First things first: what’s gamification? It depends on the context. In recent years ‘gamification’ and ‘serious games’ have grown to become popular buzzwords reaching far beyond niche creative agencies: from your online shopping to tax declarations, digital experiences everywhere are …
New research from Beaming has revealed that small businesses bore the brunt of cyber attacks in the UK in 2018, costing them an estimated £13.6 billion (out of a £17 billion total). 63% of small businesses reported being a victim …
Egress’s Insider Data Breach survey 2019 has found that 79% of CIOs believe employees have put company data at risk accidentally in the past 12 months, while 61% think that data has been put at risk maliciously. More than 500 …
UK retailers have seen an 80% increase in cyber attacks and/or breaches over the past year, according to the BRC’s (British Retail Consortium) 2019 Retail Crime Survey. This is despite 17% of retailers spending more on cyber security than the …
Yet another report has identified careless or unaware employees as the biggest vulnerability within organisations (34%). The EY Global Information Security Survey 2018–19 questioned more than 1,400 C-suite leaders and information security and IT executives/managers from some of the world’s …
2018 was the year of phishing. Kaspersky Lab’s Spam and phishing in 2018 report claims that its anti-phishing system prevented more than 482 million phishing attempts last year. Other key findings: • More than half of all emails in 2018 …
Humans are often seen as the weakest link in the cyber security chain, but Mary O’Brien, general manager of IBM Security, sees them as strengths too. Speaking with eWeek, O’Brien discussed how organisations should educate their employees about cyber security …
Data breaches can happen at any time, have multiple causes and vary in scale. Those caused by human error are becoming increasingly common – as Gateshead Council is only too aware, having suffered a shocking 19 breaches in 10 months. …
According to recent research from KnowBe4, negligent users are the primary concern for 92% of the 350 global organisations surveyed, with 12% admitting that the issue keeps them up at night. Key findings: There was a 70% overlap between organisations …
In the ever-evolving cyber security threat landscape, raising employee awareness has never been more important. Reports continue to find that employees’ bad cyber security habits persist, and organisations are now recognising the need to invest in comprehensive staff awareness training. …
