LONDON, UK – Media OutReach – 1 August 2023 – Philippines’ financial super app, GCash, banners its global expansion at London Tech Week 2023, highlighting its mission of providing Filipinos access to financial services everywhere.
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 13 July 2020 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704), the
global leader in cloud security, released survey results that show how remote workers address
cybersecurity. Nearly three quarters (72%) of remote workers say they are more
conscious of their organisation’s cybersecurity policies since lockdown began,
but many are breaking the rules anyway due to limited understanding or resource
constraints.
Trend Micro’s Head in the Clouds study
is distilled from interviews with 13,200 remote workers across 27 countries on
their attitudes towards corporate cybersecurity and IT policies. It reveals
that there has never been a better time for companies to take advantage of
heightened employee cybersecurity awareness. The survey reveals that the
approach businesses take to training is critical to ensure secure practices are
being followed.
The results indicate a high level of security
awareness, with 85% of respondents claiming they take instructions from their
IT team seriously, and 81% agree that cybersecurity within their organisation
is partly their responsibility. Additionally, 64% acknowledge that using
non-work applications on a corporate device is a security risk.
However, just because most people understand
the risks does not mean they stick to the rules.
For example:
56% of
employees admit to using a non-work application on a corporate device, and 66%
of them have actually uploaded corporate data to that application.
80% of
respondents confess to using their work laptop for personal browsing, and only
36% of them fully restrict the sites they visit.
39% of
respondents say they often or always access corporate data from a personal device
— almost certainly breaking corporate security policy.
8% of
respondents admit to watching / accessing porn on their work laptop, and 7%
access the dark web.
Productivity still wins out over protection
for many users. A third of respondents (34%) agree that they do not give much
thought to whether the apps they use are sanctioned by IT or not, as they just
want the job done. Additionally, 29% think they can get away with using a
non-work application, as the solutions provided by their company are ‘nonsense.’
Dr Linda K. Kaye, Cyberpsychology Academic at
Edge Hill University explains: “There are a great number of individual
differences across the workforce. This can include individual employee’s
values, accountability within their organisation, as well as aspects of their
personality, all of which are important factors which drive people’s
behaviours. To develop more effective cybersecurity training and practices,
more attention should be paid to these factors. This, in turn, can help
organisations adopt more tailored or bespoke cybersecurity training with their
employees, which may be more effective.”
“In today’s interconnected world, unashamedly
ignoring cybersecurity guidance is no longer a viable option for employees,”
said Bharat Mistry, Principal Security Strategist, Trend Micro. “It’s
encouraging to see that so many take the advice from their corporate IT team
seriously. Having said that, there are individuals who are either blissfully
ignorant or worse still who think cybersecurity is not applicable them and will
regularly flouter the rules. Hence having a one size fits all security
awareness programme is a non-starter as diligent employees often end up being
penalised. A tailored training programme designed to cater for employees may be
more effective.”
The Head in the Clouds study
looks into the psychology of people’s behaviour in terms of cybersecurity,
including their attitudes towards risk. It presents several common information
security “personas” with the aim of helping organisations tailor their
cybersecurity strategy in the right way for the right employee.
About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity
solutions, helps to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Our
innovative solutions for consumers, businesses, and governments provide layered
security for data centers, cloud environments, networks, and endpoints. All our
products work together to seamlessly share threat intelligence and provide a
connected threat defense with centralized visibility and control, enabling
better, faster protection. With more than 6,000 employees in over 50 countries
and the world’s most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro secures
your connected world. For more information, visit www.trendmicro.com.hk.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 5 November
2020 –Chubb announced today the appointment
of Khue Dinh as the new Country President for Vietnam’s general
insurance business with immediate effect.
In her new role, Ms. Dinh will oversee the
operations and business development activities of Chubb’s key business lines in
Vietnam namely, Property & Casualty as well as Accident & Health
Insurance. She is also responsible for the management of regulatory
relationships, strategic partnerships and affinity relationships. She will
report to Glen Browne, Chubb’s Deputy Regional President for Asia Pacific and
Division President, Southeast Asia.
Ms. Dinh has two
decades of experiene in the insurance industry, having held various leadership positions with international
insurers and brokers. Prior
to joining Chubb, she was a Director with AXA
Insurance responsible for Health and Employee Benefits across both the company’s life and general
insurance businesses in Singapore.
On this new appointment, Mr. Browne said, “I’m pleased to welcome Ms.
Dinh to the Southeast Asian leadership team. She is a recognized leader with a
proven record of success in achieving results. Her significant breadth of
experience in the consumer insurance business in addition to the small,
mid-market commercial segment, will hold us in good stead as she steers the company to match the growth ambitions
we have for Vietnam.”
About Chubb
Chubb is the world’s largest publicly traded property
and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries and territories,
Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance,
personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life
insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess,
assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our
claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive
product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional
financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited
is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the
S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York,
London and other locations, and employs approximately 31,000 people worldwide.
Represents ESR Group’s third sustainability-linked loan which further reinforces its deep-rooted commitment to ESG following the acquisition of ARA SINGAPORE/HONG…
