Apr 30, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
The delayed Windows 10 April Update will arrive today, 30th April. In a blog post on Friday, Microsoft finally confirmed that the newly-renamed Windows 10 April 2018 Update, which used to be known as the ‘Spring Update’, will be available as a free...
Apr 27, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
The most important thing to remember about the GDPR is that it’s not a one-off compliance effort like the rush to fix the Y2K Millennium Bug. On the contrary, it’s a continuous process that will need to be constantly evaluated and evolved over time. That’s good news...
Apr 26, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Not Telling The Whole Truth Despite the threat of fines, reputational damage and major service interruptions, some companies may still be tempted to keep serious breaches of the regulation quiet. In fact, the role of the data protection officer (DPO) as an independent...
Apr 25, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
A Supplier Related Incident The GDPR will force a step-change in the way organisations manage their third-party suppliers and partners. In fact, under the new regulation, data processors such as cloud service providers are equally liable for breaches along with the...
Apr 24, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Cybercriminals are nothing if not resourceful. We’ve seen extortion tactics become increasingly popular, most notably in the huge uptick in ransomware over the past few years — whereby the victim is forced to pay up or else lose access to their files forever. It’s...
Apr 23, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
No Big Fines…For Now The GDPR gives regulators the power to hit firms with a maximum fine of 4% of global annual turnover, or €20 million, whichever is higher. But contrary to many headline-grabbing predictions and FUD-led marketing, it’s unlikely that they will...
Apr 20, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Hackers have been targeting shipping companies in a series of attacks over the past year, according to new research from Dell SecureWorks’ Counter Threat Unit, presented at the RSA Conference this week. Dell SecureWorks has dubbed the group Gold Galleon because...
Apr 19, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
An Android Trojan masquerading as popular mobile applications is propagating via smartphones roaming between Wi-Fi networks, Kaspersky Lab warns. Over the span of two months, the Moscow-based security firm observed the malware mainly targeting users in Asia. As part...
Apr 17, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
In just a few weeks on May 25, 2018, the deadline to be in compliance with GDPR will be here. For IT professionals who manage SaaS apps, GDPR compliance can be a little tricky. The sprawl of SaaS data can be hard to see and, in turn, protect. Here’s what you need to...
Apr 16, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft is refreshing the design for its web-based account management dashboard. The company previously showed off variants of the redesigned Account dashboard in concepts before, but it is finally rolling out the new design to Microsoft Account users. The...
Apr 13, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
iboss has published the findings of its 2018 Enterprise Cloud Trends report. The survey of IT decision makers and office workers in U.S. enterprises found that 64% of IT decision makers believe the pace of software as a service (SaaS) application adoption is outpacing...
Apr 12, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is out, and companies of all sizes and industries need to take note of the results. In a summary of its findings, Verizon noted that 73 percent of the breaches were perpetrated by outsiders, 50 percent were...
Apr 11, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft released new updates to its Office suite of apps on iOS earlier this week. Along with the usual improvements, the latest update for Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook brings some new features. With the latest update, Microsoft is enabling support for iOS’...
Apr 10, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
The headlong rush to the cloud continues to accelerate, promising increased efficiency, flexibility and security, but CSOs are not off the hook when it comes to fortifying the privacy and security of their sensitive data. During the past five years, cloud and security...
Apr 9, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Organisations are turning towards encryption to keep their data safe, new reports from Thales are saying. The critical information systems company issued its 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study, based on a poll of more than 5,000 people across multiple industry...
Apr 6, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
More than half (53 percent) of U.S. businesses that were infected with ransomware blamed legacy antivirus protection for failing to prevent the attack, according to SentinelOne. Nearly 7 out of 10 of these companies have replaced legacy AV with next-gen endpoint...
Apr 5, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Over a quarter of businesses that have been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack don’t think they were the intended target, highlighting that businesses can’t afford to be complacent when it comes to today’s threat landscape. According to research from...
Apr 4, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Small business as a target for cybercrime makes sense when you apply the human and financial resource components of doing business. Most small business do not have dedicated IT departments, they likely have not had the time or budget to train employees to be on the...
Apr 3, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Despite being labelled ‘the most resolute’ country for dealing with the cyber attacks, ransomware is costing UK companies a whopping £346 million every year. In fact, more than 40 per cent of mid-large UK business suffered on average five ransomware attacks during the...