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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 4 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.
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Page 12 and 13: 2023 CS Awards Magician Nick Einhor
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Page 32 and 33: data privacy WHAT DATA PRIVACY MEAN
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