2019 has been a fantastic year for the whole team at Mycena. We’ve been developing our products and onboarding new clients, plus we’re looking forward to new developments with Mycena Personal Fortress. We’ll be back in 2020, and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the new Mycena Personal Fortress website. This unique product offers three levels of security for personal passwords, offering the same level of security and comfort as for business users. To celebrate the launch of the new website and the end of the decade, we’re offering one-time vouchers of up to 60% discount. This offer is available for a limited time only, so head over to the launch offer page.
A recently published report has uncovered troubling attitudes around cyber security in the workplace. New findings from Bdaily News reveal that 60% of staff feel their IT colleagues are a nuisance, while 46% show hostility towards their IT departments and would blame them for security issues. The team have concluded that confidence is the issue, with staff members not feeling comfortable contributing to companies’ information security.
As we look forward to 2020, cyber security experts are making predictions. A key focus is the lack of staffing in the cyber security world, with demand far outreaching supply. Beyond the workplace, we’ll also see more threats with our own personal devices, particularly smart products. These smart products need to assure customers that they are not vulnerable, particularly as hackers become more cunning.
Twenty years is a long time in cyber security. From mild inconveniences to nationwide attacks, hackers have developed their methods to procure more and more sensitive information. In the early 2000s, malware ruled the roost. 2008 was one of the biggest developments as the Zeus Trojan took aim at bank details, before attacking large corporations some five years later. Today, we’re seeing some of the biggest data breaches in history such as Collection 1, while smart technology is vulnerable to hacking. We know now that perimeter defence and multi-factor authentication are imperative to stay safe.
The Labour Party has suffered its second cyber-attack in two days, dealing a crushing blow to the party in the lead-up to December’s General Election. The attacks took place on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th November. On both occasions, they were distributed denial of service attacks, in which botnets flooded servers with overwhelming traffic levels. As yet the attacker remains unidentified, but the attacks have been reported to the National Cybersecurity Centre.
