As technology evolves, more innovative digital solutions emerge, and more of our data finds its way online, an increase in the number of cyber threats is inevitable. Worse still, as cyber attacks increase in sophistication and severity – as well as in number – it becomes more difficult and less feasible for organisations to address each threat as it arises. … Read More
How to Maintain Data Integrity in Your Organisation?
Business decisions in organisations of all sizes are increasingly being made based on data. Data is created and collected across many different layers of operations. The data extracted is used to streamline operations, better understand the market, and generate metrics to determine performance. With the increased focus placed upon data to maintain business operations today, it is crucial that the … Read More
Examples of Real-Life Data Breaches Caused by Insider Threats
In organisations of all sizes, there are often a large number of employees that know the ins and outs of a company’s cybersecurity tools and infrastructure. This is the reason behind thousands of inadvertent and malicious insider attacks conducted around the world each month which can lead to real threat data breaches and substantial financial losses. Insider threats can cause … Read More
How to Establish a Strong Security Culture in Your Organization
Creating a company culture for security is key to succeeding in business today. That might seem like an extreme statement to make but with the amount of work now being conducted online and sensitive data stored on clouds, enhanced cybersecurity measures are paramount to success in today’s digital age. With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at how … Read More
The Importance of Ethical Hacking: Maintaining Integrity in Cyber Security
Most people have heard of hacking, but what about ethical hacking? Internet users are unaware of the good that ethical hackers and ethical hacking can actually do. With the right technical skillset and knowledge base, ethical hackers can help society in ways almost impossible to imagine. Ethical hacking has a crucial role to play in the safety and security of … Read More
The Importance of Cloud Risk Management
With considerable benefits like easier access to innovative technologies, simpler scalability, and reduced IT expenditures, increasing numbers of companies are migrating their data and infrastructure to a cloud environment. In fact, cloud adoption has been so prolific over the last decade that 94% of companies now use cloud services of some kind – with an astonishing 61% of organisations migrating … Read More
Building a Cybersecurity Roadmap: How to Build & Develop a Comprehensive Security Strategy
Building a cyber security roadmap is extremely important in today’s digital age. Not only does it give your IT security team direction, but it also provides a foundation from where to build and develop a comprehensive security strategy. Organisations of all sizes have now realised what kind of damage cyberattacks and data breaches can cause to their operations, revenue, and … Read More
7 Advantages of DSPM for Data Security
Although cloud computing has revolutionised a company’s ability to share data, to account for an increasingly mobile and distributed workforce, cloud environments also complicate its ability to secure sensitive data. The exponentially increasing volume of data – and datasets being frequently duplicated across multiple cloud-based platforms, applications, and services – mean that most cloud security solutions struggle to keep up … Read More
10 Reasons why SSPM is Vital for SaaS
With benefits including enhanced functionality, rich customisation options, and high compatibility with other applications, it’s no surprise that vast numbers of companies have adopted SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications. Subsequently, research shows that around 70% of applications organisations use are SaaS, which is set to rise to 85% by 2025. However, organisations must overcome the challenges of hosting their data and applications … Read More