Neustar, Inc. has published the findings from its third annual DDoS attacks & impact report. Entitled ‘The Rise of Hybrid Prevention Strategies to Outperform Attackers,’ the report is based on a survey of IT professionals from across the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Despite growing levels of awareness and understanding of cyber risk among large and medium-sized corporations across the UK and Ireland, board-level ownership of the issue remains comparatively low with many firms relying on their IT departments for the strategic direction of their cyber risk strategies.
Global Continuity SA has expanded its geographical footprint beyond South Africa’s borders by opening a recovery facility in Mozambique’s capital and largest city, Maputo.
The Ponemon Institute and Venafi have released the results of the 2015 ‘Cost of Failed Trust Report’, which examines the Internet’s system of trust. The report is based on interviews of over 2,300 IT security professionals based in the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, and the United States.
According to findings released by IBM, despite a 50 percent decline in the number of cyber attacks against US retailers, the number of records stolen from them remains at near record highs.
More than three in ten IT professionals report that their organization has suffered a major incident that has required them to implement disaster recovery procedures, according to a technology survey conducted by Evolve IP.
The Bank of England has published the results of an independent review by Deloitte into the disruption to the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system that occurred on 20 October 2014. The Bank also published its response, in which it accepted all of the review’s recommendations and set out how it intends to implement each of them.
The results of Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited’s (UPS) latest industry survey shows that IT and data centre professionals see UK power supply continuity as an increasing concern.
What worries chief information officers (CIOs) and IT professionals the most? According to a recent survey commissioned by Sungard Availability Services information security, downtime and talent acquisition weigh heaviest on their minds.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
