The COVID pandemic has had a significant impact on the way people work both now and for the future. As organisations rushed to set up their employees at home when the first lockdown was announced in the UK in March, few could have foreseen that homeworking would become the ‘new normal’. Not many employees returned …
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The much-anticipated 31st December 2020 has been and gone and the UK is now no longer part of the European Union. As we waited with bated breath to find out whether we would be leaving with or without a deal it really went to the wire, but a deal it was. Unfortunately, the Brexit transition …
Did you know that most data breaches in the UK are down to human error? A staggering 88% are not caused by hackers but rather they are mistakes that could easily be avoided with proper training.1 And 37% of those are caused by sending sensitive information to the wrong recipient – mostly via email.1 Here …
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Monday marks the two-year anniversary of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Strict regulations were introduced on May 25th 2008 on how organisations should handle customer data. Why then, even after two whole years of GDPR compliance, do organisations collect and store more customer data than they need? A recent Netwrix survey found that 61 …
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Outsourcing firm Serco – who are training staff to trace cases of Covid-19 for the UK government – has apologised after accidentally sharing the email addresses of almost 300 contact tracers. The error was made when it emailed new trainees to tell them about training. The company has so far recruited 21,000 staff, some of …
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Low-cost airline EasyJet has admitted that a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack” has affected approximately nine million customers. Email addresses and itineraries were stolen and that 2,208 customers had also had their credit card details “accessed”. It is thought the attackers had access to the data of customers who booked flights from 17 October to 4 March …
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As businesses start looking towards moving out of lockdown, this is the time to take measures to help stay ahead of the competition. Protecting and boosting a business brand is vital. Do you have a post-pandemic plan? One of the easiest and quickest ways to help your business is to make sure your data is …
The Government’s chief scientific adviser claimed this week that a second peak of coronavirus cases could be avoided with the help of the NHS’s new contact-tracing app – despite criticism the technology may have significant flaws. Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs while giving evidence to the health select committee that he was optimistic that cases …
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Employees across the UK now find themselves working from home and iCaaS has responded by launching a training solution to meet their needs. iCaaS is the Trusted Standard in Data Protection and helps businesses achieve, manage and maintain full data compliance through our fully cloud-based software solution. We have launched a training solution to meet …
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“Zoom bombing” is the catchphrase everyone is talking about. No, really! This is where uninvited guests crash your meetings or chat on the popular video conferencing app that are not password protected. There are large numbers of people who are still posting the Zoom meeting number online, and without any protection, bombers can simply enter …
