UK Cyber Security Council and SASIG partner for skills drive
The UK Cyber Security Council and the Security Awareness Special Interest Group (SASIG) have announce a new partnership to further enhance and develop careers, skills and training in cyber security. The Council and SASIG will work together on key webinars and events designed to improve trust in the online environment and to harbour that trust they […]
Americans lost a record $3.5bn to cybercrime in 2021 YTD
The wave of cybercrime is plowing throughout America with the biggest damages in history. Atlas VPN extracted data from publicly available government sources and found that US citizens already lost $3.49 billion to cybercrime in the first three quarters of 2021. You don’t need to bring out the calculator – the damages come out to $12.78 […]
What role does cyber security play in digital transformation?
Richard Menear, CEO, Burning Tree The capabilities of modern technology have continued to progress, with widespread digitisation sweeping through almost every aspect of our lives. Digital transformation takes digitisation one step further, integrating technology into each business area — including improving operations, refining the customer experience and fostering a more cyber-aware workforce. And although digitisation was […]
Cybersecurity: The crucial double check
Cybersecurity has quickly become the world’s fastest growing form of criminal activity, and is showing no sign of slowing down with the number of attacks on businesses continuing to increase. COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst for this, with hackers taking advantage of remote workers during challenging times. Despite innovations and sophistication in hacking methods, […]
UK holds Chinese state responsible for ‘pervasive pattern of hacking’
The UK is joining what it calls likeminded partners to confirm that Chinese state-backed actors were responsible for gaining access to computer networks around the world via Microsoft Exchange servers. The attacks took place in early 2021, affecting over a quarter of a million servers worldwide. The government says the attack was highly likely to […]
