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Cyberattack surge causing havoc for UK professional services organisations
cybercriminals as the rewards for managing to breach such organisations are vast , given the amount of sensitive data available .
It , therefore , comes as no surprise that IT is now the top investment priority ( 47 %) for business leaders in the professional services sector . Nearly all ( 95 %) of these organisations know where the gaps in their cybersecurity defences are but many are struggling to fully address them .
Professional services companies in the
UK have experienced 62 cyberattacks in the last 12 months – one every six days – according to new research by Keeper Security .
The company ’ s 2021 Cybersecurity Census
Report has also revealed that almost half ( 48 %) of IT decision-makers working at professional services companies have kept a cybersecurity attack on their organisation to themselves , raising questions about how badly affected businesses are by these attacks .
Professional service organisations such as lawyers , accountants and consultancies are increasingly becoming a lucrative target for
Cybersecurity education and a lack of skills throughout the organisation are proving to be significant issues at professional services businesses wanting to bolster their cyberdefences . A large proportion of IT leaders ( 65 %) agree that there is a cybersecurity skills shortage within their organisation and over half ( 59 %) for example believe that employees don ’ t understand the cybersecurity implications of poor password hygiene .
Rackspace Technology and Digivante join forces to deliver next-gen application testing services
Rackspace Technology , a leading end-to-end multi-cloud technology solutions company , has announced it is partnering with Digivante , which provides digital performance analysis and continuous website and application testing services , to deliver Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) - powered application testing for Rackspace Technology customers in EMEA .
Using automation powered by AI and Machine Learning ( ML ), Digivante provides digital performance analysis and continuous website testing services , which helps to augment businesses ’ application testing . Digivante helps customers overcome the notorious problems with automation such as long development time .
So , where cloud migrations and optimisations require testing within a quick timeframe , customers turn to Digivante ’ s crowd-sourced testing for a fast turnaround .
Rackspace Technology customers across EMEA will now feel the benefit of Digivante ’ s expertise and technical capabilities , particularly as an increasing number of businesses rely heavily on digital reliability and app development . Customers will accelerate their software delivery and reduce test cycle times thanks to the use of AI and ML and by seizing efficiencies in the cloud . Utilising the AI-driven codeless platform also eliminates error-prone manual testing to reduce costs .
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