CYBER ATTACKS: HOW PREPARED ARE ORGANISATIONS TO DEAL WITH THE THREAT?
January 18th, 2022
Businesses and government agencies continue to face a barrage of attacks from cyber-criminals, which have continued unabated in the past year, keeping up the pressure of frauds and hacks that have increased since Covid-19 spread worldwide in March 2020.
Organisations around the world faced more cyberattacks than ever before in 2021, say some data collectors. According to data published in November 2021 by the UK-government-backed National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the centre responded to a record 777 cyber incidents in the preceding 12 months, up from 723 ...
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