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WinMagic survey reveals businesses struggling to catch up to cloud storage revolution

KEY FINDINGS:

· 65% of employees don’t have or don’t know the company policy on cloud storage

· 1 in 10 employees who use cloud storage services at least once a week have no confidence in the security of their data saved and accessed from the cloud

· Cloud storage use varies widely - 41% use cloud services at least once a week, whilst 42% never use these services at all

· 1 in 20 employees who use cloud services at least once a week, do so despite these services being restricted by their company

London, UK: UK companies are placing themselves at risk of cyberattacks and data breaches as a result of rampant use of cloud storage services and unclear or non-existent corporate policies according to research released today by WinMagic Inc. The survey, conducted by CensusWide, of 1,000 office workers in organisations of 50 or more employees revealed widespread, and often unilateral employee use of cloud storage services could be leaving businesses with poor visibility of where their data is stored, placing potentially confidential data at risk.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Case Studies; Posted On Thursday, 01 October 2015 14:12

Security flaws with life-threatening implications require alternative disclosure

London, UK: If security researchers get no response from manufacturers when disclosing vulnerabilities with life-threatening implications, the majority of IT security professionals (64%) believe that the information should then be made public, according to new research conducted by Unified Security Management™ leader AlienVault™.

: Julia Langsman; Case Studies; Posted On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 08:25

New DCA Certification awarded to Datum FRN1 Data Centre

FARNBOROUGH: Datum Datacentres, the Farnborough based provider of ultra secure, high resilience co-location data centres, today announced that Datum FRN1* has been approved by the DCA Certification Board as a Fully Operational Class 3 Data Centre.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 08:19

RoSPA and British Safety Council back DHF's Gate Safety Week

The growing campaign to confine powered gate accidents to the history books has received a significant boost with the UK's leading safety charities coming on board.

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and British Safety Council have put their weight behind Gate Safety Week. They are amongst a number of influential groups in the security, enforcement, inspection, education and safety sectors who are lending their support to Gate Safety Week (October 12 - 18 www.gatesafetyweek.org.uk).