Previously, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sophie Sayer, our Channel Sales Director, to talk about the IT Governance partner programme and partner event on 9 April 2024. Now that the drinks have been served and awards handed out, I caught up with her again. When I asked her how the event went, she said: The Channel Partner Event and Awards 2024 in Ely was an absolute triumph! The atmosphere was charged with excitement and camaraderie as partners and MSPs gathered under one roof to celebrate excellence in the industry. It was truly heartening to witness the community come together to ..read more

67,273,297 known records breached in 130 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight US Environmental Protection Agency allegedly breached: nearly 8.5 million accounts compromised A threat actor known as ‘USDoD’ claims to have exfiltrated a large database from the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency ..read more

IT Governance’s research found the following for March 2024: 3,478 publicly disclosed security incidents. 299,368,075 records known to be breached. This month saw fewer records breached than in February (a 58% drop), but a staggering 388% rise in incidents. This is largely caused by two outlier events: Misconfigured Google Firebase instances, exposing 124,605,664 records across 916 misconfigured websites. Thousands of publicly exposed – and compromised – Ray servers. The number of affected records is unknown. To minimise data skewing, we’ve accounted for this by providing two Data Breach D ..read more

A Springboard to Career Success CISM® (Certified Information Security Manager) is a globally recognised qualification that provides a good understanding of IT security with a management flavour. But with so much in the news about AI, Cloud security and other niche areas of cyber security, it’s easy to overlook the importance of such solid, tried-and-tested qualifications in information security. Adesoji ‘Soji’ Ogunjobi is a cyber security specialist and instructor, with nearly two decades of experience as a cyber security professional and IT auditor. He also has an MSc in Information Technolog ..read more

37,376,751 known records breached in 2,109 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Researchers find thousands of publicly exposed – and compromised – Ray servers The Oligo Security research team have discovered an attack campaign targeting a critical vulnerability in Ray – an AI framework developed an ..read more

At least once a week, we sit down with an expert from within the Group to get their insights on a technical topic or business area. Here are all our Q&As to date, grouped by broad topic: AI Cyber attacks and data breaches Cyber Essentials Cyber resilience Cyber security Data privacy DORA Incident response ISO 27001 PCI DSS PECR Security testing Training Miscellaneous To get new expert insights straight to your inbox, sign up to our weekly newsletter, the Security Spotlight. AI Mark James on voice cloning 23 February 2024 What is voice cloning, what are the associated risks, and what ca ..read more

134,503,937 known records breached in 1,091 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Misconfigured Google Firebase instances expose almost 125 million user records On 10 January, a security researcher known as ‘MrBruh’ reported on vulnerabilities in the AI hiring system Chattr.ai, which is used by many ..read more

In the UK, cyber security has been dropping down the board’s list of priorities. A 2022 Proofpoint study found that 76% of UK board members believed their organisation to be at risk of a material cyber attack in the next 12 months – higher than the global average of 65%. However, the 2023 edition of that study found that this had dropped to 44% in the UK, whereas the global average had climbed to 73%. The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2023 confirms this trend. Fewer directors, trustees and other senior managers of both UK businesses and charities see cyber security as a high p ..read more

65,583,602 known records breached in 127 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight 73,481,539 records from alleged AT&T breach offered for sale A threat actor known as MajorNelson has listed more than 70 million data records on a dark web forum, claiming it to be data originally exfiltrated from AT ..read more

66,698,348 known records breached in 103 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight 36 million MX3 Nutrition records allegedly leaked A threat actor known as Chucky has leaked 36 million customer records apparently belonging to the French sports nutrition company MX3 Nutrition. According to a listing on ..read more