It may only be 2022, but in this decade the world is already proving to be a very different place to the decade before.

The Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN) has been given a record high satisfaction score for 2021, with 98% of public sector respondents saying they are satisfied with the network compared to 94% in 2020.

This year’s survey of public sector workers using the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN), administered by Capita, shows that 94% are satisfied overall, an improvement on last year’s 92% score.

Cyber security is a broad term which means many different things to many different people, and can often seem to be incredibly complex, expensive, and full of pitfalls at every turn.

The cyber threat landscape is continually shifting. As a result, staying ahead of cyber crime is a significant challenge for both organisations and individuals.

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

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.

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.

If you search the Internet for the first example of hacking, you’ll come across the name of Nevil Maskelyne. He was an Edwardian magician, inventor and businessman.