Business & Industry
Cybersecurity 2026
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The hidden battles of IT infrastructure security
From essential public services to national defence, cyberattacks are shifting from personal devices and into the networks and infrastructure that run Britain. In 2017, the NHS shut down for a week. Thousands of computers stopped working, and 19,000 appointments were cancelled.1This incident cost the NHS an estimated £92 million.1 In 2024, the Ministry of Defence...
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Why new EU rules represent a cybersecurity step change for the energy sector
New EU regulations require the energy sector to protect its assets with a higher level of cybersecurity in the face of increasing hacks and the threat from quantum technology. Many organisations lack cybersecurity focus because “it’s not their core expertise,” explains Joeri Voets, CEO of cybersecurity company SandGrain. “It’s something they’re required to do, so...
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Why your organisation shouldn’t confuse ‘compliance’ with ‘security’
Organisations that take a quantitative approach to cyber security can affordably prioritise remediation efforts, while genuinely reducing their overall cyber risk. Recent high-profile breaches have affected UK organisations. Why do these happen even where compliance requirements are met? Alan Katt: Compliance isn’t the same as security. Most compliance frameworks are designed to confirm that certain...
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Why organisations can — and must — change their approach to cybersecurity
In a changing cyber threat landscape, organisations must adopt a new approach to cybersecurity by continuously measuring and quantitatively assessing their cyber risk. Some organisations only realise they’re vulnerable to a cyberattack when it happens. By that time, it’s too late, and the financial, reputational and legal damage they suffer can be utterly devastating. This...
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Real security for payment devices: why compliance is only the beginning
Payment devices sit at the heart of the global economy. From contactless point-of-sale terminals to ATMs and embedded payment modules, payment devices process billions of transactions daily. Yet for the manufacturers, operators and financial solution providers behind them, the challenge isn’t only innovation – it’s resilience. The pressure is constant: accelerate product launches, meet evolving...
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Twenty years of global payment partnerships and counting
This year marks our 20th anniversary. We’ve had twenty years of working with industry stakeholders to help secure payment environments worldwide. During this time, the payments ecosystem has changed significantly, but PCI SSC’s mission has remained the same: to enhance global payment account data security by developing standards and supporting services that drive education, awareness...
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The hidden risk of AI autonomy
As AI agents gain autonomy, attackers are exploiting the gap between machine decision-making and human oversight. Imagine receiving a text message confirming a massive payment from your corporate accounts payable system to a vendor you don’t recognise. You call finance — they never authorised it. You check the audit trail — it was approved by...
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How to create a safer cyberspace
If economics is the ‘dismal science,’ then cybersecurity is the ‘dismal profession.’ It thrives on fatalistic assessments about the present and gloomy projections about the future. Optimism is reserved for marketing materials touting the latest technology, but the repeated failure of advertised widgets to solve the problem fosters cynicism. A reasonable person might conclude that...
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Protected: Cybersecurity preparedness through collaboration: strengthening automotive resilience
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Security starts before the code
Software security must begin long before code is written, reshaping how developers think about risk, resilience and responsibility. As the connected world expands at unprecedented speed, every new feature or integration creates fresh opportunities for attackers. Relying on patching and incident response is no longer enough. To keep pace with modern threats, security must be...