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
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 | Oct 18, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been chatting with people at four multi-national companies I work with who’ve seen productivity and revenue increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been surprisingly consistent about why they’ve benefited from...
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...
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 11, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Ransomware was the most observed threat in 2020, according to a global corporate investigations and risk consulting firm based in New York City. Kroll’s proprietary data on cyber incident response cases shows that ransomware attacks accounted for over one-third...