One in five UK businesses don't prepare for cyber attacks

UK companies are unprepared for potential cyber-attacks against their business, with major shortcomings in many areas of security, new research has said. A report released today by PwC found that a worrying amount of British firms only have adequate security protection in place, or are unaware of how best to prepare against attacks. The study, which surveyed 560 senior business and technology executives from the UK as part of a global survey of 9,500, discovered that nearly one in five UK organizations don’t prepare or drill for cyber attacks, meaning they could be easy pickings for criminals. The lack of preparedness… [Continue Reading]