UK businesses are rapidly losing confidence in the government’s ability to protect them from cyberattacks. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity researchers Armis, which states that the lack of faith is higher than anywhere else in Europe.
To draft the report, Armis surveyed more than 2,600 global security and IT decision-makers, and included proprietary data from Armins Labs.
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Source: MSN News
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