Insights

The Covid-19 pandemic changed the way we work in the UK and Ireland forever. As companies experimented with remote working to maintain productivity, many employees became accustomed to the idea of working from home and enjoying a greater work-life balance.  

The cybersecurity world is preparing for three major events in the calendar over the coming weeks. The FIFA World Cup, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, all events that typically result in increased activity by cyber criminals as they seek to exploit shoppers and football fans.

Cyber criminals and other threat actors are looking to kick their activities into a higher gear as three major upcoming events provide the perfect opportunities to launch phishing and other cyber-attacks.

Your data is your organisation’s most valuable asset. With enough transparency it can provide you with a huge amount of insight into how to improve your business, but in the wrong hands, it can irreparably damage your reputation and cost millions in compliance liabilities.  

It’s been another busy week in the world of cyber security. The ongoing war in Ukraine has seen NATO warn of a growing cyber threat, and all eyes were on the US for signs of any attacks aimed at causing disruption to the mid-term elections.

While many organisations spend thousands on preventative cyber security tools, many make the mistake of overlooking the fact that cyber criminals are spending less time relying on brute force to gain access to protected information and more time on manipulating or bribing employees into giving up personal information.  

This week we learned how one ransomware group is responsible for the vast majority of ransomware attacks this year and a new report from the NCSC highlighted the true scale of cybercrime in the UK.

After years of increased threat complexity, most organisations simply don’t have the resources necessary to build an in-house cyber security strategy that’s equipped to deal with modern threats.  

One of the biggest challenges cyber security leaders need to grapple with in today's world is that malicious actors aren't always distant entities but are often people you work with on a day-to-day basis. The reality is that any employee or contractor with physical access to IT systems can leak private information and cause a data breach.  

With UK Politics overshadowing cyber news we would like to highlight these cyber security incidents, the main events beingthe firing of Germany’s cyber security chief due to his ties with Russia and the release of a new report showing that UK businesses are experiencing an unprecedented number of cyber attacks. 

Keeping advanced cyber threats at bay is something that many organisations aren't equipped to do.  

It’s been another busy week for cyber security incidents and with the holiday season rapidly approaching and the cost of living crisis cyber criminals will be seeking to take maximum advantage.