Staff Awareness Archive
Did you know that if you present someone with new information, they will forget half of it within a day? This is according to the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve, which theorises that our ability to recall facts decreases rapidly if there …
For all the talk of criminal hacking, ransomware infections and the technologies to prevent them, the key to protecting your organisation is cyber security awareness training. Indeed, according to Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020, 23% of …
Phishing scams aren’t as compelling as some of the more sophisticated attacks that you read about. But their prosaic nature is part of what makes them so concerning. After all, every unusual email you receive could be a phishing scam, …
More than 50 universities in the UK have had their lack of cyber defences exposed, with security testers breaching their systems in under two hours. The tests were conducted by Jisc, the agency that provides Internet services to the UK’s …
A recent report has found that just 15% of IT decision makers in small organisations “completely agree” that their employees have a good understanding of cyber security, and 20% believe their employees don’t care about cyber security at all. What’s …
Data from Lloyds Bank has revealed a 58% increase in BEC (business email compromise) attacks in the year to date. It is important to note that the “true scale of the problem is likely to be much larger” as this …
The hospitality sector has embraced consumer-facing technology. Chatbots, AI, robotics – such as Hilton’s robot concierge, Connie, which hit the headlines in 2016 – the IoT (Internet of Things), recognition technology, virtual reality, augmented reality, automation, voice search and virtual …
Ships have experienced a digital transformation in recent years. New technologies are helping them navigate the waters and ensure that everyone on board experiences the connectivity and convenience they expect. However, this increased volume of data has made ships an …
A recent survey by Ping Identity shows that customers move away from brands that have suffered data breaches. Data breaches are now a common occurrence – big-name brands affected in 2018 include FIFA, British Airways, Vision Direct, Eurostar and Marriott. …
Football world-governing body FIFA has admitted that its systems suffered a sustained phishing attack earlier this year. In March, more than 70 million documents and 3.4 terabytes of data were leaked to the weekly German news magazine Der Spiegel by …
