Reading Time: 3 minutes Data breaches are catastrophic for any industry, but particularly in local authorities where consumer trust is paramount. The reputational damage to an organisation can be terminal. One in four councils breached Over a quarter of all UK councils have had… Read More
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Jul
2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes According to a regulator, retail banks in the region took the biggest hit last year. Financial service firms across the UK reported nearly 1000 cyber incidents to the region’s Financial Conduct Authority in 2018, a significant jump from the… Read More
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Apr
2019
Reading Time: 4 minutes Security teams need to consider the possibility of internal as well as external threats While high-profile cybersecurity breaches originating from malicious insiders are on the rise, many cybersecurity professionals continue to focus exclusively on external threats, forgetting that a… Read More
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Mar
2019
Reading Time: 4 minutes The pressure is on for corporate leadership to get a better handle on cybersecurity. But unlike other board governance processes that are a lot more mature (e.g., financial risks, market pressures), when it comes to cyber risks, boards need help… Read More
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Mar
2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes Research published recently suggests there have been over 59,000 data breaches reported to data protection authorities in Europe since GDPR went into effect last year. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation hasn’t even been in effect for a year… Read More