Alarming stats A recent report from security firm Carbon Black has shown around 88% of UK businesses have fallen victim to a cyber-security incident in the past year.  In their recent report the insurer Hiscox has stated that a small…

Increased cases The Home Office’s annual report shows that in 2019/2020 they recorded more than twice as many data breaches than in the previous year. Over the 12 month period, there were 4,229 data breaches recorded, compared to 1,930 the…

Workload and resourcing Since the introduction of GDPR in May 2018, it seems people have become more aware of their data protection rights, as is evident from the fact that 70% of data protection officers, who work across central government…

Alarming statistics Exonar have recently carried out research following a survey of 500 IT professionals. Their main findings show that 94% of IT professionals have experienced a data breach and 79% are worried that their company could be next. [1]…

Digital boom The ICO have recently published their Annual Report for 2019/2020. In these abnormal times, digital evolution has accelerated at a ‘dizzying speed’ over the past few months, comments Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner. Over the past few months, more…