Retail is a sector that was quick to react to the pandemic; launching online stores if the retailer did not already have one, or expanding what they were offering online if they already had a store.  This included the addition of features such as curbside pick-up.  It is estimated the pandemic accelerated the shift to online retail by 5 years.

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Software as a Service (SaaS) continues to grow at a rapid pace as businesses look to take advantage of the flexibility and economy offered by the cloud. According to Gartner’s forecast of Worldwide Public Cloud Revenue, spending on cloud application services is projected to increase to more than $151 billion by 2022.

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We highlighted in a recent blog that a Hiscox report had discovered that the energy sector is the industry most at risk from cybercriminals.  In this blog we look at why energy and utility companies are the number one target and what those in the sector can do to protect themselves.

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Cyber Crime on the Rise

It will come as no surprise to learn that cybercrime is on the rise.  And although a recent report from Hiscox1, compiled in collaboration with research firm Forrester, suggests that we are becoming better equipped to deal with the attacks, the losses associated with the attacks are still rising. 

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Digital Transformation Offsets the Negative Effect on IT Spending due to COVID-19.

Gartner forecasts that Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.9 trillion in 2021, an increase of 6.2% from 2020.  This is a reversal of the decline in spending of 3.2% seen in 2020 as CIOs prioritized spending on “mission-critical” technology and services at the start of the pandemic.

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Our Client:

Fabb Furniture is the leading regional furniture and carpet retailer in the UK with an established base in the East of England where it has traded for over 40 years.

With 22 sites defined requiring protection, visibility and control of their network, activereach proposed Cisco Umbrella as the solution.

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Attack Surface Management (ASM) is an important part of your security profile, but before we get into exactly why you need it let’s just cover off what an Attack Surface is.

What is a cyber-attack surface?

An organization’s total attack surface is all the exploitable vulnerabilities that you have on your network (these can be both known and unknown). 

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This month we are sharing a blog from our partner eSentire on how to prepare for the move back to the office (B2TO).

There has never been a more relevant time to make the case for modern endpoint security solutions than today’s current business climate of massive global distributed workforces.

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