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technolog y reseller.co.uk BULLETIN : TRENDS 7 Top ten cyber security threats Information security company Clearswift reveals business decision- makers greatest security fears. 1 Malicious links within emails (59%) 2 Employees sharing usernames/ passwords (33%) 3 USBs/removable storage (31%) 4 Users not following protocol/data protection policies (30%) 5 Ex-employees retaining access to the network (28%) 6 Viruses via malware on personal devices (26%) 7 Hackers (25%) 8 Employees using non-authorised tools/applications for work purposes (25%) 9 Social Media viruses (24%) 10 Critical information on stolen devices (23%) www.clearswift.com Organisations not doing enough to protect data Organisations still aren’t doing all they should to protect data privacy, PwC warns, following the publication of its latest report on the subject. Less than half (49%) of the 9,500 senior business and technology executives surveyed for the PWC 2018 Global State of Information Security Survey (GSISS) said their organisation limits the collection, retention and access of personal information only to what’s needed to accomplish the purpose for which it was collected. Just 51% have an accurate inventory of where personal data for employees and customers is collected, transmitted and stored; and only 53% require employees to complete training on privacy policy and practices. PWC’s research suggests that organisations in Europe and the Middle East are lagging behind those in Asia, North America and South America in developing an overall information security strategy and implementing data-use governance practices (see table). A copy of PWC’s Global State of Information Security Survey 2018 can be downloaded at https://www.pwc.com/us/gsissprivacy. www.pwc.com Hybrid cloud is way to go Almost two-thirds of enterprises already have a strategy or pilot program for hybrid cloud in place, 451 Research claims in The Pan-European Hybrid Cloud Report commissioned by NTT Communications Corporation and Dell EMC. Its survey of 1,500 CIOs and enterprise IT managers in 14 European countries reveals that while all companies manage their cloud environments in different ways, only 16% plan to use a single cloud for all their requirements. Currently, more than four out of five enterprises (84%) deploy workloads using a multi-cloud model, without fully integrated or completely formalised interactions between different cloud types. Hybrid cloud, which almost one quarter of those polled already use in some form and which 63% plan to implement, overcomes this limitation, creating an environment with a high degree of interoperation and integrated management. Shifting legacy workloads from their current environment is driving the largest proportion (44%) of enterprise deployments to the private cloud. http://goinghybrid.cloud/ UK lags behind Europe in technology investment Business in the UK are in the slow lane when it comes to investment in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and flash storage, warns Dell Technologies. In its survey of 3,800 business leaders in Europe, America and Asia, only 16% of UK businesses say they are investing in advanced AI, compared to 31% of businesses in France, 26% in Germany, 22% in Italy and 17% in The Netherlands. Dell’s report, Realizing 2030: A Divided Vision of the Future , shows that the UK is lagging behind the global average for investment in a number of other emerging technologies. These include: IoT (global 46%/UK 34%); capabilities for application acceleration (global 39%/UK 30%); converged infrastructure (global 39%/ UK 34%); high performance computer technologies (global 36%/UK 29%); and VR/AR (global 28%/UK 23%). The UK exceeds the global average in just two areas: analytics, big data and data processing (global 50%/UK 53%) and hybrid cloud (global 49%/UK 50%). Dayne Turbitt, Dell EMC’s Senior Vice President of Enterprise, UK & Ireland, said: “The results demonstrate that UK businesses are less focused on investing in sophisticated technologies than our European counterparts and many other global competitors. At a time when the UK is looking to make its own path outside the EU, there has to be a greater investment in technologies that have the potential to deliver a significant competitive advantage.” www.delltechnologies.com Overall information security strategy Requires employee training on privacy Accurate inventory of personal data Limits data collection, retention, and access Audits compliance by third parties Requires compliance by third parties North America 59% 58% 53% 53% 47% 47% Asia 59% 57% 55% 53% 49% 47% South America 54% 50% 52% 47% 50% 50% Europe 52% 47% 47% 44% 42% 44% Middle East 31% 29% 20% 19% 26% 26% Keyfindings fromTheGlobalStateof InformationSecurity®Survey2018 Revitalizingprivacyand trust inadata-drivenworld www.pwc.com/gsiss CybersecurityandPrivacy DellTechnologies | 1 Globalbusiness leaders forecast thenext era ofhuman-machine partnerships andhow they intend toprepare Realizing 2030: A Divided Vision of the Future Global IT services deals decline The number and value of global IT services deals declined sharply in 2017, reports data and analytics company GlobalData. According to its analysis, the total contract value (TCV) of such deals fell 33.3% to $61.4 billion. The number of deals announced was also down, by 25.6% to 4,099. www.globaldata.com