% of companies worldwide affected by ransomware in 2022 alone. However, they have become harder to defend against. The ransomware window (ie the time from compromise to the deployment of ransomware and encryption of data) has shrunk from […]
How Data Management can become the CSI Lab in Incident Response
During an attack it is essential to quickly understand how attackers or malware were able to successfully breach into the network. What vulnerabilities were exploited? What controls were circumvented? How did they escalate privileges? How are they maintaining persistence? What sensitive or regulated data has been touched? It’s often overlooked but data management can play […]
Will your cyber insurance cover an attack in 2023?
The rise of ransomware attacks, and insurance companies paying hundreds of millions in cybersecurity-related claims each year are being blamed for organisations now facing rising cyber insurance rates, tightening of standards, and limiting coverage. With average ransom payments reaching $812,000 during 2021, the true cost of ransomware is in fact much more when the cost of downtime and reputational damage […]
How should MSPs respond to new cyber incident reporting requirements?
Managed Service Providers are a significant and attractive target, for both cyber criminals and also state sponsored attacks. In the UK, the high-profile attack on the National Health Service via its MSP, Advanced, prompted the government to hold multiple emergency meetings due to its widespread impact and threat to patient safety. In response to this, […]
Five cybersecurity ‘quick wins’ for the public sector
The public sector suffered 236 million ransomware attacks in the first half of 2022, according to SecurityScorecard. This figure can – and likely will – double in 2023. And that’s only ransomware. It doesn’t include all state-sponsored attacks, phishing, credential thefts, or DDOS attacks. Clearly, the age of data has caused an explosion of cybercrime and cyber warfare, […]
The risk and reward of ChatGPT in cybersecurity
Unless you’ve been on a retreat in some far-flung location with no internet access for the past few months, chances are you’re well aware of how much hype and fear there’s been around ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI. Maybe you’ve seen articles about academics and teachers worrying that it’ll make cheating easier than ever. On […]