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Cyber Security In Small Business

Robert Wilson

Gone are the days of threat actors solely targeting large businesses and governments for malicious gain.  With large security teams and layers of defence continuously combatting hackers, their attention for some time has turned to easier targets, often with valuable assets to capture with minimal effort required.  The consequences of a cyber attack on a ... Read more

Penetration Testing Into the Modern Day

Bringing Penetration Testing Into The Modern Day

Robert Wilson

Bringing penetration testing into the modern day, is something MSSPs can readily support. In today’s way of living and working, where results are needed now, and outputs are required regularly to keep pace with continuous changes, especially in the digital world, are we really still accepting that penetration tests should take days to schedule, weeks ... Read more

Secure Software Development

Robert Wilson

What are the greatest threats facing software development firms? Almost all organisations are reliant on software to drive their operations. We assume sound security of these programmes enabling us to deliver upon daily objectives. But what are the key threats facing software developers, and what measures should they be taking to counteract these issues? Denial ... Read more

Cyber Security Events Review

Robert Wilson

April was a busy month for flagship cyber security events across the globe. We take a closer look at the key themes and learnings taken from some events Amicis and its partners attended: CyberUK, 19-20 April, Belfast, Northern Ireland Global co-operation was the opening talk of the event and remained a key theme throughout the ... Read more

The Digital Health of Healthcare

Robert Wilson

What are the greatest risks to healthcare organisations? Healthcare is currently one of the most targeted sectors for cyber attacks.  In recent years, the average cost of an attack has surpassed the $10M mark according to IBM Security’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report.  There are some significant cases of this being even higher, ... Read more

Evolution of SOC Services

Robert Wilson

The Security Operations Centre (SOC) market, according to Emergen Research, was worth $4.9 billion in 2021, with a forecast CAGR of close to 20% through to 2030.  The evolution of this security service has accelerated considerably over the past ten years.  In this article, we examine the biggest changes in offerings and the features which ... Read more

Building Solid Security Foundations

Robert Wilson

There has been a rapid rise in attacks targeting the construction industry over the past five years.  Security leaders in this space have found themselves needing to increase investments in their infrastructure from five to seven figures, largely driven by the profile and severity of the attacks experienced by their peers.    Various reports published over ... Read more

2i Testing and Amicis Form Product & Security Assurance Partnership

Robert Wilson

2i Testing and Amicis form product and security assurance partnership   2i Testing, the UK’s largest independent software and quality assurance testing business, and Amicis Group, leaders in the security automation space, have formed an alliance to establish an end to end software assurance and security service.   The purpose of the partnership is to bridge the ... Read more

Securing Growth – From Partner To Portfolio

Robert Wilson

As larger firms become a continually difficult target to breach, threat actors are looking at opportunities worth pursuing, with less layers of security or complexity, to navigate through in pursuit of valuable information. One such arena is PE Houses and their portfolios who are likely holding significant financial data, with easier routes into other organisations ... Read more

Amicis Drives Growth Through Plexal Partnership

Robert Wilson

2022 was a significant year for Amicis, in no short part down to the support and opportunities brought about by membership of Plexal’s Launch and Grow programmes. Thanks to Plexal and their subject matter expert partners, Amicis has had exposure to invaluable guidance and support in establishing and growing out critical business departments, as well ... Read more

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