British businesses increasingly prioritise data privacy and security

More and more British businesses have prioritised data privacy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, new research has found. A study by security firm Netwrix discovered that the majority of the UK organisations are concerned about security-related issues and plan to enforce cybersecurity awareness among employees. The pandemic appears to have helped engineer a major change in the IT …

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Data centre resilience under threat amid spike in energy demand

Data centre resilience is under threat, with questions over the ability of local power grids to meet energy demand amid a steep rise in the volume of data produced each year, according to a new report from Aggreko. Based on a poll of 700 data centre consultants across Western Europe, the report states that more than half (55 percent) harbor …

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Protecting data when it is most vulnerable

Most organizations understand need to protect data against cyber-attacks and data breaches by using encryption. Unfortunately, even the most well-informed and well-intentioned fail to encrypt their data when and where it is most vulnerable. Too often, they are not getting the protection they think they are when implementing full disk encryption or when told by email hosts, cloud storage and …

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Unlocking the data advantage: How modern technologies are helping to mitigate the impact of Covid-19

Over the last few months, the Covid-19 crisis has transformed society beyond all recognition. Its initial impact was both sudden and dramatic, changing every aspect of our lives – both professional and personal. As living rooms and kitchens became temporary offices, seeing friends, family and colleagues became virtual. Each and every one of us has faced a number of challenges …

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IT professionals disagree over data security strategy

There is a “major” disparity between C-suite executives and their IT teams when it comes to data security strategy, claims a new report from Exonar. Based on a poll of 500 UK IT professionals, the report states that most C-suite executives believe their businesses are able to identify dark data (unstructured data that takes up storage space but goes unused). …

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Half of UK universities suffered a data breach last year

More than half of UK universities reported a data breach to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) last year, according to a new report from security firm Redscan. The company delivered Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to 134 universities in the country and received confirmation of an incident from 86. Of those that did respond, almost half employ staff that have …

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