Many workers ignore security risks to maximize productivity

A large proportion of employees often take shortcuts to optimize productivity at work, despite understanding the security risks, new data suggests. According to security company ThycoticCentrify, which polled 8,000 workers worldwide, almost four in five (79%) have engaged in one or more “risky activity” in the past twelve months. In a third of cases (35%), this involved saving passwords to …

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IT staff often back down to angry employees, despite security risks

Employees often complain to their colleagues from the IT department over the necessity of installing the latest updates and patches, a new report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky suggests. The problem is that IT staff often feel pressure to cave into demands. According to Kaspersky, a quarter (25 percent) of UK employees have had a dispute with IT staff about the …

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A truly agnostic approach to key encryption removes the risks in hybrid cloud

As organizations migrate workloads to the cloud in search of greater agility, innovation and reduced costs, they face serious security challenges that conventional key encryption technology fails to meet.  The range of security threats covers everything from the hijacking of cloud services to the criminal use of AI and ML and the emergence of cyber-espionage-for-hire. Ransomware and phishing attacks have …

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Multi-cloud strategy key to mitigating regulatory risks

Cloud adoption could be a lot more efficient if businesses didn’t have to worry about compliance with various rules and regulations, new research suggests. In a recent blog post, Nick Godfrey, Director in the Office of the CISO at Google Cloud, says the industry is focused on reducing vendor lock-in, concentration risk and over-reliance on third-party providers. Together with market …

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Many small businesses could face collapse due to security risks

More than a million small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the UK would be forced to shut up shop in the event of a cyberattack. This is according to a new report from Vodafone, which asserts that many companies cannot afford to absorb the costs associated with addressing a cyberattack. Polling more than 500 business leaders for the report, Vodafone …

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Cybersecurity among the biggest risks to enterprises in 2021

This year, cybersecurity will be the second most significant risk to enterprise, behind failure to comply with rules and regulations, according to a new report from analyst firm Gartner. The Gartner 2020 Board of Directors survey reveals that most chief information security officers (CISOs) are not confident in the state of cybersecurity at their organization. While that itself signals trouble, …

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Securing the future – where are the risks in multi-cloud?

Covid-19 has been a significant catalyst for organizations to move to the cloud, with widespread remote working pushing companies along their digital transformation journeys at a faster rate than ever before. As businesses integrate and adopt numerous services, many are combining different methods across public, private, hybrid cloud, and on-premises solutions. This has made multi-cloud, in one form or another, …

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How to prevent the security risks of a remote workforce

The outbreak of Covid-19 has completely shifted how companies operate. Organizations have had to quickly adapt and implement new work-from-home policies to keep their employees safe and productive. While remote working comes with flexibility and better work-life balance, it also poses several IT security challenges. With a significant number of employees in the UK working from home, it makes company …

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Reducing the hidden costs and mitigating security risks of third-party contractors

Organizations are constantly on the lookout for new ways to stay one step ahead of the competition by increasing their speed of innovation and improving overall customer satisfaction.  Often that means they will enlist third parties to both augment their services and capabilities in an effort to gain a competitive advantage and improve profitability as well as gain skill sets. …

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Lockdown increased risks as security teams shrank

The Covid-19 health crisis has exacerbated the cybersecurity problems businesses in the UK and the US were already facing. According to a new report from Exabeam, based on a poll of more than 1,000 IT security professionals, organizations were forced to cut IT security staff to survive the pandemic. Fewer workers in the IT security sector, however, meant greater risk …

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