Is your business prepared to recover from a ransomware attack in 2021?
16 March 2021
Kate Mollett, regional director for Commvault
Cybercrime is a multi-billion dollar international industry and is not going away. Ransomware has taken centre stage, with large and highly publicised attacks costing global enterprises significant sums and even putting some out of business. Given the current economic climate, the ongoing work from home scenario and the rapidly growing attack surface, the situation is only going to get worse. Ransomware is also becoming increasingly sophisticated, more difficult to detect, and harder to recover from. For businesses, the question is not if they will be attacked, but when. Being adequately prepared for recovery is critical.
'IT bosses accelerating digital transformation of paper-based processes because of Brexit'
12 March 2021
Scott Wilson
Most IT decision-makers are accelerating the digital transformation of paper-based processes as a direct result of disruption to their workforce caused by the UK leaving the European Union, according to research by online fax solution, eFax.
The research conducted on behalf of eFax by independent research organisation Vanson Bourne, found that whilst most UK IT decision-makers (57%) are accelerating the speed of digital transformation of paper-based processes as a direct result of disruption caused by Brexit, the majority (77%) of UK IT decision-makers would have accelerated digital transformation sooner if they were aware of the full impact of extra paperwork causing cross border trade and transport to slow down. Despite this, only 5% of IT directors have completed their digital transformation of paper-based processes.
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What to look for when purchasing unified comms
12 March 2021
Matt Parker, CEO of Babble
We’ve entered a new age of agile working. Now, more than ever, it’s vital that businesses are equipped for the new world of work. Deploying the right technology is a key component of long-term organisational resilience and business growth.
Social networks as corporate attack vectors
10 March 2021
Raj Samani, McAfee fellow, chief scientist
McAfee predicts that sophisticated cyber adversaries will increasingly target, engage and compromise corporate victims using social networks as an attack vector.
Cyber adversaries have traditionally relied heavily on phishing emails as an attack vector for compromising organizations through individual employees. However, McAfee has observed more sophisticated threat actors increasingly using social networks such as LinkedIn, What’s App, Facebook and Twitter to engage, develop relationships with and then compromise corporate employees. Through these victims, they compromise the broader enterprises that employ them. McAfee predicts that such actors will seek to broaden the use of this attack vector in 2021 and beyond for a variety of reasons.
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