The Covid- 19 pandemic has us thinking differently about a lot of things. Security is high on that list.

As summer draws to a close, many of the short-term measures put in place to help UK citizens and businesses to get through the Coronavirus pandemic are also ending.

‘Innovation’ has become a loaded word, one that can send a shiver down the spine of even the most forward-thinking CEO.

A few years ago, a breach that impacted several million people would have been big news. In 2019 roughly 3.5 billion people saw their personal data stolen in the top two security breaches of that year alone.

We’ve just commissioned some independent research into “Fairness in Collections” to gain a deeper insight into the issues facing people who are in debt.

Cyber security has an air of mystery to it. Something hidden in the shadows and only able to be understood by technologists and spies.

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for cyber security but also changed the very nature of the beast.

"Can we uninstall 2020? The current version has a nasty virus in it,” says the meme flying around social media for the past few months. There are, however, glimmers of light that can be found around the world which have arisen out of the pandemic.

If the cloud was a priority for businesses before 2020, the onset of the global pandemic has made it more critical than ever.

The pandemic isn’t only affecting us as individuals – it’s affecting us as societies and economies too.