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Last week the following article came across my desk. sharing the news that Amey PLC – the British giant providing infrastructure support services to both regulated and public sectors including Trafford councils bin collections has suffered a major cyber attack. It was reported that 143GB of sensitive personal, financial and commercial details have been leaked, with the attackers demanding a $2bn ransom.

Since news broke last month about the Solar Winds supply chain attack, a number of our concerned clients have sought advice on how to best remediate the impact of the software compromise. So, what exactly happened in this attack and what should we do about it?

Recently we have seen a shift in the way organisations integrate critical applications into their business. We are seeing organisations gravitate towards applications delivered through a hosting partner (e.g. AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform etc.)

As we begin the new year it is important to reflect on 2020 and the challenges many businesses have faced.

The Covid-19 pandemic has and will continue to throw curveballs at companies in every sector, so it's essential to be prepared for what may lie ahead.

Cyber Security is becoming a major issue for organisations across the globe and according to a recent report by Positive Technologies, many businesses are still not implementing necessary basic security controls.

With the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), there are an increasing number of employees working from home—either to prevent the virus from spreading or because they have been required to self-isolate.

Historically, SES has been driven by its customers to store all deposits in physical secure storage using a UK sovereign storage partner which has since been acquired by a US based public corporation.

What is Software Escrow and how does it benefit the end user? Adam Boland of SES explains how Software Escrow can protect your business-critical applications. Read the full article (recently featured in ‘The Gazette’) HERE to find out and discover the solutions SES has created to protect your critical applications.

In recent years we have seen a significant shift in the way end users access their business critical applications. Almost gone are the days of lengthy uploads to install applications on site, now we simply log into our applications from a web browser using our unique credentials.

We are overwhelmed by stories of organisations falling victim to cyber threats but a recent report released by ForgeRock, the ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report puts the overall scale of the situation into perspective, summarising that 5 billion records were exposed by breaches in 2019 alone.

Worrying figures release recently in the fourth annual Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report state that one in six businesses are still opting to pay ransoms demanded by malicious individuals when falling victim to ransomware attacks.

In light of the considerable rise in security breaches we have witnessed over the last 12 months, security has become a major concern amongst businesses.