Jon Fielding stories
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UK councils report over 5,000 data breaches in 2023
Tue, 9th Jul 2024
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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backup and recovery
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.