Employees need three months of cybersecurity training for companies to reach an acceptable level of security, according to a new Employee Security Index.

New research from a cybersecurity provider, Hornetsecurity, has found that a third of organisations do not provide cybersecurity training to remote workers.

Global email security and backup provider, Hornetsecurity, has announced a major push into several different regions across the world.

"The rise in unwanted emails, now found to be nearly 41%, is putting email users and businesses at significant risk."

There is an urgent need for greater backup for Microsoft Teams, with users sending confidential and critical information via the platform.

Nearly a quarter of businesses have suffered a ransomware attack, with a fifth occurring in the past 12 months.

"Organisations must proactively find ways of identifying unseen vulnerabilities and should take a diligent, holistic approach to cybersecurity."

We round up all job appointments from April 1-7, 2022, in one place to keep you updated with the latest from across the tech industries.

The move is a culmination of a medley of acquisitions made by Hornetsecurity recently, following the January 2019 acquisition of Spamina, a Spanish cloud email security company, as well as EveryCloud, its British market partner, in early 2020.