Eitex, a national IT Support business with offices in Nelson have improved the prospects of at least one local graduate by utilising the services provided by Pendle Borough Council’s Graduate Placement Scheme.
The scheme is designed to help local graduates find employment with local businesses, ensuring skills and experience is retained in the region whilst boosting the local economy.
Lee Hezzlewood, the Regional Director in charge of the Lancashire side of the business said “Although our Lancashire IT Support services are new for the organisation, we had a requirement to take on additional resources. There is a growing demand in the region for quality IT skills, particularly as more and more businesses attempt to make use of technology to improve their effectiveness and profitability.”
Marc McKinlay is the lucky graduate who was snapped up by Eitex, and Lee continued, “Marc has a range of skills and experience, which when added to his qualifications, bring significant benefits to our business and will enhance the quality of service we provide to our clients.”
Marc joined Eitex on the 1st of March and, after spending a couple of weeks training at Eitex’s UK Support Centre in Batley, Leeds is now fulfilling the role of 2nd line local support for Eitex customers across Lancashire and providing remote support to customers across the rest of the UK.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Monday, 21 March 2011
Secure Thinking: Data Breach Costs Continue to Rise
A recent survey by Symantec has highlighted a continuing rise in the costs to business of data security breaches, with the average breach now costing £1.9m.
It also reported a staggering 31% of incidents were caused by employee negligence - losing laptop computers, mobile phones and USB memory sticks containing critical data.
The costs to business of data breaches are made up from the money spent investigating the incident, resolving technical issues, staff training and damages - to clients and to legal and regulatory bodies such as the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
In addition, when a data breach occurs, there are the costs involved in replacing existing customers who leave because of the incident with new customers.
Much of these costs can be reduced or avoided by implementing a holistic approach to information and data security. This approach involves developing appropriate security policies, implementing relevant business and technological systems, investing in a program of employee training and awareness, and then testing and measuring the effectiveness of your controls.
At he end of the day, regulatory responsibilities and so-called compliance are generally only a box ticking exercise. Having effective data security controls is about more than just ticking boxes.
It also reported a staggering 31% of incidents were caused by employee negligence - losing laptop computers, mobile phones and USB memory sticks containing critical data.
The costs to business of data breaches are made up from the money spent investigating the incident, resolving technical issues, staff training and damages - to clients and to legal and regulatory bodies such as the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
In addition, when a data breach occurs, there are the costs involved in replacing existing customers who leave because of the incident with new customers.
Much of these costs can be reduced or avoided by implementing a holistic approach to information and data security. This approach involves developing appropriate security policies, implementing relevant business and technological systems, investing in a program of employee training and awareness, and then testing and measuring the effectiveness of your controls.
At he end of the day, regulatory responsibilities and so-called compliance are generally only a box ticking exercise. Having effective data security controls is about more than just ticking boxes.
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