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The likelihood of a cyber-attack

June 25, 2019

In April 2019, the BBC published the news that more than 50% of UK businesses have suffered a cyber-attack so far in 2019, after only 4 months. Yet, according to research from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, only 41% of companies think that cybercrime will affect them. To put into perspective just how likely cyber-attacks are, we have taken a look at some things that are surprisingly less likely to happen than a cyber-attack.

Spotlight

Scandit

Scandit delivers high performance mobile solutions for smartphones, tablets and wearables, designed to transform consumer engagement and operational efficiency for today’s forward-looking enterprises. Scandit solutions are built on its patented software-based barcode scanner and are used in a variety of industries including retail, manufacturing and logistics. With nearly 20,000 licensees in more than 100 countries, Scandit processes more than 200 million scans per year and develops enterprise-grade solutions for many of the world’s most prestigious brands including Ahold, Coop, Home Depot, NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue and Verizon. Founded in 2009 by a group of researchers from MIT, ETH Zurich and IBM Research, today Scandit and its network of global integration and technology partners are pushing the boundaries of mobile AIDC (automatic identification and data capture), delivering groundbreaking identification and data capture applications to customers.

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The likelihood of a cyber-attack