Jon Fielding stories
UK councils report over 5,000 data breaches in 2023
This month
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data protection
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risk & compliance
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data privacy
An FoI request by Apricorn unveiled over 5,000 data breaches across UK local councils in 2023, raising serious concerns about data protection compliance.
UK government departments show apathy towards cyber insurance
Wed, 13th Dec 2023
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endpoint protection
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risk & compliance
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edr
Most UK government departments display a worrying disregard for cyber insurance, ignoring potential financial and data risks.
Two in three companies lose data due to no backups: Apricorn
Fri, 8th Sep 2023
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data protection
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dr
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ransomware
Nearly one-third of security leaders admit to insufficiently robust backup processes manual, and local backups rise.
2/3 UK companies have lost data due to failed backups
Thu, 7th Sep 2023
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dr
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cybersecurity
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cloud services
While the majority of UK companies have needed to recover data from a backup in the last year, the number who lost data in the process has increased.
Alarming drop in device encryption in UK companies
Thu, 20th Jul 2023
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encryption
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Lack of encryption and loss of devices containing sensitive information responsible for data breaches at more than a third (35%) of organisations.
UK councils admit security failings with 1500 data breaches declared in 2022
Thu, 20th Apr 2023
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encryption
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
UK Councils disclose almost 1,500 data breaches and 600 lost or stolen devices in 2022, according to Freedom of Information requests.
Hundreds of devices declared missing by government departments
Mon, 20th Mar 2023
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mdm
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physical security
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personal computing devices
The findings of 14 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the UK's government departments has been released.
Intellectual property, automobile hacking, and economic challenges amongst 2023 cybersecurity challenges
Thu, 5th Jan 2023
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advanced persistent threat protection
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physical security
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cybersecurity
Driven by nation-state threats, market competition and internal threats, many companies will face an increased risk of losing valuable intellectual property.