Cybersecurity and remote working: How to equip and empower a safe and secure remote workforce
Only back in 2018, people suggested the growth of remote working was grinding to a halt, with only 6 percent of the UK workforce operating remotely on a regular basis. What’s more, remote working was only typically available to a select few, namely those working in the tech sector, where the parameters and expectations were clear and obvious. The rest …
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Navigating the public sector cybersecurity storm
From a public sector perspective, over the last eighteen months the demands on IT have been greater than ever before. The initial strain came at the outset of the pandemic when IT departments within public sector organizations were forced to rapidly implement remote working for their own staff. The focus was on keeping the lights on and ensuring service continuity. …
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How the increase in work from home will impact corporate cybersecurity
Covid-19 has changed many things. The rise in remote work significantly increased and companies were forced to test a new business model. At first, corporations were somewhat reluctant, but working from home yielded higher productivity. This is the effect of being close at home, with family, and less stress of commuting to and from work. Employees were given the comfort …
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Cybersecurity experts are in high demand, but salaries have plateaued
Although demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals continues to rise across the globe, salaries across the industry have plateaued. This is according to a new report from recruitment firm Harvey Nash, based on a poll of roughly 6,000 technologists, which states that that two-thirds (67 percent) of cybersecurity professionals didn’t get a pay rise this year, unlike other tech roles. Ethical …
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The security priority: why SMEs need strong cybersecurity strategies for survival
According to Hiscox, in the UK one small business is successfully hacked every 19 seconds, with small UK businesses facing around 65,000 hacking attempts on a daily basis. While these numbers are a current reality, they do not have to be the future. Cybersecurity has historically been seen as an abstract, complex and expensive add-on which does not directly contribute …
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Many workers have picked up bad cybersecurity behaviors since working from home
Since the transition to remote working, many employees have started disregarding cybersecurity best practices. This is according to a new report from email security software firm Tessian, based on a poll of 4,000 workers in the US and UK, as well as 200 IT professionals. The company found that more than a third (36 percent) have picked up bad cybersecurity …
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The cybersecurity recruitment landscape is changing rapidly
The cybersecurity recruitment landscape is changing rapidly, and the approaches and techniques that worked yesterday, most likely won’t apply tomorrow. This is according to a new report from the non-profit association of certified cybersecurity professionals, (ISC)2. Polling more than 2,000 cybersecurity pros and jobseekers in the US and Canada for the report, the company found that organizations that exclusively seek …
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Lack of cybersecurity expertize stopping financial firms from protecting their data
Last year, financial organizations that keep their apps and data in the cloud suffered all kinds of cybersecurity incidents, all due to the lack of in-house security knowledge. These are the findings presented in the 2021 Cloud Data Security Report, issued by cloud security company Netwrix. Polling 937 IT professionals worldwide, Netwrix found that more than half (59 percent) of …
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Most common cybersecurity mistakes that companies make
An increasing number of companies worldwide have come to realize that cybersecurity is an important factor in the running of a successful business. Cybersecurity Ventures expects global cybercrime costs to grow by 15 percent per year over the next five years, reaching $10.5 annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion in 2015. As a result of this knowledge, companies have …
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Smart cities: Only as smart as their cybersecurity protections
President Joseph Biden wasted little time pushing an ambitious climate agenda to overhaul American energy policies, invest in green jobs and reduce American reliance on fossil fuels. Since taking office in January, he paused offshore drilling licenses and pledged to rejoin the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. The president still needs the support of a divided U.S. Congress, but …
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