EU businesses fined over 830m euros for GDPR violations in 2022
As of December 2022 companies based in the EU paid a total of €2.83 billion in 1,401 cases for violating various data protection laws. Out of that, GDPR fines in 2022 total €832 million, which is 36% lower than the €1.3 billion paid in 2021. However, according to the latest data analysed by Atlas VPN last […]
Cybersecurity trends to watch out for in 2023
Tyler Moffitt, Senior Security Analyst, OpenText Security Solutions, talks about the impact of geopolitical tensions and inflation on cybersecurity and 3 other key trends that will impact the cyber and tech landscape in the coming year… Small-Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs) will need to do more with less and cyber resiliency will be more important than […]
UK businesses experience up to five security incidents each year
Attackers are seizing on vulnerabilities in hybrid working environments, creating more work – and also larger budgets – for security teams, despite organisations accelerating digital transformation projects. The latest State of Security Report from Infblox, which surveyed 100 UK respondents in IT and cybersecurity roles in the UK as part of its global sample, discovered […]
Consumers blame banks, retailers and social media for ‘scamdemic’
Consumers think banks, retailers and mobile operators need to do more to protect them and their personal information from fraudsters. That’s according to research conducted by Callsign, which says trust in these organisations is eroding fast because consumers say they are drowning in scam messages from fraudsters spoofing brand names daily. The problem has become […]
80% of global organisations expect breaches of customer records
Trend Micro and the Ponemon Institute have revealed the findings of a study which discovered that 86% of global organisations expect to suffer a cyber attack in the next 12 months. The findings come from Trend Micro’s biannual Cyber Risk Index (CRI) report, which measures the gap between respondents’ cybersecurity preparedness versus their likelihood of […]
New security and Web Chat features set to complement Intelecom’s existing solutions…
The provider of cloud-based multichannel contact centre solutions, Intelecom, has introduced its latest set developments which will enhance its current strategy of placing information security management and quality at the top of its priority list. The new security features build additional resilience into the contact centre environment with the introduction of two-factor authentication and an […]
