Insights

What was the impact of decentralised working? An exponential increase in the volume of new operational challenges confronting organisations, addressing the cyber skills gap, the growth of supply chain attacks, and the ever-increasing social engineering scams. These topics will be discussed in greater detail as we highlight the six key cyber security challenges that organisations faced in 2021. 

As organisations everywhere edge their way towards 2022, we close off 2021 by taking a look at 21 highlighted statistics that were shared within the industry during the past 12 months which we feel rounds up the year and gives context to the current state of cyber security across the globe.

Security awareness is something that is considered to be an essential part of having an effective cyber security programme. 

Now, with European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) set to begin in October, organisations have a valuable opportunity to increase security awareness among employees so that they’re ready to combat the next generation of online threats.

Below we’re going to look at what ECSM is and how organisations can participate. 

What’s being done to prevent costly, damaging cyber attacks? New and
upcoming regulations and frameworks are providing an industry standard for cyber security. Here’s what has happened this past year in the realm of cyber security regulation and frameworks — and what’s coming down the line.

Many companies find themselves closing their doors these days for an uncertain period of time. Social distancing and self-isolation are the right moves in the midst of what the world is dealing with, but just because businesses are taking these steps doesn’t mean that cybercriminals will respect them.

With apologies to HBO & George R.R. Martin, here is a lighter, if not informative look, at Information Security (IS) Risk Management for your organisation – Game of Thrones (GoT) style!

Whether you’re a casual viewer or a GoT fanatic, you can rest assured that there are no Season 8 spoilers here.

The cloud is great, but it’s also dangerous in the wrong hands.

We often take the things we do every day for granted. In the security community, we assume knowledge that’s the norm for us is the norm for everyone else – when it actually isn’t.

When I was appointed the new Head of CISO Services at Integrity360, I recalled Yul Brynner in the original 1960 Magnificent Seven. The film tells the story of a small community working together to try and protect itself from a gang of bandits.

The Magecart group was named one of the most dangerous ‘people’ on the internet in 2018. It wasted little time defending its title in 2019.

What is the cloud shared responsibility model and why is it important?

Even the world’s most unskilled and inexperienced criminals know it’s always better to sneak in the back door of a shop instead of breaking down the one in the front.