Resilience stories
Nearly a fifth of operational systems in data centres sit one network step from reachable attackers, raising outage risks for cloud and AI services.
Despite near-universal uptake, most ANZ SMEs still distrust AI to make cyber security decisions as incidents continue to disrupt work.
Most firms are still unprepared for quantum attacks, with only 7% deploying quantum-safe cryptography across most digital certificates.
Manufacturers faced the heaviest ransomware pressure as AI tools and faster intrusions left defenders with less time to react.
Alarm floods across data centres, pipelines and power grids can now be reduced to one incident, if operators can route and document fast enough.
Industrial groups under pressure to prove returns from digital spending will gather in Amsterdam for a closed-door AI forum.
Businesses facing outages now have a physically separate UK-EU link, as traffic remains concentrated on a handful of cross-border corridors.
Partners will be able to sell higher-margin advisory and managed services as organisations brace for AI-driven identity sprawl and PQC risk.
The benchmark underscores that broker choice depends on workload, with each contender excelling in different durable messaging tests.
Phishing and fraud still drive most insured cyber losses, as artificial intelligence makes familiar scams more effective for clients.
IT teams are losing more than a day a week to cloud troubleshooting, as AI and multi-cloud plans expose network bottlenecks.
Factory downtime risks and supply chain disruption have made UK manufacturing the country's most targeted sector for ransomware, SonicWall said.
Ransomware attacks on British factory systems jumped to 1.84 million in five months, raising the risk of production stoppages and supply chain disruption.
The top-up will lower borrowing costs for small firms buying solar, batteries and electric vehicles as energy bills and inflation bite.
Basic security gaps are leaving nearly two-thirds of analysed US telecoms providers in an elevated cyber risk band, the report says.
Half of Canadian C-suite leaders say cyber threats could force a major strategy shift next year as AI widens risk and scrutiny.
The move could speed forecasting and model updates as the US agency shifts a mission-critical system from on-site supercomputers to the public cloud.
The tie-up aims to cut data silos and manual reconciliation for logistics firms under pressure to link warehouse, finance and workforce systems.
Critical infrastructure operators could gain a single managed route for sensitive data as the partners remove reliance on public internet paths.
Live gas readings will help commanders spot hazards quickly at Miami's World Cup stadium, where crowds may reach one million.
