## 6 Hardware and Software for Data Protection  
Through the years in the UK, large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as BT and Virgin Media have partnered with large international network supplier vendors such as Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, HP, and others, to create networks and devices to help increase the safety of its boundaries and keep data protected. These vendors continuously work with technologists to improve the way in which this software and devices manage traffic and identify threats that are continuously evolving. These software and devices have also helped increase security standards and have revolutionised the environment in which users navigate. They have created a defined space in which end-users can safely and securely work and protect their data and be able to operate. UK businesses have adhered to global standards in which they can work under best practices to ensure their information is protected and guarded against cyberattacks and other threats in the industry. Countries are starting to understand cybersecurity terminologies and the threats that skirt around this space, and have been able to provide businesses the safety and protection they require in order to protect the data they work in. Introducing GDPR and Cybersecurity in the UK, have improved business practices at the management level assisted by key players in the IT industry. This involvement by higher management has allowed networks and security to get in line with the National CyberSecurity Centre (NCSC), another official government regulatory body in the UK. IT companies in the UK who provide infrastructure to house customer data have had to lean on enterprise solutions such as Cisco and HP for their state-of-the-art firewalls and network intrusion detections/prevention systems, to make sure these attacks do not re-occur and/or are constantly monitored via guidance from the headquarters of these multivendor suppliers [24]. From this, industries have had to lean on vendors for hardware devices and software applications as a method of catching up and identifying new behaviour and strains of viruses and other threats over the internet. Many anti-virus companies can only decode the software and thus their rate of recovery depends on the code and software being used. Using vendor technology and their financial backing on how to create smarter applications, will speed up processing power and work alongside standard rules, helping scientists to develop programs that can predict an attack before it actually happens. This way of behavioural modelling will give machines the ability to hear the hacker before the machines can see the hacker. Developers sometimes fault in this area as nearly all companies want to be the first to market rather than produce a device that is intelligent enough to take control and be the leaders in intrusion detection and prevention. In a study by Global Market Insight [25], the Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) market is predicted to hit USD 8 billion by 2025. Europe is seeing this market increase due to public-private partnerships and government investments to deploy the intrusion detection and prevention system in various points of the network system. The study goes on to describe this increase due to the market growth attributing to factors including the growing number of IT data breaches and security threats, rising demand for enterprise mobility, and stringent regulations established by the government to safeguard consumer data. The study also suggests that on average, over one million new types of malware are created by malicious actors each day. These types of malware try to infiltrate networks increasing the threat of network attacks, driving the usage and demand for the global IDPS market. The IDPS solutions monitor the working of firewalls, routers, files, and key servers in the network and send appropriate notifications and alarms on detecting a breach within the network, helping operators to establish and implement effective controls.