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IT Security and Cloud Snapshot: July 2019

With two of the biggest internet outages in history hitting Cloudflare, Facebook and WhatsApp in the past week, July has already been an eventful for IT and cyber security, highlighting the increasing need for strong cyber security and IT skills.

In our latest IT industry snapshot, we are delivering the key articles and insights across cloud technology, IT security and infrastructure.

Industry News

What caused the Cloudfare outage?

This week, internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare suffered an outage that left over 10% of the global internet inaccessible.

In this new article, The Register's Richard Speed explains what was behind the outage and how cloud hosting providers can avoid making the same mistake.

Read the full explanation here

UK cyber security progress has stalled

UK businesses are failing to adopt cyber security best practices and keep up with advancing threats, according to a new report by security firm NTT Security.

See key insights from the report here

Written by: Warwick Ashford for Computer Weekly

IT Security and Cloud Insights

Is Internet of Things a Business Risk Worth Taking?

As businesses look to modernise their workforce through the adoption of IoT technology, our IT Recruitment Manager Kevin Riley evaluates the potential benefits and IT security risks presented by Internet of Things technology.

Read Kevin's insights on IoT risks here

UK firms aren't insured against cyberattacks

Over 60% of businesses did not have cyber-insurance during their most recent attack, highlighting an alarming trend that is leaving organisations vulnerable to huge financial loss.

Click to read the full article by Sead Fadilpasic for IT Pro Portal

Unmissable Resource

Why multi-cloud management is a mess

Multi-cloud strategies offer plenty of benefits in the increasingly hybrid IT world.

However, as 80% of businesses steer towards a multi-cloud future, many are struggling to properly manage the process and optimise their multi-cloud strategy.

In this month's unmissable resource, Matt Asay explains the issues facing multi-cloud adoption and the management issues that businesses are wrestling with.

Find out what is making multi-cloud management such a headache

Written by: Matt Asay for TechRepublic

Testimonials

“We have required a number of Quality Assurance/Quality Control candidates within the Nuclear Industry. Since early 2016 First Recruitment Group have provided a number of QA/QC professionals in locations across the UK.

“We have been very pleased with both the quality of supply and the customer service demonstrated and will continue to use their professional services in the future.”

Bureau Veritas

“I have worked with First Recruitment Group as my partner of choice across a number of large and challenging Oil & Gas projects internationally over recent years.

“First are a high performing business who are built on credibility, honesty, expertise.

“As we push the frontiers of projects and move in to more and more challenging and locations, First will continue to be my partner of choice to help us deliver our projects with confidence.”

TechnipFMC

"I have had the pleasure of working with First Recruitment Group over recent years and we have formed a great working relationship. Their understanding of our exacting requirements is outstanding.

"The First team are highly experienced and knowledgeable across the recruitment spectrum and operate in the manner you would expect of a professional outfit of their stature. Their attention to detail and approach is faultless and their commitment and drive has helped our business with unique, complex and difficult recruitment requirements.

"Sarah, our Account Manager, is an incisive thinker as well as hardworking, diligent and reliable and has an extremely helpful and flexible approach to her work. This reflects in her team and with their ability to communicate at all levels in an honest and trusted consultative manner and gives us great faith in their ability to identify candidates who can help us to drive forward and achieve our business goals.

"I have no hesitation in recommending First as a recruitment partner and feel they would be worthy of selection for any engineering or manufacturing business looking for an intelligent and innovative solution."

Nuvia

“There is nothing negative about the service that we’ve received from First. Without fail they have produced positive feedback. The fact that they have placed a diverse range of skills from PA's to Engineers, just goes to show that they have the core skills, intelligence, and initiative that make them great recruiters, and preferred partners.”

Multi-Sector Client

"It’s great to work with a recruitment agency we trust. The team at First Recruitment Group are friendly and straight talking and they continue to provide an excellent service. We’re proud to still be working with them after 20 years."

Simon Carves Engineering Ltd

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