There was no need to worry about IT downtime during the pandemic after all
IT teams and cloud technology appear to have passed the stress test, with unplanned downtime remaining consistent, despite the rise of remote working during the pandemic. This is according to a new report from disaster recovery and business continuity firm Databarracks, which claims that 27 percent of businesses experienced no unplanned IT downtime in the last 12 months. Based on …
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Ransomware attacks doubled in frequency during pandemic
Phishing may be the most common cybersecurity threat in the UK, but it could be only a matter of time before ransomware snatches the crown, a report from cybersecurity firm CybSafe suggests. Analyzing data provided by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), CybSafe noted that phishing was to blame for most incidents so far this year, making up 40 percent of …
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Harnessing unstructured data during and beyond the pandemic era
While we have been spending more time indoors during the pandemic, the extra data that we’ve produced during that time – the Tweets, the Instagram pictures, the product reviews – have taken on an active and highly exploitable life of their own, winging their way into the pockets of companies who can now take advantage of this valuable marketing intelligence …
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Fewer businesses reported data breaches to authorities during the pandemic
During the 2020/21 fiscal year, businesses in the UK reported a total of 9,532 data breach incidents, representing a 20 percent drop compared to the same period the year before. This is according to a new report from the Parliament Street think tank, based on data published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The report states that the Covid-19 pandemic …
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Most businesses sidestepped security processes during pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has left businesses vulnerable to cybercriminal activity by creating new attack vectors and disincentivizing security best practices, new data suggests. A report from consultancy EY based on a poll of 1,000 security professionals claims more than half of businesses deliberately bypassed security measures in order to facilitate remote working during the pandemic. EY also found that 43% …
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Cyberattacks on UK councils surge during pandemic
As UK councils sent most of their employees to work from home during the pandemic, the number of cyberattacks against the institutions spiked, a new report has claimed. Technology solutions provider Insight sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to 47 councils in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, discovering an average rise in cyberattacks of 213 percent in the …
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Many executives aren’t sure they made the right pandemic tech investments
Looking at the past year, most senior decision-makers at UK businesses aren’t fully confident in the technology investments they made during the pandemic, a new poll suggests. A report from IT resilience company Sungard AS polling 500 senior decision-makers from the UK found that just above half (54 percent) are unsure whether or not the investments made during the pandemic …
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Business innovation can kickstart after the pandemic
The pandemic has served as a catalyst for innovation, but in order to continue riding the innovation wave, businesses will need a little bravado, a little diversity, and a little agility, suggests a new report. A survey from Lenovo polling senior decision-makers across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Asia Pacific found that businesses identified a clear correlation …
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IT investment being driven on despite pandemic
Businesses are continuing to invest in digital initiatives and transformation projects, despite hardships brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to new figures from Apptio and the Harvard Business Review (HBR) Analytics Services. Polling 338 business leaders for the report, Apptio found that more than four in five (82 percent) have increased investment in digital initiatives as a …
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Remote workers suffered significant ‘mental distress’ during the pandemic
For all the benefits remote working brings, there’s one major drawback: loneliness. As reported by The Guardian, this is one of the conclusions of a new study just published by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen). Based on data from interviews with more than 8,500 people before and during the pandemic, the report claims loneliness has a particularly detrimental …
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