Britain’s business are still ignoring basic security fundamentals, with almost half failing to implement foundational security protections. This is according to the annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey, conducted by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to assess the security awareness and preparedness of businesses in the UK, which found that many UK companies are not following the basic security steps laid out as part of the government’s Cyber Essentials scheme.
“While it’s troubling to hear that almost half of UK businesses have experienced a cyber attack in the past year, the actual volume of these incidents is likely considerably higher,” said Gemalto’s CTO and former ethical hacker, Jason Hart. “In fact, we’ve seen from our Breach Level Index that almost as many data incidents are caused by accidental loss, as malicious outsiders.”
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