In 2021, we saw cybersecurity threats saw and experts are predicting 2022 will see more of the same. Ransomware is becoming a major concern for businesses of every size and across industries. Find out how to avoid these types of attacks.

Numata’s Security Operations-as-a Service identifies and responds to severe vulnerabilities 24/7, 365 days a year. We also actively hunt for threats in our customers’ cloud, network and endpoint environments. In today’s world, there are some vulnerabilities you simply should never ignore.

GoDaddy, the largest and most widely trusted domain registrar globally, was the victim of a data breach in mid-November 2021, affecting 1.2 million active and inactive WordPress users. Managed WordPress services resellers like Media Temple, Domain Factory, Heart Internet and 123reg, were also compromised in the breach.

Cybersecurity challenges have moved from IT and Security desks to that of boardrooms as hackers get savvier about breaking through even the most high-tech defences to the detriment of SMEs and non-profit organisations. Cybersecurity has become an important topic of conversation and everyone’s responsibility.

When an unexpected incident like a cyber-attack or breach occurs, it is a very stressful period for business owners, their employees, and other vested stakeholders. A cybersecurity incident response plan is a document designed to help your organisation to respond and recover from a cybersecurity incident. A cyber incident has been defined by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as any unauthorised access to an organisation’s IT systems. These may be breaches, malicious attacks (such as denial of service, ransomware, phishing). A cybersecurity response plan lays out a step-by-step approach, from whom to contact to how to handle communications and how to identify lessons learned to prevent future events. Here are some important steps you need to take in understanding, mitigating and recovering from cyber incidents:

The world has changed since COVID-19 and there’s no going back. We all know this and have heard it over and over again. But despite this, many businesses have yet to reflect these changes in their IT budgets and strategies. We think 2022 is the year that many will begin to prioritise IT, recognising that it can be a differentiator and, in fact, the backbone of a business.

We believe that a good IT strategy should be adaptive and continuously updated, coordinated and aligned with business strategies, and documented (not something held in the head of one person).

Often, people think that only large enterprises are at risk of cyberattacks. However, like the recent ransomware attack on Irish Health services demonstrated, even public services are at risk. And sadly, so are small organisations as hackers (often correctly) assume that they do not have stringent cybersecurity measures in place.

Like something straight out of a movie, ransomware and cyber-attacks have led to logistics nightmares and dangerous environmental scares as hackers get smarter about hijacking even the most seemingly secure of systems.

Companies of every shape and size are re-evaluating the way their employees work. Forbes recently reported on several major UK companies anticipating a move to the hybrid model, where employees divide their time between the office and home. Nedbank, one of South Africa’s biggest banks, also announced its intentions to only have 60% of its staff on its campuses on any given day. In fact, Gartner estimates that by 2022, 25% of the global knowledge workforce will choose their home as the primary workplace, and 45% of the workforce will be working from home two to three days per week.

Digital transformation has become a buzzword as companies change the tools they use and even their business models to remain competitive in a changing world. According to SuperOffice, however, it’s not the companies that are driving this change, but their customers.