Will £150M suffice to stop the IoT cyberthreat?
Recently, the government decided to pump £150M into the cybersecurity department of NHS. Given how the WannaCry ransomware was terrorising the healthcare sector in May 2017, this is a much-needed
Attack of the Cyber Bots
Ransomware attacks are becoming more prominent. This is when an external agency hijacks your system leaving you unable to do anything until you have paid them a ransom sum of
Disaster Recovery versus High Availability versus Business Continuity
Remarkably only 4% of IT emergencies are caused by natural disasters with a majority caused by hardware failure and human error. This makes having high availability, Disaster Recovery and a
New data security e-book, password managers leaking passwords
In a recently released data security e-book, Microsoft takes an interesting stance on how to handle potential breaches. The post-breach plan assumes than an attack has already taken place, and
Driving Growth through People, Tech & Process
Any company that has a plan in place to scale up needs to ensure they have sufficient capabilities in place to successfully manage extra demand and additional recruitment and IT
Indian embassies encounter an international data security breach
Recently, seven different Indian embassy websites have undergone a data security breach. Surprisingly, the nationalists are not to blame, nor are the hacktivists. The guilt lies on the penetration testers,
Data security considerations for US election day
Officials are currently in the process of making data security preparations for the worst-case scenarios we might encounter on US election day. They are worried about possible hacking attacks targeted
Skills shortage poses data security threat
A lack of skilled staff in IT security is increasing the risk of cyber attacks on UK businesses. A survey has shown that UK companies do not have the right