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A new report from Veeam Software says that UK and Irish businesses are ‘headed for a data protection emergency’. Nearly eight in ten (79 percent) of IT decision makers and professionals in the countries disclosed gaps between their data dependency, backup frequency, SLAs and ability to get back to productive business
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27 percent of companies globally have suffered a data breach that cost more than US $1 million in the past three years, according to PwC’s annual Global Digital Trust Insights Survey.
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Organizations taking an ‘all or nothing’ zero trust often find that they struggle to implement it effectively, especially when it comes to application access control. Chris Buijs explains why integrating DNS into the zero trust framework can help.
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Odaseva has released the findings of a global survey that shows that organizations are largely unprepared for ransomware attacks on their data stored in SaaS platforms. Attacks on SaaS data are an increasingly common cyber security target, and they succeed in encrypting SaaS data half the time, leaving only half of the victims able to fully recover.
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Venafi has released the findings of new research that evaluates the complexity of cloud environments and its impact on cyber security. The study found that 81 percent of organizations have experienced a cloud-related security incident over the last 12 months, with almost half (45 percent) suffering at least four incidents.
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Research from Databarracks reveals that 44 percent of UK organizations that suffered a ransomware attack, paid the ransom. 34 percent recovered from backups, while 22 percent used ransomware decryption tools.
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Nearly a quarter of businesses have suffered a ransomware attack, with a fifth occurring in the past 12 months, according to the latest annual report from Hornetsecurity.
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As organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the need to respond to changing climate related risks, the need for cloud infrastructure geo-redundancy, as part of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery strategy, has never been greater. Terry Storrar explains why this is the case.
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The weight of stress and anxiety on cyber security professionals is mounting, it is therefore no wonder that many security leaders have experienced negative emotions at work, including depression, anger, and anxiety. Steve Cottrell explores the issue.
- Critical manufacturing was the most targeted sector for ransomware attacks in the first half of 2022
- Survey reports on 2022 cyber security spending trends
- Ecommerce businesses losing at least 10 percent in revenue due to downtime and website performance issues
- Majority of enterprises see supply chain cyber risk as a top priority
