‘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 […]
