Women urged to join fight against cyber crime and protect UK firms
By David Craik
More women are needed to protect British businesses against the dangers of cyber crime according to a new report.
Tag: Cyber Security
Cyber due diligence: The next big thing in mergers and acquisitions
Graham Carberry, MD of defence and security at Livingstone Corporate Finance, talks about the rise of cyber due diligence and why it is important for businesses that are going into a sale to have a robust IT system.
UK businesses admit to having lost data on more than one occassion
According to Crown Records Management’s latest survey, which looked at companies with more than 200 employees, a third of IT decision makers admitted their firms had lost important data more than three times.
SWAT team turns up at house of Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts due to cyber hack
The UK’s largest forum for parents was targeted with a DDoS attack, which took the website offline from 11 August to 12 August. As part of the hacker’s ploy, Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts also found a police squad knocking on her door one day.
Now is the time to take a proactive IT security stance
By Paul Kenyon
Paul Kenyon, EVP at endpoint security software firm Avecto, shares his insight on how digital security should be dealt with in the modern age – laying out a four-point plan as a guide.
Ashley Madison hack could be hugely lucrative, but that’s not the only thing to fear
The breach of dating site for adulterers, Ashley Madison, proves that cyber life is short but it has a long and insecure tail. And while this stands to be financially damaging for all involved, businesses should worry that a new moral threat looms.
Joint venture forged to incubate small cyber firms securing Internet of Things and big data
Symantec and Frost Data Capital have joined forces to create an incubator that will support small early-stage businesses that are working on cyber security to protect against threats targeting the Internet of Things and big data.
Why it’s high time to give your business an IT physical
By Steve Davis
I read an article the other day by Cisco’s director of cyber security about why security short-sightedness could spell disaster for SMBs. He argued we’ve had years to learn about human behaviour in the physical world but in the new digital one we’re still playing catch-up from a cyber-security perspective. So why don’t rational business owners and managers put as much common sense into taking precautions over the physical security of their IT systems
For British businesses, is the password a past word
Observing the very real hacking threat businesses face and the methods that cyber criminals use begs the question – is the password a past word
Government to unite 50 young British cyber security experts from 13 UK universities
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has teamed with the high-growth business support service, the Accelerator Network, to bring together 50 British youngsters specialising in cyber security.