Zero Trust has moved from being an industry buzz phrase to an essential cybersecurity delivery method. For successful zero trust, there has to be a chain that secures the whole path that users follow to access applications and services. Just implementing a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution isn’t enough. For complete zero trust, there […]
The Cyber Security Threat to Financial Services Businesses Businesses operating in the financial services sector are a prime target for cybercriminals. They will go where the money is, as they always have done. Some of the leading cyber attack methods used against financial services companies occur via email message. Examples of malicious emails include phishing […]
What is eIDAS? Since 2016 businesses and other legal entities operating within the European Union (EU) need to follow the EU regulation known as the Electronic Identification and Trust Services (eIDAS) regulations for electronic transactions. The eIDAS rules protect EU citizens, consumers, and commercial entities using public services via electronic transactions, both within EU member […]
We are now into the second year of disrupted working arrangements due to the pandemic. Thankfully as we enter the spring and summer of 2021, there are signs that things may be improving. The winter surge in cases is behind us, and vaccination programs are accelerating across Europe. This progress has started conversations about the […]
The cybersecurity threat landscape is always changing. New threats are continually appearing, and existing threats evolve and pose new risks to businesses and other organisations. For example, ransomware has been around for years but had a significant global increase over the last few years. It was up 15% in 2019, and 20% again in 2020*. […]
The mobile transition is essentially complete in Europe. Everyone who wants a smartphone most likely has one at this point, and people who are working are likely to be using these smartphones for business activities. Even if the device they have is not supplied by, or authorised for business use. The use could be as […]
A whole industry has sprung up over the last month to publish articles about the pressures associated with working from home during the social distancing lockdown. Many of the pieces push a particular worldview on how remote teams should be managed. Opinions differ widely, but some themes are emerging. There is room for at least […]
Working from home has quickly become the new normal for many information workers across Ireland, the UK, Europe, and beyond. Lots more people are accessing data and applications hosted on IT systems in the Cloud and in private data centres. The need to protect data and information on those systems from unauthorised access hasn’t been […]
These are unprecedented times for businesses, other organisations, and for society in general. The social distancing measures introduced in many countries to slow the rate of COVID-19 spread mean that many more people are now working from home every day. This has required a rapid upscaling in the remote working capacity across all sectors. The […]