Living In the Clouds
You really can’t talk about IT these days without mentioning cloud or something-as-a-service. For some it is hard to remember a time when we did not have the cloud, at least in some basic form. But I do remember the beginnings, and for me the whole cloud journey has come full circle.
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According to the Global Cybersecurity Status Report conducted by ISACA International in 2015, just 38% of global organizations claim they are prepared to handle a sophisticated cyber-attack. This scarily small figure shows just how at risk we are. Cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common; a 2017 Malwarebytes report found that the frequency of ransomware attacks alone has increased by nearly 2000% in the past 2 years.
more →Over the past couple of decades, since the birth of the web, automation of business processes has progressed at an exponential rate. Responding to public demand for services to be immediately available has been the difference between businesses thriving, or shutting down. One of the latest tools in the drive for organizations to automate and improve has been the recent impacts of machine learning techniques, known collectively (if incorrectly) as “Artificial Intelligence” or AI.
more →In Fujitsu’s global survey of consumer attitudes, 88% of people say they are worried about who has access to their data. It seems that you are not alone in your concerns about data privacy. With the inexorable rise of cloud service adoption over recent years, cloud systems and eco-systems of numerous cloud service providers are proving notoriously hard to secure.
more →In a business world that is facing an ever-increasing and intensifying threat landscape, enterprises must re-evaluate their current perimeter security approach. This month we are sharing a blog from one of the pioneers of the “Zero Trust” mentality, Akamai. We take a look at how VPNs are out of date and why we should all be adopting the ‘never trust, always verify’
more →This month we are sharing a blog from our technology partner Akamai on the “Zero Trust” philosophy, a concept first coined by analysts at Forrester Research. Given the impact of several high-profile malware outbreaks, exploits and hacks over the past year, a key disruptor in 2018 is the re-emergence of the zero trust security model.
more →Web and mobile application cyber-attacks are on the increase, with Forrester reporting that 40% of all security breaches are aimed at these services.[1] Even more worryingly, attacks specifically targeting secure Web services such as e-commerce are particularly on the rise, with Arbor Networks recently reporting “a massive increase over last year”.[2]
It is not surprising that cybercriminals are targeting web-based applications.
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