Category Archives: Security

As news headlines tell us that cyber security lessons are to be offered at schools in England, the US Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) cyber security capabilities are being called into question and China introduces new cyber security laws, Joanne Nelson draws our attention to six cyber security articles you really should read. Cyber Security articles from […]

Significant attention is being given in the news across the world to active and emerging cyber attacks. Alastair Broom,  takes a look at one of those: Ransomware – to ask what it is and how some organisations are dealing with it. Dip into tech headlines across the world and it is clear that cyber attacks are […]

According to PwC’s annual Global State of Information Security Survey, UK businesses are spending an average £6.2m every year on IT security (up from £3m in 2015). Richard Alexander, CTO for Logicalis UK, digs deeper. In many cases IT security spend is burning a cavernous hole in company balance sheets – without necessarily giving businesses much […]

In the year of Brexit and Trump, Chris Gabriel, Chief Digital Officer for Logicalis Europe predicts that electronic digital crime will explode, data privacy breaches will claim scalps, automation will be 2017’s buzzword and the open source movement will challenge profit-making business models in his 2017 tech predictions. It’s the time of year to engage […]

Chris Gabriel explains why CIOs are worried about threats from Ransomware to Ghostware put Network Security Investment as their #1 Priority – and why Cisco research shows they also need to keep existing networks patched and up to date. Security continues to head the list of priorities for customers around the world, with the recent […]

Given the eye watering costs that can be incurred when security doesn’t do its job, Ricky Magalhaes, head of the Offshore Security Services Division at Logicalis, looks at the steps CIOs can take to avoid data breaches in the first place – and, identifies the five cyber security questions a board might ask a CIO. Google “data […]

Richard Alexander, Solutions Director for Logicalis in the UK, introduces an infographic that neatly summarises the expanding security considerations that are part and parcel with the digital transformation of business. There can be no doubt that digital transformation, while driving huge business benefits, is also creating new security imperatives. That is, digital business happens at […]

Oliver Descoeudres, Logicalis Australia, looks at the security challenges inherent in delivering the more open environments that are a consequence of IT consumerisation and diverse demand for apps and services – and how CIOs can respond. The consumerisation of technology, the rapid rise of Shadow IT and the emergence of digital means the CIO and CTO […]

Today’s enterprises face growing challenges to traditional ‘perimeter’ security used to protect IT services and resources, as Oliver Descoudres, of Logicalis Australia explains. Trends like BYOD, the shift of services in to the cloud, or many clouds, and the convergence of siloed systems onto the core network is making enterprise security more complex. Indeed, as […]

With data breaches making headlines worldwide, CIOs concerned about the security of their companies’ digital assets – and whether their organisations will recover if their data is stolen, lost or damaged – Bill Mansfield, Solution Architect, Data Protection and Availability, Logicalis US, suggests IT pros should assume their data is at risk and plan accordingly. […]