UK businesses are unaware and unprepared when it comes to protecting themselves against cyber-attacks, new research has revealed. A survey of 1,032 IT workers in full or part-time employment, carried out by technology services provider Probrand has revealed that more than one in five (21%) don’t actually know what a ‘cyber-attack’ constitutes. 

UK businesses are risking becoming victim to data breaches by failing to take the most basic of cyber security precautions, new research has revealed. Of the surveyed workers, 43% who all use IT systems in their workplace, said their company has invested in new cyber security products and services during the past year - but the data shows employees themselves are risking this being undermined through sloppy security practises.

New research has revealed that many UK businesses are risking a potential data breach due to a lack of adequate server security. A survey of 1,050 UK workers in full or part-time employment, carried out by technology services provider, Probrand has revealed that a shocking 44% of businesses are failing to properly protect their client and employee data by not adequately securing their server.

In the two months following the introduction of GDPR, 57% of UK retail businesses have failed to wipe the memory of redundant IT equipment before disposal. Despite GDPR legislation having come into effect over four months ago, the majority of UK retail businesses are now risking penalties by failing to adhere to some of the rules.

Companies could be risking losing out to competitors during the recruitment process due to workers’ expectations about IT equipment and technology. According to a survey of 1,004 UK workers in full or part-time employment carried out by Probrand.co.uk, as many as 51% would reconsider accepting a job offer if they discovered the technology they would be working with was not up to their standards. 

Two key plants that produce 70% of the World’s copper-clad laminates, which have been shut since the Japan Tsunami devastated the Sendai prefecture, are hoping to re-open in early April.

Technology prices are set to rise after a chemical plant damaged by the Tsunami has been highlighted as a core producer of a unique resin used by nearly half of the World’s semiconductor manufacturers.