2026 cybersecurity budgets: AI investments, staffing challenges, and rising risk appetite Takeaways: Cybersecurity budgets are set to increase sharply in 2026, with over half of large U.S....
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Cyber crooks getting younger — and more dangerous
In recent years, we’ve been seeing a troubling trend: the rise of young and very young cybercriminals. This phenomenon has been brought into sharp focus by the recent activities of the hacking group...
Automated Incident Response – efficiency at scale
Mitigating post-delivery risks while easing IT burdens No matter how robust your email security measures are, some threats will inevitably bypass initial defences. Whether it’s a sophisticated...
The SOC case files: XDR’s automated threat response delivers high speed protection to an employee in the cloud
Incident summary An employee at a telecommunications company connected as usual to their cloud account. They then appeared to travel a distance of 361 km, roughly 225 miles, at nearly twice the...
Threat Spotlight: Phishing techniques to look out for in 2025
Over the last few months, Barracuda’s threat analysts have reported on several advanced phishing techniques implemented by attackers to evade security controls and make malicious emails look more...
DfE Updates to Cyber Security Standards
The cyber security standards have been updated to address tasks that should be completed by both the senior leadership team (SLT) and IT support. Cyber security is not something that IT teams can...





