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The tactics utilised by bad actors to gain access to organisations' critical data grow more sophisticated and aggressive with each passing year, making cyber security an ongoing battle. But as systems and processes continue to evolve in response to these emerging threats, it is important to not lose sight of strong cyber security fundamentals, as even the most familiar threats can still wreak havoc on your operations, profits, and reputation.

Cyber security is the 'secret sauce' that makes any IT 'sundae' complete, ensuring that you can continue to grow your business, bring new innovations to life, and deliver exceptional service quality for your customers and end users. However, an increasingly aggressive, diverse range of threats means traditional security solutions are showing their limitations, with potential vulnerabilities going undetected until a breach occurs.

Whatever the size of your organisation, whatever sector you operate in, and whatever stage you have reached in your digital journey, cyber security must be treated as a critical priority. In particular, ransomware remains a growing threat, with global bad actors mounting a range of increasingly sophisticated, aggressive attacks in an attempt to gain control of organisations' critical data. With cyber criminals' increasing use of bots, and the ongoing evolution of IT infrastructure creating new attack vectors, securing against such attacks often presents a constantly moving target.

The way we work has changed forever in just a few short years. Workloads are increasingly migrating to the Cloud, and remote work has very much established itself across virtually every sector, with employees connecting and collaborating with colleagues and customers from multiple locations, on an increasingly wide range of devices. It's an exciting time for sure, with organisations at all levels embracing this newfound flexibility to drive innovation, accelerate their long-term plans, and attract and retain top talent.

Organisations' reputations rise and fall depending on the security of their critical data. Even the smallest breach will not just lead to serious operational disruptions, but likely result in costly fines and potentially irrecoverable reputational damage. And the heightening threat landscape shows no signs of slowing down, with cyberattacks increasing in frequency and scale. Consider these recent statistics: