Most companies still aren’t set up to support AI and ML initiatives
The majority of global organizations lack the necessary resources to facilitate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) initiatives, a new survey from cloud firm Rackspace Technology suggests. Based on a poll of 1,870 IT professionals, the report reveals that the majority of organizations (82%) worldwide have yet to put the required infrastructure in place to implement AI and ML …
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Why digital products are more important than ever
As you sat in your home for weeks or months at a time, you probably thought that 2020 would never end. Covid-19 led to long-term social distancing, medical hardships, and an economic recession that impacted people around the world. But while the pandemic brought on a lot of challenges, it also ushered in a new era of progressive change: The …
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Majority of IT leaders will look to outsource to MSPs in 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced organizations everywhere into a speedy digital transformation, which in turn has stretched IT teams thin. This year, in order to ease the burden on overworked IT departments, most organizations are planning to outsource cybersecurity efforts. This is according to a new report from Syntax, and based on a poll of 500 IT decision-makers from the …
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Digital transformation is set to spike in 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic triggered an acceleration in digital transformation on an unprecedented scale, and the trend is set to continue this year. According to a new report from Software AG, 97 percent of organizations went through digital transformation efforts last year, with the same number expecting investment to continue in 2021. All of the companies that underwent digital transformation have …
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Poor endpoint visibility exposing firms to ‘systemic ransomware attacks’
Most organizations have poor visibility into their endpoints, which makes them highly vulnerable to ransomware. Further, once the ransomware infects a network, they are almost powerless to stop it from spreading. This is according to a new report from Illumio, based on a poll of 344 IT professionals, which states that more than half (59 percent) of respondents do not …
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Emotet botnet taken offline in huge police operation
The Emotet botnet is no more. A joint effort between law enforcement agencies from the UK, US, Canada and the EU resulted in the takedown of “thousands of computers” that were running the malicious network, the BBC reported. Announcing the successful takedown, Europol described Emotet as “one of most significant botnets of the past decade” and one of the main …
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EU businesses will prioritize IT flexibility in 2021
Most businesses in the European Union (EU) will look to be more flexible when purchasing software this year, allowing them to better navigate the ever-changing Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to a new report from 3StepIT, based on a poll of 1,000 IT decision-makers, which states that mobility still remains a major IT priority, especially with Covid-19 being a persistent …
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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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Mobile devices are now playing a more important security role
Defending the corporate network is no longer the number one priority for Chief Information Security Officers (CISO), a new report from automation platform Ivanti argues. Instead, CISOs are more focused on protecting their employees’ mobile devices. Polling 400 CISOs in EMEA for the report, Ivanti found that almost all (87 percent) see mobile devices as the focal point of their …
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A record number of DDoS attacks took place in 2020
In 2020, for the first time ever, more than 10 million Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks were recorded in a single year. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Netscout, whose ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) observed a total of 10,089,687 attacks last year. Compared to 8.5 million attacks in 2019, that’s a 17 …
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