At the risk of sounding like an old-fashioned teacher, the biggest danger to businesses in 2025 is their own bad practice. Whether it’s through a lack of clear security policies, insufficient planning or relying upon the same old protections as they have for the past decade, companies are leaving themselves exposed to attack and major disruption when it happens.
A lack of planning is perhaps the most insidious risk. That doesn’t just mean putting things down on paper: I’ve known businesses with carefully considered, painstakingly drafted incident response processes – which nobody in the organisation has any experience of using. In the high-stress scenario of an unfolding security incident, the last thing anybody needs is a bunch of people all opening up a set of instructions for the first time…
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PC Pro (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025