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To accelerate business and remain competitive, organisations are rapidly adopting digital innovation (DI) initiatives. This means business applications and data are now dispersed far and wide, away from the corporate premises, giving workers access to more corporate assets from many locations. For this reason, the traditional perimeter is dissolving, which opens the internal network to...

COVID-19 has changed everything – from social distancing becoming the new norm to constant sanitisation, broken supply chains and widespread homeworking. These changes have been devastating to many industries – highlighting the fragility of business models and holes in security networks. They also represent an opportunity for businesses to evolve and become better – but...

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New research has suggested data loss is the biggest concern for IT decision-makers when it comes to security. The survey of 300 mid-market IT managers, CIOs, directors and Heads of IT, revealed data loss was the most difficult challenge for 42% of correspondents, when trying to keep their organisation secure. A quarter of those asked...

It was a big year for cyber security in 2018. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, demonstrating the serious nature of confidential data and keeping it safe. For those who fail to align their practices to the regulation, they face the consequences of a hefty fine, which could potentially destroy their business....

Businesses have ‘a long way to go ’to be ready in time for the death of Windows 7, according to a new report by IT firm Kollective. The report, ‘365 Days until The Death of Windows 7’, uncovered some major findings, including that 43% of enterprises still have machines running Windows 7. This raises concern...

In 2017, 65% of enterprise workloads were still in on-premises data centres. But there are more cost effective and secure options available through colocation. As information technology pushes forward on its pursuit to world domination, the more it becomes an essential mainstay of your business. Gone are the days where IT was just simply a...

It is very tempting when creating a cyber security strategy to fall down a rabbit hole of stolen customer data, fears of reputational damage and planning your PR response should things all go horribly wrong. In doing so, our efforts become focused on pulling up the drawbridge to protect our network from the risk of...

SCC’s Head of Innovation, Dan Cartter, will speak at the Cyber Security: Business Insight Conference on Wednesday 17th October. The half-day conference, taking place at Bournville College, Longbridge, will host presentations and discussions that examine cyber breaches and their risk to brand reputation and customer trust. The morning will feature the presentation ‘Be on the...

Most, if not all data centres, employ strong measures to help protect client information from unseemly access or use by unauthorised persons, either externally or internally. But with a world now firmly in the digital age, and a hacking community more sophisticated and complex, you may be wondering just how secure is your data centre?...

We’ve all heard the word ‘cookie’ banded around, especially in the wake of GDPR, but sadly in the IT world, this one is not made of chocolate chips. Many people are still unfamiliar with the exact meaning of the word cookie and more importantly, the cookie law. Here, SCC explains exactly how cookies work, and...

Would you be shocked if cartoon penguins suddenly started dropping onto your desktop?   Don’t worry – you are still reading an article on SIEM. In fact, this is an example of what happened to someone who hadn’t protected his computer.   But thankfully, these penguins were just harmless animations, however, this lack of security...