businessinfomag.uk
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Simulated cyber-attack
practice
IT training company QA has invested over
£150,000 in a Cyber Lab where organisations
can learn how to defend themseves against a
simulated cyber-attack. The 20-seat facility
in London allows staff to react to a real life
threat in a secure physical environment.
Teams can rehearse incident response,
conduct digital forensic investigations, create
‘offensive defenses’ and undertake security
operations, as well as practice crisis media
management.
Businesses willing to
sabotage competition
Most businesss people would happily use
illegal tactics to sabotage their competition
online.When SEO agency Reboot Online
asked businesses if they would like to hire a
service to sabotage a competitor’s website
and guarantee its removal from Google search
results, 78% either accepted the offer outright
or gave it serious consideration, even though
so called Negative SEO is illegal.
Employers fear social
media in the workplace
Employers are wary of using social media
to communicate in the workplace because
they are afraid it will be misused by their
employees.
A new study by Acas shows that while
many employers are keen to exploit social
media to promote their business, far fewer use
it to engage with their staff because they fear
that online conversations will get out of hand
and employees will not use social media for
work purposes.
They are also concerned that they will
have to act on employee suggestions made on
social media.
The research paper
Going Digital?
Harnessing Social Media for Employee Voice
offers tips on using social media within the
workplace, including advice to develop a
supportive culture of employee voice; trust
staff and accept that they cannot control
everything; ensure that senior leaders
champion the positive use of social media; and
develop a robust social media policy outlining
acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
Cloud customers
too trusting
of technology
Nearly half (47%) of
security personnel ‘simply
trust’ that their cloud providers will meet
security agreements without demanding
any verification, claims new research from
enterprise cloud hosting provider iland.
A survey by Enterprise Management Associates
(EMA) reveals that companies now consider cloud
security to be superior to on-premises security
and often expose themselves to risk by relying too
heavily on technology.
David Monahan, EMA research director,
security and risk management, said: “Companies
can no longer combat security threats simply by
throwing technology at perceived vulnerabilities.
Though teams are using more security tools in the
cloud than on-premises, they still face major risks
as they struggle with staffing and skills shortages
that make it extremely difficult to adequately
evaluate, integrate and manage solutions.”
How clean is your desk?
In an attempt to promote cleaner workplaces, Sanondaf
is challenging UK businesses to take a free swab test
to see what’s lurking around their desk or keyboard.
Interested companies can take a swab with a free test
kit, which Sanondaf will analyse and write up in a report.
The disinfection and decontamination specialist is also
providing all UK businesses with free hand washing
and infection control posters and information booklets.
For more information, contact Stuart White on 01236
702028 or
.
Online energy
marketplace
A new online marketplace, Energy-Scanner, has
launched in the UK to empower small business
owners to take back control of their energy
contracts. The service enables SMEs to choose
from a list of contracts provided by a range of
energy companies.
New food delivery service
Award winning British food business Benugo has
launched a new delivery service in Central London.
Ideal for meetings and conferences, the delivery
menu includes sharing boxes and platters. Founder
BenWarner said: “Whether catering for a morning
breakfast meeting or an informal lunch, the new
delivery service provides great food, quickly, and
will feature the same delicious produce that can
be found in our shops, including freshly made
wraps, delicious salads, snack pots and even our
handmade cakes.”
The number of apps and mobile websites
leaking credit card data from enterprise
mobile devices is on the rise, according to a
new report byWandera, a leader in mobile
data security and management.
The latest quarterly
Mobile Data Report
shows that from Q4 2015 to Q1 2016 there
was a 17% increase in the number of apps and
websites identified as leaking sensitive data.
Q1 2016 also saw a 200% monthly rise in the
number of malicious domains visited by users.
Wandera notes that while education is
helping users avoid malicious websites through
typical routes (e.g. phishing attacks or unwise
browser use), they are increasingly being
exposed to malware from compromised adverts
in the apps they use.
Another key trend is greater browser and
app encryption, with 70% of data from apps
now encrypted, an increase of 21% over the
last 12 months. Encryption of data within
browsers has risen more slowly to 52%, an
increase of 13%.
Rise in apps leaking sensitive data
