by emma@themissus.co | Nov 9, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is ‘stepping up support’ for the National Health Service to help protect UK hospitals and other healthcare organisations against cyberattacks. The NCSC’s Annual Review 2020 reveals that...
by emma@themissus.co | Nov 2, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Employee awareness is seen as the biggest area of weakness for firms’ cybersecurity strategies over the past few months of mass remote working during COVID-19, according to a new study. Secure storage firm Apricorn received over 23,500 responses from a poll of its...
by emma@themissus.co | Nov 2, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined hotel chain Marriott International £18.4m over a data breach that exposed the information of millions of guests worldwide. The UK’s independent body set up to uphold information rights imposed the...
by emma@themissus.co | Nov 2, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The number of publicly reported data breaches fell in the third quarter of 2020, but billions of more records were exposed globally to bring the total this year to 36 billion, according to Risk Based Security. The security vendor’s 2020 Q3 Data Breach QuickView...
by emma@themissus.co | Oct 18, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The fine against British Airways for GDPR failings has been reduced to £20m from the original £183m intent to fine issued last July. An ICO investigation found the airline was processing a significant amount of personal data without adequate security...
by emma@themissus.co | Oct 18, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
There’s a significant movement in cybersecurity right now that is seeing organizations approach the problem of cyber defence through the eyes of an attacker. This is very different to the check-box approach often associated with standard security or compliance...
