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On the cover this month , we have Friedrich Wetschnig , Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Enterprise IT at Flex , who tells us how the company required next-generation cybersecurity capabilities and needed to achieve secure remote access for 20,000 people in seven days due to the pandemic . Palo Alto Networks enabled Flex to achieve its goal seamlessly . Read more about this on page 51 .

Another of our top stories this month focuses on a new report by HP highlighting a 100 % rise in nation state cyberattacks in the last three years . The report considers how the enterprise has become the most common target , as nation states take aim at organisations with high-value IP , such as technology and pharmaceutical firms . You can find out more about this on page 18 .

For our ‘ Editor ’ s Question ’ feature , we ask the experts how World Password Day might have highlighted a need for security leaders to re-evaluate their approach to security . We received commentary from Ian Jennings ,

Managing Director at BlueFort Security ; Ramsés Gallego , International Chief Technology Officer , CyberRes , a Micro Focus line of business ; and Stephen Ritter , CTO , Mitek . Find this on page 27 .

This issue , we also learn about how leading auto retailer , Arnold Clark , selected Cohesity and Cisco for backup , restore and ransomware protection . Pat Malloy , Head of Networks and Platform Engineering , Arnold Clark , offers some insight about how the technology solution provided the customer with simplified , modern backup and recovery . Read about this on page 44 .

For our ‘ Go Phish ’ feature , we speak to Nick Hayes , Director of Cyber Solutions , SureCloud , to find out more about his career journey to date and how he likes to relax and unwind outside the office .

I hope you enjoy the read and if you ’ d like to contribute to any upcoming editions , please don ’ t hesitate to get in touch at alix @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk

Alix Pressley Editor www . intelligentciso . com

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