From awareness to action: Why digital ethics is moving up the agenda

The concept of digital ethics is no longer new. Leading academic institutions and think tanks have been raising ethical concerns around technology for decades, and the last several years have seen a plethora of guidelines for creating, testing and managing technology so it’s responsible and trustworthy. But, the last year has seen digital ethics hit the mainstream, with organizations in …

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What we can learn from the past when moving to the cloud

The transformation of IT into the cloud was mooted for years, however, it was not until Amazon released its Elastic Compute Cloud in 2006 that the idea of the cloud was truly popularised. Whilst it has taken time to fully develop the idea and build trust, the cloud is now a fully-fledged technology. We all use it every day without even realizing it, whether using social …

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More and more companies are moving advanced workloads to the cloud

Businesses everywhere are increasingly confident about moving advanced workloads to the cloud, a new report from data virtualization firm Denodo has found.  Polling 150 global business and IT professionals for its Denodo Global Cloud Survey 2021, the company found the percentage of businesses moving advanced workloads to the cloud spiked 25 percent (from 15.48 percent in 2020, up to 19.59 …

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Customer experience is at a standstill – how can insurers keep it moving?

The insurance sector has historically been made up of a few, very large, companies that controlled a sizeable share of the market. Back in 2014 – five general insurance brokers controlled nearly 75 percent of the market (Statistica, 2014). The insurance sector is also one of the oldest and most traditional and because of that, one of the slowest to …

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The many moving parts of business email compromise

Email-borne scams have existed for almost as long as email has existed. As organizations and security vendors move to protect against common variants of phishing attacks, cybercriminals always seem to stay one step ahead by adapting their techniques to bypass any security measures in place. The latest variant of email scams plaguing organizations hide their complex machinations under a veneer …

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Top five data security principles to follow when moving to the cloud

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, digital transformation has become essential for enterprises forced to adapt to new working conditions. Many organizations had already started their digital journey at the beginning of last year, but the global epidemic certainly accelerated things. In fact, research has shown 8 out of ten organizations fast-tracked their journey to digital transformation, compressing the …

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Many more companies have suffered cyberattacks since moving to remote work

Since the start of the pandemic, cybersecurity experts have warned about threats linked with the transition to remote working. Now, access management firm OneLogin has released a new report that appears to validate those concerns. Polling 2,000 remote workers (1,000 in the US and UK each), the company found that 34 percent have suffered a data breach since shifting to …

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More sensitive data is moving to the cloud than ever

Confidence in the security of cloud-based data solutions is growing, as more and more organizations decide to move sensitive data off-premises. This is according to a new report from Trustwave, based on a poll of 966 IT pros, which states that 96 percent plan to move sensitive data to the cloud over the next two years. What’s more, more than …

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