Your Biggest Security Risk: The Insider Threat

Your Biggest Security Risk: The Insider Threat

Expert insight from our head of GRC consultancy Our analysis of the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set found that 29–35% of reported personal data breaches between 2019 and 2023 in the UK had been caused accidentally. That is, the incident type was one of: Sector patterns However, when we investigated the sectors suffering the most accidental breaches, we found that the entire top 3 comprised the public sector, with numbers as bad as 36.4%, 40.4% and 57.1% of all data breaches caused through human error. When we asked Damian Garcia, our head of GRC (governance, risk and compliance)
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Security Trends for 2024 and Beyond

Security Trends for 2024 and Beyond

Expert insight from our head of security testing As we get deeper into 2024, we felt it was time to sit down with our head of security testing, James Pickard, to talk about what trends in cyber security he’s seeing. He pointed to the rise of AI, and how this is changing cyber security, particularly in terms of social engineering attacks. We also covered other areas, including ransomware trends and how organisations can protect themselves. About James Pickard James is an expert penetration tester – and our head of security testing – with more than a decade in the field.
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