5 Minutes With… Phil Pate, VP & General Manager EMEA, AlertMedia
In the latest instalment of our security industry executive interview series we spoke to Phil Pate, VP & General Manager EMEA at AlertMedia, about the past year in a sector defined by complexity, the challenges being presented by the weather, cyber and geopolitical incidents, the need to ensure employee safety and how AI can be […]
Plugging security gaps with AI without creating sdditional risk
AI has the potential to transform every aspect of business, from security to productivity. Yet companies’ headlong, unmanaged, rush to exploit innovation is creating unknown and understood risks that require urgent oversight, argues Mark Grindey (pictured), CEO, Zeus Cloud… Business Potential Generative AI (Gen AI) tools are fast becoming a core component of any business’ strategy – […]
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT MONTH: Evaluating the effects of Baltimore’s bridge collapse on maritime trade
Around 01:28am on Tuesday, March 27th, the Singapore-flagged vessel – DALI – collided with Baltimore’s iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its collapse into the Patapsco River. This tragic crisis has reverberated through people, society, and maritime trade. Captain Steve Bomgardner, Vice President of Shipping & Offshore at Pole Star Global reviews the fallout from this incident. […]
‘Political Polarisation’ now the leading emerging risk for enterprises globally
Escalating political polarisation worldwide entered the quarterly Gartner emerging risk tracker for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2023, based on a survey of senior enterprise risk executives. “Risk executives worldwide are clearly concerned by the potential implications of escalating tensions and conflict all over the globe,” said Ran Xu director, research in […]
Business security issues to increase with climate change
Capital expenditure for resilience measures to ensure business continuity due to extreme weather conditions such as floods and heatwaves need to be considered as best practice, according to the Environment Agency’s ‘Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation’ report. Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, said it was worrying that few FTSE boards are disclosing […]
Bored and distracted employees biggest security risk
A poll by Centrify has found that employees who become distracted at work are more likely to be the cause of human error and a potential security risk. 35% of survey respondents cite distraction and boredom as the main cause of human error. Other causes include heavy workloads (19%) excessive policies and compliance regulations (5%), […]
Work-fixated Brits continually placing corporate data at risk…
OneLogin, a leader in cloud-based Identity & Access Management (IAM) has revealed that work-obsessed UK employees are consistently placing corporate data at risk due to an increase in individuals accessing work records during out-of-office hours. Although three-quarters of employees currently have security software set up on their work devices – which could potentially be down to an organisation’s security policy – OneLogin […]
