CS Nov-Dec 2023

Secure systems, secure data, secure people, secure business
Computing Security November/December 2023
inside this issue
CONTENTS
Computing
Security
THE GREAT ESCAPE
Beating the cybercriminals
DATA PRIVACY DILEMMA
NEWS
OPINION
INDUSTRY
COMMENT
CASE STUDIES
PRODUCT REVIEWS
FACING UP TO AI
The good and the bad,
but which will win out?
Can the latest rules
and regulations
keep you safe as
an avalanche of new
threats sweeps in?
NIGHT OF TRIUMPH!
COMMENT 3
Legal challenge: law firms battered by
breaches to their defences
Revealed: who
took the laurels
at our 2023
Awards
NEWS 6
Hornetsecurity’s 'essential companion'
How email is used to breach accounts
340 million people hit by data breaches
ARTICLES
INSIDE THE REVOLUTION 8
A new book argues why we must act
to overcome powerful technologies
disrupting and transforming our reality
CRUCIAL ROLE OF IDENTITY 11
Zero Trust adopts a 'never trust, always
verify' philosophy, with identity pivotal
RANSOMWARE’S UPS AND DOWNS 14
RANSOMWARE HITS BACKUP FILES 18
Some observers are reporting a drop-off in
Hornetsecurity’s Daniel Hofmann looks
ransomware, although, this is sometimes
into an ever-present danger
where comparisons are made on a monthly
basis. Year on year, the trend has often
VITAL ROLE OF CYBER TRAINING 20
remained upwards. For every more upbeat
How to drive employee engagement with
statistic that emerges, there is more often
departmental cybersecurity education
than not a corresponding downbeat one.
WHY LEADERSHIP SKILLS MATTER 21
How leaders can motivate and guide their
workforces in times of great peril
ON YOUR METAL! 25
THE CRIME-BUSTING BATTLE 22
Metal fabrication company reaches out for
Cybercrime is rapidly spreading and
the right solution to protect its operations
impacting organisations across the world.
According to one company monitoring the
FAKING IT WITH AI 30
worsening situation, global cyberattacks
Scaling new heights can be exhilarating,
increased by 28% in 2022, compared to
but it's also a precipice to tumble over
the same quarter in 2021 - and this trend
is only likely to continue.
DATA PRIVACY CHALLENGE 32
Is the constant battle to keep digital
privacy laws and regulations relevant to
the digital age still being won?
PHISHING ENTERS DARKER WATERS 26
By connecting to world events, anniversaries,
PRODUCT REVIEWS
holidays, as well as the hopes and fears of
ordinary people, cybercriminals can concoct
HORNETSECURITY 365
persuasive emails and many other forms of
PERMISSION MANAGER 10
communication, gaining employee trust
and getting them to open the doors into
ENDACE: ENDACEPROBE CLOUD 29
internal systems.
computing security Nov/Dec 2023 @CSMagAndAwards www.computingsecurity.co.uk
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OH, WHAT A (WINNING) NIGHT! 12
The Computing Security Awards 2023 clearly
demonstrated the remarkable breadth of
talent right across our industry. Each and
every category was hotly contested: in the
end, though, there could only be one winner.
We bring you the full rundown of the top
achievers on page 13.