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EfficientIP hires Wood for global push

Posted on October 2, 2020 by - News

Security outfit EfficientIP has hired Kieran Wood as its new country manager and sales director for the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. This addition comes as part of an overall global expansion, as the company said it has seen a 38 percent growth in billings in the first half of 2020.

As part of his duties, Wood will hire a new sales team across Northern Europe as well as the implementation of a new channel program designed to develop and nurture new partners. The move signals EfficientIP’s commitment to the United Kingdom as a region worthy of ongoing investment and expanding strategic initiatives.

Wood said:  “Businesses need solutions that offer strengthened network security and enhanced operational efficiency—I’m eager to help deliver these to new regions and new customers.”

74 percent of UK businesses ready for GFPR

Posted on February 16, 2018 by - News

european-commissionCyber security firm EfficientIP has released a study which shows companies are more ready for GFPR than the government believes.

For those who came in late EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy.

The UK Digital Minister Matt Hancock has been pushing businesses ready ahead of EU’s GDPR, often underlining how unprepared they were and government surveys depicting businesses as completely oblivious to the most important regulation in the last five years.

However with 100 days to go until GDPR,  EfficientIP’s study telling a different, more positive story. Things might not be as bleak as the UK Government would like us to believe. Businesses feel ready, understand the challenges of GDPR, preparations are well underway. Recent findings from the global study of 1,000 businesses showed:

The report said that 74 percent of UK businesses are confident or very confident they have all the processes in place and are ready ahead of GDPR.

Each UK business is spending an average of £1.3 million, lagging only behind Germany in terms of GDPR spending.

Businesses understand the benefits they will gain from GDPR: 46 percent say the most important benefit from being GDPR compliant is gaining customer trust to handle sensitive data. 31 percent of businesses believe the most important value from compliance is enhanced brand awareness.