CYBERSECURITY
IT Security What you need to know! By by Jack Rosier of QMS International
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e’re living in the age of computers, with technology playing a more important role in our lives with each passing year. With the pandemic acting as a catalyst for increasing digitalisation, 2022 is likely to see more technology usage than ever before - so businesses need to make sure they’re prepared. Embracing technology has been great for us as a global community in many ways. For example, it has
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enabled people and businesses to almost seamlessly shift to remote or hybrid working models, with a plethora of collaborative software to utilise. However, this can be a doubleedged sword. The more technology organisations interact with, the more opportunities for cyber criminals to launch cyber-attacks. At the beginning of 2021, QMS International carried out a cyber security survey among businesses and 75.7% of the respondents
reported that they now felt more open to attack. Another 10% reported that they had no confidence in fending one off. This stresses the importance of understanding what good IT security looks like and how you can protect your business, employees, clients and stakeholders from dangerous and costly cyber-attacks. If organisations and individuals are aware of best practises and show due diligence in cyber security protocol, there is minimal reason to worry.
