Abacus Group expands UK presence with Edinburgh office opening
Network anomalies and attacks ‘ most prevalent ’ threat to OT and IoT environments
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Abacus Group expands UK presence with Edinburgh office opening
bacus Group , a leading MSP to alternative investment firms , has
A announced the opening of a new office in Edinburgh to expand its research and development and customer support capabilities while leveraging local talent .
The new office is already being utilised by a number of employees , and Abacus expects to fill additional roles by early 2024 to support projected growth of 19 %, whilst having the added benefit of providing new jobs to the area .
As it looks to increase headcount by 10 – 20 % this year , Abacus anticipates using its Edinburgh facility as a base to recruit for security analysts , cloud architects and systems engineers , in addition to offering prospective candidates posts in a wide range of customer service , or helpdesk support roles .
Edinburgh has a reputation for having a highly skilled and diverse workforce and is renowned for its research and innovation , especially in sectors such as technology and finance . Abacus will actively be speaking to universities in and around the Edinburgh region , with a view to getting involved in graduate recruitment schemes in the future .
Tom Cole , Managing Director , UK and Europe , Abacus Group , said : “ We uncovered that there is a rich pool of cybersecurity expertise in the Edinburgh area . There is a consistent cadence of talent coming through the education system in Scotland and the new office directly enables us to capture a share of those skills .”
Network anomalies and attacks ‘ most prevalent ’ threat to OT and IoT environments
he latest Nozomi Networks Labs OT & IoT Security Report finds network anomalies and attacks were the most prevalent
T threat to operational technology ( OT ) and Internet of things ( IoT ) environments .
Vulnerabilities within critical manufacturing also surged 230 %.
According to the report , network anomalies and attacks represented the most significant portion ( 38 %) of threats during the second half of 2023 .
‘ Network scans ’ topped the list of network anomalies and attacks alerts , followed closely by ‘ TCP flood ’ attacks which involve sending large amounts of traffic to systems aiming to cause damage by bringing those systems down or making them inaccessible .
“ These trends should serve as a warning that attackers are adopting more sophisticated methods to directly
Chris Grove , Director of Cybersecurity Strategy , Nozomi Networks
target critical infrastructure and could be indicative of rising global hostilities ,” said Chris Grove , Director of Cybersecurity Strategy , Nozomi Networks .
The report reveals alerts on access control and authorisation threats jumped 123 % over the previous reporting period . In this category ‘ multiple unsuccessful logins ’ and ‘ brute force attack ’ alerts increased 71 % and 14 % respectively .
The report lists the leading critical threats seen in real-world environments over the last six months as :
1 . Network anomalies and attacks – 38 % of all alerts
2 . Authentication and password issues – 19 % of all alerts
3 . Access control and authorisation problems – 10 % of all alerts
4 . Operational technology ( OT ) specific threats – 7 % of all alerts
5 . Suspicious or unexpected network behaviour – 6 % of all alerts .
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