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Connect i ngyourwor kf or ce–Assi st i ngt he Publ i cSect orwi t hDi gi t alTr ansf or mat i on. Ther i skenvi r onmentwi t hi never ymar ketsect or haschangedsi gni f i cant l y ,andi ti sessent i alt hat youar epr epar edf ort he‘ whati f ’ scenar i o.Wi t h vendori ndependenceandt hef l exi bi l i t yt opr ovi de t her i ghtcommuni cat i onsi nf r ast r uct ur ef oryour t eam andwor kpl aceenvi r onment ,Radi ocoms canassi styoui nachi evi ngyourdi gi t al t r ansf or mat i ongoal s. Byscopi ngoutdi gi t alt r endsandbehavi our s, Radi ocoms,aCr ownCommer ci alSer vi ce suppl i er ,adaptt hei rvoi ce,vi deoanddat a communi cat i onpr oduct s&sol ut i onst oassi styou i nmeet i ngt het i ght estofbudget swhi l eensur i ng r i ski saddr essed.Thei rcol l abor at i vet echnol ogi es uni f yoper at i onswi t hcl oudbasedsof t war e& appl i cat i ons,mul t i devi ceconnect i ons,GPS t r acki ngandbodywor ncamer aswhi chcanal l of f erempl oyeesaf et y ,t i mesavi ngandmonet ar y benef i t s.

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Cor onavi r us-COVI D19

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Capi t at odr i vedi gi t alt r ansf or mat i onf or war df orDumf r i es andGal l oway Capi t apl c( Capi t a)hassecur eda f i veyearcont r actwor t h£527, 000t o mi gr at eDumf r i esandGal l owayCounci l ’ sf i nanci almanagementsyst em f r om anonpr emi sesyst em t oanew managedcl oudbasedsol ut i on.

Thecl oudsol ut i onsuppor t ssecur e homeandr emot ewor ki ngbyenabl i ng empl oyeesbasedi nanyl ocat i ont o secur el ysuppor tt hef i nanci alf unct i on oft hecounci l .

I nt egr aCent r oswi l lhel pcr eat eamor e Capi t a’ sf i nanci almanagementsof t seaml essi nt er f acewi t hot her war e,I nt egr aCent r os,asof t t hi r dpar t ysof t war esol ut i onst oi nwar easaser vi ce( SaaS)sol ut i on,wi l l cr easeoper at i onalef f i ci ency .I twi l l suppor tt hecounci l ’ sf i nanceoper aal soenabl et hecounci lt ot akeadvant i onsi ncl udi ngmanagi ngi t sgener al t ageofemer gi ngsol ut i onssuchasr oandpur chasel edger s,j obbi l l i ngand bot i csandaut omat i on. cost i ngf unct i ons,andassetmanage ment . AndyHaml yn,managi ngdi r ect or , Capi t aOne,sai d:“ Thi scont r actwi t h I nt egr aCent r oswi l lunder pi nt hecoun- Dumf r i esandGal l owayi sbasedon ci l ’ sf i nanceoper at i onsbypr ovi di ng ourdi gi t alexper t i seandsof t war ecaaccesst oi t scor ef i nancet eam.I twi l l pabi l i t i es,buti tal soshowsour al soenabl eot herempl oyeeswhoar e st r engt hi nsuppor t i ngl ocalgover ni nvol vedi nr equest i ng,pur chasi ng,r e- ment .Wel ookf or war dt owor ki ng cei vi ng,payi ngf orandaccount i ngf or cl osel ywi t ht hecounci l ’ st eam and goodsandser vi ces,t ouset he bei ngpar toft hei rdi gi t alt r ansf or masyst em.Thi swi l lsuppor tt hecounci l ’ s t i onj our ney . ” wi derser vi cedel i ver yt ot hecommuni t y . JamesPocock,busi nesssol ut i ons manager ,Dumf r i esandGal l oway Capi t a’ sSaaSappl i cat i onsar ebui l t Counci l ,sai d:“ Wear econst ant l yl ooki nt oMi cr osof tAzur e,asecur epubl i c i ngatnewandi nnovat i vewayson cl oudser vi ce.Oncet hedat ai smi gr at - howwecani mpr oveourser vi cest o edt ot henewcl oudsyst em,anyup- ourcommuni t i es.Movi ngourf i nanci al gr adesandf i xeswi l lbeabl et obe managementser vi cest ot hecl oudwi l l doner emot el yandoutofhour s.Addi - enabl eourdi gi t alser vi cesandadmi nt i onal l y ,movi ngt ot hecl oudmeans i st r at i vecol l eaguest of ocusonval t hatt hecounci lwi l lbeabl et oavoi d ueaddedt asksandhel pt hecounci l cost l yI Tequi pmentr epl acement sf or oper at emor eef f i ci ent l y t heonpr emi sesyst em aswel las mai nt enanceofi t sdat acent r e.

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70% ofwomenr epor tpr essur ef r om i ncr easi ngchi l dcar eduet o COVI D,new r esear chr eveal s COVI D19r es t r i c t i onshav el edt omanyhous ehol dsr et ur ni ng t ot r adi t i onal gendernor ms ,ac c or di ngt onewr es ear c hby Vi ennaUni v er s i t yofEc onomi c sandBus i nes s . Ther es ear c her s ,l edbyDrKat har i naMader ,ar es ear c herat t heI ns t i t ut ef orHet er odoxEc onomi c s ,as k edpar t i c i pant s aboutt hei rwor k i ngdayandt or epor tt hei rus eoft i mei ni nt er v al sof15mi nut es–s het henaddedupt hehour sofpai dand unpai dwor kt heydi d. “ Formany ,t hel i mi t at i ont o24hour swasc hal l engi ngbec aus e t her ec entper i odhasmadei thar dert os epar at ehomeand wor kl i f e.Feedbac kf r om r es pondent ss howedt hatt hei rc ur r entday sdonotf eel l i k et heyhav e24hour s ,butr at her36t o 42,whi c hhi ghl i ght st heov er l oadpar ent sar ec ur r ent l yex per i enc i ng, ”s ay sMader . Ther es ear c hr ev eal edt hats i ngl emot her swor k edt hel onges t hour s ,onav er ageal mos t15hour saday ,wi t hni neoft hos e s pentonunpai dwor ks uc hasc hi l dc ar eandhous ehol dt as k s . Ther es ul t sf orc oupl eswi t hc hi l dr enar es i mi l ar :mot her swor k 14. 5hour s ,ni neandahal foft hos ear eunpai d,wher easf at her sr epor t ed13. 75hour sofwor k ,wi t hs ev enoft hos ebei ng unpai d.

Fur t her mor e,onei nt hr eewomenwi t hauni v er s i t ydegr eeand onei nf ourwomenwi t houtadegr ees t at edt hatdur i ngt hel oc k down,andc ompar edt ot hei rpar t ner ,t heywer edoi ngal ar ger s har eofunpai dwor kt hanbef or et heCOVI D19c r i s i s . “ Regar di ngt hedi v i s i onofc hi l dc ar et as k sours t udyr ev eal sa c l earbac k l as ht omor et r adi t i onal genderr ol es .70perc entoff emal esans wer edt hatt heyar edoi ngt hel ar ges ts har eofc hi l dc ar e,andt heyal s or epor t edf eel i ngl i k et heyar edoi ngmos tof t hi swor kal one–hi ghl i ght i ngt heas s oc i at edps y c hol ogi c al s t r es s t hatwomen,es pec i al l ymot her s ,hav et obear , ”s ay sMader . Sur v ey shav es hownt hatwomenf earpr of es s i onal di s adv ant agesf armor ef r equent l yt hanmenwhent heywor kf r om home,r egar dl es soft hei rc ar eerl ev el s . Ther es ear c her ss t at et hati ti spr ec i s el ybec aus eoft hes er ol e model st hatwomenar er ar el yof f er edt heopt i ont owor kf r om home,bec aus ei ti sas s umedt hatl ook i ngaf t erc hi l dr enand hous ehol dwi l l pr ev entt hem f r om c onc ent r at i ngont hei rwor k .I t i sofgr eati mpor t anc et omak eunpai dwor kmor ev i s i bl e,es pec i al l ywhenwemus tr ai s et heques t i onsofhowpar ent sandi n par t i c ul armot her s ,ar eabl et oc opewi t has ec ondl oc k down and/ ors c hool c l os ur es . Rel eas ef r om Bl ueSk yPR

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LocalGover nment-I . T,Busi ness&Techni cal

Theugl yt r ut h:t her ealcostofcyberbr eachest oSMEs Cybersecur i t ypr epar ednessi smor et hanani cet ohave,anSME’ ssur vi val candependoni t .GuyLl oydatCySur eexpl ai nswhy . Smal landmedi um si zedent er pr i ses( SMEs)r ar el yt r i ggernat i onalheadl i nes f orbr eachesi ndat asecur i t yandcompl i ance,notbecauset heyar en’ tat ar get butbecauset hemonet ar yi mpacti ssmal lcompar edt ot hebi gcor por at i ons. However ,br eachesar eal lt oocommonandt hewhi l et hecostofcyberbr eachest oSMEs,i ncl udi ngt hei mpactt obusi nessoper at i ons,r emedi at i onwor kand r esul t antf i nes,maynotr uni nt omi l l i ons,i tcandount ol ddamage.SMEsar e agi l eandl eani nt hei rbusi nessoper at i ons,andsounbudget edcost scansever el yi mpactf i nances. Suchi st heconcer naboutt heUKeconomy’ sr esi l i encet ocyberat t ackst hatt he UKGover nmentr ecent l ycommi ssi onedast udy( i )t oanal yset hecostofcyber br eaches.I tf oundt hator gani sat i onsar ebei nghamper edf r om managi ngand mi t i gat i ngcyberr i sksbyal ackoft r anspar ency ,awar enessandunder st andi ng oft hecost s.UKbusi nessest endt oover l ooki ndi r ectandl ongt er m cost swhen assessi ngt hei mpactofacyberbr each.Thi sl eavesor gani sat i onswoef ul l yunpr epar edf ort hef i nanci ali mpact ,whi chi nt hemostext r emecases,canspel lan endt ot hebusi ness.SME’ si npar t i cul arar emostl i kel yt ounder est i mat et he cost l yi mpactf r om noncompl i ancewi t hcybersecur i t ybr eachr el at edl awsand r egul at i ons,t her ef or el eavi ngt hem unpr epar edf oranypot ent i alf i nes. Bumperyearf orcybercr i me TheCor onavi r uspandemi chaspr ovi dedcybercr i mi nal swi t haf er t i l egr oundt o execut escamsandr eapabount yofr i ches.At t acksdesi gnedt ost ealval uabl e companyandcust omeri nf or mat i onhaveskyr ocket edi n2020.I nt er pol ( i i )r epor t edt hati naf our mont hper i odsome907, 000spam messages,737i nci dent sr el at edt omal war eand48, 000mal i ci ousURLs,al lr el at edt oCOVI D19 wer edet ect ed.Wi t hmanyofuswor ki ng/ school i ngf r om home,ourconcent r at i onl evel shavebeent est edt ot hemax.Whenunderpr essur eanddi st r act edi t i seasyt ocl i ckonaphi shi ngemai lorunknowi ngl yvi si tascam websi t e.The r usht or emot ewor ki nghasopenedupoppor t uni t i esf orhacker sandanycompanywi t hl axsecur i t ymeasur esmakeseasypi cki ngs.

Wor ksmar t er ,nothar der I nt oday’ sGDPRwor l dnocompanycanaf f or dt obenaï veornegl i gentabout r egul at or ycompl i ance.CyberEssent i al si st heUKGover nment backed schemet hatai mst ohel por gani sat i onspr ot ectt hemsel vesagai nstcommon cybert hr eat s.I tof f er sor gani sat i onsawayt odemonst r at et ocust omer sand suppl i er sacommi t mentt owar dscybersecur i t yanddat apr ot ect i onbyachi evi nganaccr edi t edandr egi st er edcer t i f i cat i onst andar d.I tl ayst hef oundat i ont o devel opi ngpol i ci esandpr ocedur est omi t i gat eagai nstt hr eat st hatcani mpact busi nessoper at i ons. Get t i ngst ar t edcanseem daunt i ngbutachi evi ngcer t i f i cat i ondoesn’ thavet o be.Usi nganonl i necompl i ancer i skmanagementsyst em t hati ncor por at es GDPRandCyberEssent i al sPl usi sasi mpl eandcost ef f ect i vewayt oachi eve cer t i f i cat i on.SMEsshoul dl ookf orasol ut i ont hatcangui det hem t hr oughagap anal ysi st ohi ghl i ghtt hebusi nessar east of ocuson. Cybersecur i t ydoesn’ tneedt obecompl ex,cost l yorconf usi ng.Al owcost , si mpl esetofact i onsasdef i nedi nCyberEssent i al scangoal ongwayt opr ot ectagai nstcommonat t acks. Pr epar ednessi nuncer t ai nt i mes Busi nessconf i dencecomesf r om under st andi ngt her i sksi nvol vedandt he knowl edget hatshoul dt hewor sehappeni ti spossi bl et okeepcal m andcar r y on.Bei ngcer t i f i edwi t hacr edi t abl eschemedel i ver st heassur ancet hatSMEs candemonst r at et hei rcommi t mentandat t ent i ont obol st er i ngcyberdef ences. Uncer t ai nt i mescanhi twhenwel eastexpectbutt hebenef i tofcer t i f i cat i on t hr oughwi t hhel pf r om ani nf or mat i onsecur i t ymanagementsyst em ( I SMS)i s knowi ngyourbusi nessi spr epar ed.Nowmor et haneverweshoul dbecel ebr at i ngbusi nessr esi l i enceandpr epar edness. GuyLl oyd–Di r ect oratCySur e Rel easef r om ht t p: / / www. pr ar t i st r y . com

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