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Cyber skills shortage adds to attack threat

Cyber security professionals say adversaries have an overwhelming upper hand in the war to protect organisations from online crime – and that… More

17 June 2019

Payments fraud is the top concern for professionals in the finance industry, according to a recent report by TD Bank. The issue has moved into first place – 44% of executives polled… More

Ongoing advances in computing technology have always meant that risk managers need to stay abreast of their organisation's digital security. Now, the advent of quantum computers – super-powered computers built on quantum… More

The UK’s insurance regulator has warned insurance companies that they need to do more to reduce and manage their exposure to ‘silent’ – or non-affirmative cyber risk. Non-affirmative cyber risk occurs when… More

With risk predictions for the next 12 months ranging from regulatory changes and competition from digital competitors to global issues such as the US-China trade rift and extreme weather conditions, 2019 could… More

Cybersecurity is the single biggest risk organisations are likely to face over the next year, according to the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing’s (ECIIA) annual Risk in Focus 2019 report.… More

IRM officially launched its new Digital Risk Management Certificate developed this month, with the support of University of Warwick experts. The new specialist Certificate, awarded by the IRM and developed with support… More

With the advent of GDPR, risk managers are already advised to undertake risk assessments to ensure technical and organisational measures are robust enough to secure their data. However, new research by security… More

Companies paying up when hit with a ransomware demand don’t always see an immediate end to their troubles, according to this year’s global ransomware report 2018 from endpoint security specialists SentinelOne. The… More

The leading cyber threats to UK businesses last year were ransomware attacks, data breaches, supply chain threats and fake news stories, according to the 2017/18 report from the National Cyber Security Centre… More