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GRC eLearning receives information security and cyber security training provider certification

Mihaela Scarratt 29th July 2019
Ely, United Kingdom, 29 July 2019 – GRC eLearning, a leading provider of staff awareness e-learning courses focused on cyber compliance and data privacy, is pleased to announce that it has become a Government Certified Training (GCT) provider for its …
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Serious games to tackle serious threats: how gamification can transform your cyber security e-learning

Admin 6th June 2019
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 …
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Small businesses hardest hit by cyber attacks

Luke Irwin 30th April 2019 Cyber security, Phishing
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 …
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CIOs increasingly concerned about insider threats

Luke Irwin 23rd April 2019 Cyber security, Information Security, Phishing
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 …
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UK retailers see 80% increase in cyber attacks

Luke Irwin 16th April 2019 Cyber security, Information Security, Phishing
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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 …
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Another report names careless employees as key vulnerability

Luke Irwin 9th April 2019 Information Security, Resources
Phishing
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 …
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Report reveals alarming increase in phishing attacks

Luke Irwin 2nd April 2019 Cyber security, Phishing
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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 …
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IBM insists humans are key to improving cyber security

Luke Irwin 25th March 2019 Cyber security, Information Security
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 …
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Real-life examples of human error

Luke Irwin 12th March 2019 Cyber security, Information 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. …
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Negligent users are organisations’ single largest concern

Luke Irwin 4th March 2019 Cyber security
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 …
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