Article: The ECRC welcomes The Cyberfort Group to the board - published about 2 years ago.
Content: The Cyberfort Group (Cyberfort) are delighted to become a member of the Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre board and feel this is a natural fit with us and our mission for ensuring peace of mind about the security of data and compliance within businesses. Security is the essence of who we are and has evolved from the way our organisation and the individuals w...
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Article: Are cybercriminals really interested in builders? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: After all, the industry's focus is on physical work with bricks and mortar. Surely digital activity is fairly minimal and unlikely to attract cyber criminals - isn't it?Here on the Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre, we have seen that the construction industry has shown a significant reliance on technology over the last decade. There have also been seismic shif...
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Article: “I want to be a volunteer, download my resume to see what I can do.” - published about 2 years ago.
Content: And what I can do is infect you with malware if you click that link.Charities are key targets for cyber criminals, not only because they receive money, which is generally the motive behind cybercrime, but because they can lack the technical expertise to protect their systems. This means that when cyber criminals are looking for vulnerabilities, Charities are...
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Article: Education sector - what in the world of cyber should you be aware of? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Education institutions are key targets for cyber criminals so here’s a summary of what has been happening in the East of England recently and further afield.Mass phishing campaign seenSchools are reporting an increase in phishing emails, with one campaign targeting all staff within the school. The email looks to be an invoice from a company however it redire...
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Article: “My taxes are due, where’s my data?” “Sorry, I had a ransomware attack, um…” - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Accountancy firms and financial institutions are prime targets for cyber criminals, and the attack of choice in ransomware together with some theft of those lovely sensitive details we trust our experts to keep secure. And its not just the big firms, such as the recent cyber-attacks on Nixon Williams and SJD Accountancy, that are at risk. Cyber criminals are...
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Article: Does the high turnover of workers within the retail & food industry increase the risk of cybercrime? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Food services and retail are known to have high turnover of staff. But how does this affect the cyber security of these businesses? In short, the risk increases unless your HR and IT are joined up.Why does the threat increase?Imagine the situation...You employ a bright talented person as a summer job. They are helping with stock inventory and a bit of purc...
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Article: Healthcare sector – here are your top tips to ensuring you stay one step ahead of the cyber criminal - published about 2 years ago.
Content: We have already discussed in previous blogs – which you can find in our news section News | The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre (ecrcentre.co.uk) – why the health sector is such an attractive target for scammers and cyber criminals. What we intend to show you here are few tips to get the ball rolling in your own organisation and start making it harder for ha...
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Article: Why does it always happen to HR on a Friday! - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Well, it doesn’t, it can happen at any time but let’s take the Friday afternoon example.Imagine… Friday afternoon. Work slowing down, anticipation of a relaxing weekend ahead. In fact, you have tickets booked to see your favourite show. Come on 5 o’clock, well maybe 4 o’clock, it is a Friday after all.But then…WHAT!!??!! Um… What do I do now? Pull out the ...
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Article: I need a holiday, where do I look? Your travel website? But is that website secure? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Websites are important for all businesses, but for the leisure and tourism sector being able to show photos of far-off places and boutique hotels is essential. So, what would happen if your website couldn’t be updated? Or if your payment system stole your customers financial details? Or if your booking system was compromised and that once in a lifetime tr...
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Article: The IT sector doesn’t have anything to worry about when it comes to password management. Or do they? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Read on to find out how IT support companies and MSPs can help their organisations develop robust and manageable password policies. The below graphic represents the time to brute force a password using current technological capabilities. So passwords should really be in the top two tiers to be effectively secure. An ongoing issue is that the more complex...
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Article: How does remote working impact Local Government? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Local government are still one of the most attacked sectors in the UK, fending off hundreds of attacks every day. Figures show the National Cyber Security Centre dealt with 777 incidents between September 2020 and August 2021, with around 40% aimed at the public sector. Remote working has increased some of those threats, but it looks as if it will be here to...
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Article: Logistics Firms - Are you vulnerable to a DDoS attack? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Getting stuff from A to B has never been more important or more in the public eye. And with the challenges of the pandemic, Brexit and spiking fuel costs, logistics companies are coming under increasing pressure around delivering on time and at low cost. Unfortunately, cyber criminals don’t care about that and if logistics companies are not prepared they c...
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Article: What is the cost of a cyber attack or data breach? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Will I get fined by the ICO if my business suffers a data breach? As with many things in life the answer to this tricky question is...it depends? One thing that may surprise you is that if you take cyber resilience seriously, then you may be able to reduce or eliminate this cost completely. What is the cost breakdown for a cyber-attack?Losing data can be a...
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Article: Are Construction Companies likely to be a victim of a phishing attack? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Fifty percent of the construction companies on mainland UK are in the East and Southeast of England. Construction is big business in The East of England and is a vital part of the regional and national economy. House building and infrastructure lead the way across our region, and it is a sector that is set to grow significantly over the next 3-5 years. And w...
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Article: What is the cost of a cyber attack or data breach? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Will I get fined by the ICO if my business suffers a data breach? As with many things in life the answer to this tricky question is...it depends? One thing that may surprise you is that if you take cyber resilience seriously, then you may be able to reduce or eliminate this cost completely. What is the cost breakdown for a cyber-attack?Losing data can be a...
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Article: Logistics Firms - Are you vulnerable to a DDoS attack? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Getting stuff from A to B has never been more important or more in the public eye. And with the challenges of the pandemic, Brexit and spiking fuel costs, logistics companies are coming under increasing pressure around delivering on time and at low cost. Unfortunately, cyber criminals don’t care about that and if logistics companies are not prepared they c...
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Article: How does remote working impact Local Government? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Local government are still one of the most attacked sectors in the UK, fending off hundreds of attacks every day. Figures show the National Cyber Security Centre dealt with 777 incidents between September 2020 and August 2021, with around 40% aimed at the public sector. Remote working has increased some of those threats, but it looks as if it will be here to...
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Article: The IT sector doesn’t have anything to worry about when it comes to password management. Or do they? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Read on to find out how IT support companies and MSPs can help their organisations develop robust and manageable password policies. The below graphic represents the time to brute force a password using current technological capabilities. So passwords should really be in the top two tiers to be effectively secure. An ongoing issue is that the more complex...
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Article: I need a holiday, where do I look? Your travel website? But is that website secure? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Websites are important for all businesses, but for the leisure and tourism sector being able to show photos of far-off places and boutique hotels is essential. So, what would happen if your website couldn’t be updated? Or if your payment system stole your customers financial details? Or if your booking system was compromised and that once in a lifetime tr...
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Article: Why does it always happen to HR on a Friday! - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Well, it doesn’t, it can happen at any time but let’s take the Friday afternoon example.Imagine… Friday afternoon. Work slowing down, anticipation of a relaxing weekend ahead. In fact, you have tickets booked to see your favourite show. Come on 5 o’clock, well maybe 4 o’clock, it is a Friday after all.But then…WHAT!!??!! Um… What do I do now? Pull out the ...
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Article: Healthcare sector – here are your top tips to ensuring you stay one step ahead of the cyber criminal - published about 2 years ago.
Content: We have already discussed in previous blogs – which you can find in our news section News | The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre (ecrcentre.co.uk) – why the health sector is such an attractive target for scammers and cyber criminals. What we intend to show you here are few tips to get the ball rolling in your own organisation and start making it harder for ha...
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Article: Does the high turnover of workers within the retail & food industry increase the risk of cybercrime? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Food services and retail are known to have high turnover of staff. But how does this affect the cyber security of these businesses? In short, the risk increases unless your HR and IT are joined up.Why does the threat increase?Imagine the situation...You employ a bright talented person as a summer job. They are helping with stock inventory and a bit of purc...
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Article: “My taxes are due, where’s my data?” “Sorry, I had a ransomware attack, um…” - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Accountancy firms and financial institutions are prime targets for cyber criminals, and the attack of choice in ransomware together with some theft of those lovely sensitive details we trust our experts to keep secure. And its not just the big firms, such as the recent cyber-attacks on Nixon Williams and SJD Accountancy, that are at risk. Cyber criminals are...
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Article: Education sector - what in the world of cyber should you be aware of? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Education institutions are key targets for cyber criminals so here’s a summary of what has been happening in the East of England recently and further afield.Mass phishing campaign seenSchools are reporting an increase in phishing emails, with one campaign targeting all staff within the school. The email looks to be an invoice from a company however it redire...
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Article: “I want to be a volunteer, download my resume to see what I can do.” - published about 2 years ago.
Content: And what I can do is infect you with malware if you click that link.Charities are key targets for cyber criminals, not only because they receive money, which is generally the motive behind cybercrime, but because they can lack the technical expertise to protect their systems. This means that when cyber criminals are looking for vulnerabilities, Charities are...
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Article: Are cybercriminals really interested in builders? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: After all, the industry's focus is on physical work with bricks and mortar. Surely digital activity is fairly minimal and unlikely to attract cyber criminals - isn't it?Here on the Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre, we have seen that the construction industry has shown a significant reliance on technology over the last decade. There have also been seismic shif...
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Article: Top tips for the retail sector to build cyber resilience - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Calling the retail sector in the East of England.Do you know how to build your business’s cyber resilience? Do you know what cyber resilience is? Cyber resilience is the ability to get your business up and running after suffering a cyber-attack, as well as putting practices in place to prevent the attacks from succeeding. With over 90% of business receivi...
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Article: Why are schools and universities such an attractive target for cybercriminals? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Ransomware attacks are on the rise across the Eastern region and a target rich environment for criminals remains the education sector. The reasons for this are fairly simple Schools possess large quantities of high value and sensitive data that they may be willing pay for to get back Schools networks and processes offer a lot of vulnerabilities through e...
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Article: Does your GP practice or dental surgery have a plan to deal with a cyber-attack? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Prevention is always better than cure – as true in medicine as it is in the world of cyber. But like in the complex world of healthcare, vaccinations only work some of the time and then you have to figure out how to cure the infection. One way that cyber and medicine do generally differ, however, is that if you do nothing to treat the infection in cyber, i...
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Article: Why should HR worry about the passwords they are using? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: In the new world of flexible working, the HR sector has new opportunities and challenges, with changes to technology just one of a number. However, it hasn’t been just HR adapting to the new world. Cyber criminals have increasingly looked for new ways to exploit victims.A study from OGL Computers found that HR and recruitment agencies were in the top tier wh...
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Article: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre celebrates signing its 200th member! - published about 2 years ago.
Content: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre has welcomed its 200th member - Axiom Design (axiom-design.com). Axiom Design Associates Ltd have been serving clients over 25 years, specialising in workplace design, furniture supply, space efficiency and optimisation. More recently they have started working with AIR – who design and build innovative portable air sanit...
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Article: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre welcomes CEO of Cantium to the Board - published about 2 years ago.
Content: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre (ECRC) is delighted to announce that Mark Scott, Chief Executive Officer of Cantium Business Solutions, has become the latest member to join the ECRC Board. Mark has over 20 years’ operational and consulting experience as well as working in the Local Government sector for over 12 years where he has developed an excellent ...
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Article: What free cyber resilience tools are available for the Logistics Industry? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: We all like a good freebie, but some are not that good, and some are not always totally free. They come with associated costs and extras that you need. But have no fear, these tools are like Ronseal, they do exactly what they say on the tin, no hidden extras.And whether your company specialises in same day couriers or international shipping, cyber crime affe...
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Article: How would a cyber criminal attack a manufacturing firm? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: The manufacturing sector is being hard hit with cyber-attacks, with one report stating that 50% of manufacturing companies reported having experienced a data breach or cyberattack in the past year, with 73% of attacks being financially motivated. But it is not just cyber criminals expecting a pay out, corporate espionage is also on the rise. One of the most...
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Article: Heightened Cyber Threat for all UK Companies - published about 2 years ago.
Content: As war breaks out between Russia and Ukraine, Lindy Cameron, CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has advised that all UK organisations should protect themselves from cyber threats. You may be wondering what a war 2,000 miles away in eastern Europe has to do with your business, but writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Lindy advised how cyberattacks ...
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Article: Leisure and Travel Sector – do you employ agile or home workers? If so, read on………………………… - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Butlin’s, British Airways and Stena Cruises all have something in common; they have all experienced recent and significant data breaches. How can you make sure you’re as secure as possible and able to respond to a hacking attempt? One of the ways is to ensure that your remote workers are well protected – that they know what a cyber-attack looks like, and the...
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Article: Heightened Cyber Threat for all UK Companies - published about 2 years ago.
Content: As war breaks out between Russia and Ukraine, Lindy Cameron, CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has advised that all UK organisations should protect themselves from cyber threats. You may be wondering what a war 2,000 miles away in eastern Europe has to do with your business, but writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Lindy advised how cyberattacks ...
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Article: How would a cyber criminal attack a manufacturing firm? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: The manufacturing sector is being hard hit with cyber-attacks, with one report stating that 50% of manufacturing companies reported having experienced a data breach or cyberattack in the past year, with 73% of attacks being financially motivated. But it is not just cyber criminals expecting a pay out, corporate espionage is also on the rise. One of the most...
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Article: What free cyber resilience tools are available for the Logistics Industry? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: We all like a good freebie, but some are not that good, and some are not always totally free. They come with associated costs and extras that you need. But have no fear, these tools are like Ronseal, they do exactly what they say on the tin, no hidden extras.And whether your company specialises in same day couriers or international shipping, cyber crime affe...
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Article: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre welcomes CEO of Cantium to the Board - published about 2 years ago.
Content: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre (ECRC) is delighted to announce that Mark Scott, Chief Executive Officer of Cantium Business Solutions, has become the latest member to join the ECRC Board. Mark has over 20 years’ operational and consulting experience as well as working in the Local Government sector for over 12 years where he has developed an excellent ...
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Published: 2022 02 21 12:46:19
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Article: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre celebrates signing its 200th member! - published about 2 years ago.
Content: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre has welcomed its 200th member - Axiom Design (axiom-design.com). Axiom Design Associates Ltd have been serving clients over 25 years, specialising in workplace design, furniture supply, space efficiency and optimisation. More recently they have started working with AIR – who design and build innovative portable air sanit...
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Published: 2022 02 16 11:24:09
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Article: Why should HR worry about the passwords they are using? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: In the new world of flexible working, the HR sector has new opportunities and challenges, with changes to technology just one of a number. However, it hasn’t been just HR adapting to the new world. Cyber criminals have increasingly looked for new ways to exploit victims.A study from OGL Computers found that HR and recruitment agencies were in the top tier wh...
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Published: 2022 02 15 09:09:17
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Article: Does your GP practice or dental surgery have a plan to deal with a cyber-attack? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Prevention is always better than cure – as true in medicine as it is in the world of cyber. But like in the complex world of healthcare, vaccinations only work some of the time and then you have to figure out how to cure the infection. One way that cyber and medicine do generally differ, however, is that if you do nothing to treat the infection in cyber, i...
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Published: 2022 02 11 08:00:11
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Article: Why are schools and universities such an attractive target for cybercriminals? - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Ransomware attacks are on the rise across the Eastern region and a target rich environment for criminals remains the education sector. The reasons for this are fairly simple Schools possess large quantities of high value and sensitive data that they may be willing pay for to get back Schools networks and processes offer a lot of vulnerabilities through e...
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Published: 2022 02 10 11:51:38
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Article: Top tips for the retail sector to build cyber resilience - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Calling the retail sector in the East of England.Do you know how to build your business’s cyber resilience? Do you know what cyber resilience is? Cyber resilience is the ability to get your business up and running after suffering a cyber-attack, as well as putting practices in place to prevent the attacks from succeeding. With over 90% of business receivi...
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Published: 2022 02 09 09:00:29
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Article: What are the cyber threats for the construction industry in the East of England? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Historically, the construction industry is reported as the second lowest sector to have adopted information technology. Although slow to introduce technology, the number of different applications now are staggering, with AI, machine learning and remote access to systems becoming commonplace. Previously the construction sector had limited personal data so ma...
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Published: 2022 02 03 16:02:32
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Article: The financial and legal sector need to be aware of the updated insider threat - published about 2 years ago.
Content: Financial institutions have long been aware of criminals approaching members of staff and trying to get information or access from them. According to Sisa Infosec, every year, more than 34% of businesses worldwide are affected by insider threats. With a survey by Fortinet revealing that fraud (55%), monetary gains (49%), and IP theft (44%) are the three most...
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Published: 2022 02 08 09:04:21
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Article: What are the cyber threats for the construction industry in the East of England? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Historically, the construction industry is reported as the second lowest sector to have adopted information technology. Although slow to introduce technology, the number of different applications now are staggering, with AI, machine learning and remote access to systems becoming commonplace. Previously the construction sector had limited personal data so ma...
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Published: 2022 02 03 16:02:32
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Article: Security Minister Celebrates Launch Of National CRC Group At North East Event - published over 2 years ago.
Content: The Eastern Cyber Resilience is pleased to announce the launch of a National CRC! Read on for more details about the launch.NCRCG - National Cyber Resilience Centre Group – is a brand new, not-for-profit company bringing together all those who have a vital responsibility for embedding cyber resilience throughout the UK economy. The NCRCG is funded and supp...
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Published: 2021 12 10 08:06:00
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Article: Charities – know how to protect yourself when staff leave your organisation - published over 2 years ago.
Content: It might surprise you to learn that there are over 22000 charities across the Eastern region. 26% have reported being a victim of a cyber-attack over the past 12 months. One of the biggest cyber threats to charities comes from the people that work within them – either through lack of staff awareness or through the insider threat of staff / former staff ac...
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Published: 2021 12 14 14:38:17
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Article: Charities - what is ransomware and am I at risk? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: One of the biggest assumptions made by charities around cybercrime is that they won’t be affected as they don’t have anything of value to hackers and scammers. If that were true it doesn’t explain the fact that over a third of our regions’ charities have fallen victim to a cyber-attack during the course of the pandemic. Here we will look to explore why ch...
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Published: 2021 12 17 08:20:34
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Article: "The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much you spend at Christmas." - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Henry David Thoreau said "The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much you spend at Christmas." Christmas is about more than the money that you spend, its about the thought behind your gifts and the time you spend with your loved ones. The same could also apply to cyber resilience. It is easy to waste money on the latest cyber resilienc...
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Published: 2021 12 21 08:47:19
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Article: Christmas Message from the Director - published over 2 years ago.
Content: It’s hard to believe how much the centre has achieved in the past 12 months. We started out as a business proposal to the seven police forces at the end of 2020 and are now a fully functional limited company. And we sit within a growing network that is supported by the National Centre – launched a few days ago by the Justice Minister Damian Hinds. Our mes...
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Published: 2021 12 23 10:00:14
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Article: What does 2022 have in store? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: 2022 promises many things to businesses across the Eastern region – both challenges and opportunities. From our perspective the challenges will be eased, and the opportunities enhanced through all of us making some key resolutions to prepare ourselves for the interconnected world in which we all now live and work. It appears the government agrees with us and...
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Published: 2021 12 30 08:01:29
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Article: This year I'll... do the minimum? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Make a business New Year resolution - to do at least the minimum to increase your businesses cyber resilience.2021 saw cyber crime continue to increase with Small and Medium businesses being particularly affected along with the global attacks which have made the news. In the East of England in 2021 the top three cyber crime types for businesses have been: ...
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Published: 2021 12 30 09:35:53
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Article: Retail Sector – Protect your website from cyber criminals - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Like most retail companies currently operating in the region I imagine that you’ve got a really good website. Loads of content with great pictures and descriptions of stock and a simple interface for your customers to be able to select and purchase whatever you sell. The reality is that retail is only going one way – and that is an increasing share of the ...
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Published: 2022 01 07 10:01:35
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Article: Top Tips for the Property sector - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Estate agents and property managers, are you aware of the cyber threats facing you?Here are our top tips that you can implement today to increase your cyber resilience. Top Tips: Ensure all your staff are using strong passwords. This means that they are unique – not used across multiple platforms – and not easily guessable. Consider using a password mana...
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Published: 2022 01 11 15:02:02
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Article: Retail Sector – what do you do when you find out you’ve been hacked? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Picture the scene. You get into work on Monday morning, before the rest of the staff get in, as usual. Kettle on, computer on. As you sift through your invoice database you notice that a number of customers haven’t paid the invoices that you’d set up a few weeks ago – and they normally always pay on time. Something doesn’t quite look right and you’re sur...
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Published: 2022 01 12 16:19:57
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Article: Save the date for the East Suffolk Digital Business Festival - published over 2 years ago.
Content: East Suffolk’s annual business festival returns next month, with an online programme of events and seminars designed to support local businesses.The East Suffolk Digital Business Festival begins on Monday 7 February and runs for two weeks until Friday 18 February 2022. The festival will feature a range of easily accessible, ‘bite sized’ events which will p...
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Published: 2022 01 14 08:30:44
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Article: Healthcare – weak passwords are a significant factor in cybercrime breaches across the sector - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Healthcare organizations hold some of the world’s most sensitive data. Recent studies and experience shows many remain unprepared for cyber-attacks. Threat actors target valuable confidential data, making healthcare a growing target, and ransomware is steadily picking up pace as today’s cyber-weapon of choice. We probably all remember the global WannaCry ra...
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Published: 2022 01 14 12:56:39
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Article: Research request - published over 2 years ago.
Content: How do organisations prepare for and manage the consequences of a Cyber Attack? A study on resilience.Can you help by completing a short questionnaire? Researcher, Matthew Mackay, Abertay University, is exploring cyber resilience, including reviewing available guidance and best practice for cyber resilience, assessing available frameworks to allow an organi...
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Published: 2022 01 17 09:00:27
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Article: Is your recruitment website leaving your data open for criminals? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Why would a recruitment agency be a target from cybercrime?Cyber criminals love personal data and online systems, which places recruitment agencies firmly in the crosshairs. The personal data being held is a treasure trove for criminals with copies of passports, visa details, and employment contracts all sources of sellable secrets. 43% of cyber-attacks are...
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Published: 2022 01 17 16:20:21
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Article: Launch of Cyber East - published over 2 years ago.
Content: With the aim of building a platform for collaboration within the cyber security industry in the East of England the latest cyber security cluster has launched with its base in Norwich. Cyber East is an industry body that works alongside the UK Government to develop the cyber security industry in the UK. Co-directors Darren Chapman of CyberScale, and Shaun M...
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Published: 2022 01 18 08:00:25
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Article: As an IT provider what should you be considering in relation to remote working? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Remote working is here to stay. Even if the pandemic finished tomorrow, the flexibility and work life balance has changed many employees’ expectations for the future. But with that in mind, how does remote working affect the infrastructure of Managed Service Providers (MSP), and the companies they support?A recent survey revealed that 97% of MSPs are worried...
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Published: 2022 01 19 17:00:09
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Article: Leisure and Travel Sector – are you vulnerable to a DDoS attack? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: DDoS attacks are a favoured method for cyber criminals which hurt the travel and leisure industry while reaping a large financial reward. Hotels and airlines rely on a wide array of networks to provide reservation, payment, entertainment, and security systems. If a cyber-criminal can disrupt a company network by way of a DDoS attack, they can shut the entire...
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Published: 2022 01 20 14:58:42
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Article: What free tools can local authorities and councils’ access to reduce the risk of cyber-attack? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Local government is frequently a target for cyber criminals. Cyber criminals seek to cause massive disruption to services via ransomware, and other attacks, as they believe it will be guaranteed to get a pay-out. According to a Gallagher survey, during the first half of 2019 alone, the UK’s Local Authorities suffered 263 million attempted cyber-attacks, an a...
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Published: 2022 01 24 16:33:00
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Article: What phishing attacks could a logistics company come under attack from? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: The East of England is an essential part of the logistic network of the UK. With major routes heading through the region as well as busy ports, logistic companies make up a key company demographic in the East. And as shops reopen after the lock down, business is going to increase which means that as well as being busier delivering, logistics companies are go...
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Published: 2022 01 27 16:24:26
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Article: Why should I spend the time and money of my charity on achieving cyber essentials? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Charities are a key target of cyber criminals due to the valuable information they hold - beneficiaries, volunteers, supporters as well as payment details. Cyber criminals will happily count themselves as needy individuals when they steal data, encrypt your files, and then blackmail you for the decryption key. They don’t care about the others that you can’t ...
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Published: 2022 02 02 10:55:48
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Article: Cyber Insurance for small businesses – understanding the pitfalls in an ever changing world - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Prevention is generally always better than cure – and in the current cyber landscape that is truer now more than ever. Protecting yourself from the current range of cyber threats is safer and cheaper than responding to an incident that could cripple your business and turn away customers in droves. With a recent government survey (2019) reporting that the a...
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Published: 2021 12 07 14:36:31
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Article: Security Minister Celebrates Launch Of National CRC Group At North East Event - published over 2 years ago.
Content: The Eastern Cyber Resilience is pleased to announce the launch of a National CRC! Read on for more details about the launch.NCRCG - National Cyber Resilience Centre Group – is a brand new, not-for-profit company bringing together all those who have a vital responsibility for embedding cyber resilience throughout the UK economy. The NCRCG is funded and supp...
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Published: 2021 12 10 08:06:00
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Article: Charities – know how to protect yourself when staff leave your organisation - published over 2 years ago.
Content: It might surprise you to learn that there are over 22000 charities across the Eastern region. 26% have reported being a victim of a cyber-attack over the past 12 months. One of the biggest cyber threats to charities comes from the people that work within them – either through lack of staff awareness or through the insider threat of staff / former staff ac...
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Published: 2021 12 14 14:38:17
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Article: Charities - what is ransomware and am I at risk? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: One of the biggest assumptions made by charities around cybercrime is that they won’t be affected as they don’t have anything of value to hackers and scammers. If that were true it doesn’t explain the fact that over a third of our regions’ charities have fallen victim to a cyber-attack during the course of the pandemic. Here we will look to explore why ch...
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Published: 2021 12 17 08:20:34
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Article: "The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much you spend at Christmas." - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Henry David Thoreau said "The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much you spend at Christmas." Christmas is about more than the money that you spend, its about the thought behind your gifts and the time you spend with your loved ones. The same could also apply to cyber resilience. It is easy to waste money on the latest cyber resilienc...
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Published: 2021 12 21 08:47:19
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Article: Christmas Message from the Director - published over 2 years ago.
Content: It’s hard to believe how much the centre has achieved in the past 12 months. We started out as a business proposal to the seven police forces at the end of 2020 and are now a fully functional limited company. And we sit within a growing network that is supported by the National Centre – launched a few days ago by the Justice Minister Damian Hinds. Our mes...
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Published: 2021 12 23 10:00:14
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Article: What does 2022 have in store? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: 2022 promises many things to businesses across the Eastern region – both challenges and opportunities. From our perspective the challenges will be eased, and the opportunities enhanced through all of us making some key resolutions to prepare ourselves for the interconnected world in which we all now live and work. It appears the government agrees with us and...
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Article: This year I'll... do the minimum? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Make a business New Year resolution - to do at least the minimum to increase your businesses cyber resilience.2021 saw cyber crime continue to increase with Small and Medium businesses being particularly affected along with the global attacks which have made the news. In the East of England in 2021 the top three cyber crime types for businesses have been: ...
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Article: Retail Sector – Protect your website from cyber criminals - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Like most retail companies currently operating in the region I imagine that you’ve got a really good website. Loads of content with great pictures and descriptions of stock and a simple interface for your customers to be able to select and purchase whatever you sell. The reality is that retail is only going one way – and that is an increasing share of the ...
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Article: Top Tips for the Property sector - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Estate agents and property managers, are you aware of the cyber threats facing you?Here are our top tips that you can implement today to increase your cyber resilience. Top Tips: Ensure all your staff are using strong passwords. This means that they are unique – not used across multiple platforms – and not easily guessable. Consider using a password mana...
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Article: Retail Sector – what do you do when you find out you’ve been hacked? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Picture the scene. You get into work on Monday morning, before the rest of the staff get in, as usual. Kettle on, computer on. As you sift through your invoice database you notice that a number of customers haven’t paid the invoices that you’d set up a few weeks ago – and they normally always pay on time. Something doesn’t quite look right and you’re sur...
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Topic: Cyber Security

Article: Save the date for the East Suffolk Digital Business Festival - published over 2 years ago.
Content: East Suffolk’s annual business festival returns next month, with an online programme of events and seminars designed to support local businesses.The East Suffolk Digital Business Festival begins on Monday 7 February and runs for two weeks until Friday 18 February 2022. The festival will feature a range of easily accessible, ‘bite sized’ events which will p...
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Published: 2022 01 14 08:30:44
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Topic: Cyber Security

Article: Healthcare – weak passwords are a significant factor in cybercrime breaches across the sector - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Healthcare organizations hold some of the world’s most sensitive data. Recent studies and experience shows many remain unprepared for cyber-attacks. Threat actors target valuable confidential data, making healthcare a growing target, and ransomware is steadily picking up pace as today’s cyber-weapon of choice. We probably all remember the global WannaCry ra...
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Published: 2022 01 14 12:56:39
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Article: Research request - published over 2 years ago.
Content: How do organisations prepare for and manage the consequences of a Cyber Attack? A study on resilience.Can you help by completing a short questionnaire? Researcher, Matthew Mackay, Abertay University, is exploring cyber resilience, including reviewing available guidance and best practice for cyber resilience, assessing available frameworks to allow an organi...
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Published: 2022 01 17 09:00:27
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Article: Is your recruitment website leaving your data open for criminals? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Why would a recruitment agency be a target from cybercrime?Cyber criminals love personal data and online systems, which places recruitment agencies firmly in the crosshairs. The personal data being held is a treasure trove for criminals with copies of passports, visa details, and employment contracts all sources of sellable secrets. 43% of cyber-attacks are...
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Published: 2022 01 17 16:20:21
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Article: Launch of Cyber East - published over 2 years ago.
Content: With the aim of building a platform for collaboration within the cyber security industry in the East of England the latest cyber security cluster has launched with its base in Norwich. Cyber East is an industry body that works alongside the UK Government to develop the cyber security industry in the UK. Co-directors Darren Chapman of CyberScale, and Shaun M...
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Published: 2022 01 18 08:00:25
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Article: As an IT provider what should you be considering in relation to remote working? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Remote working is here to stay. Even if the pandemic finished tomorrow, the flexibility and work life balance has changed many employees’ expectations for the future. But with that in mind, how does remote working affect the infrastructure of Managed Service Providers (MSP), and the companies they support?A recent survey revealed that 97% of MSPs are worried...
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Published: 2022 01 19 17:00:09
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Article: Leisure and Travel Sector – are you vulnerable to a DDoS attack? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: DDoS attacks are a favoured method for cyber criminals which hurt the travel and leisure industry while reaping a large financial reward. Hotels and airlines rely on a wide array of networks to provide reservation, payment, entertainment, and security systems. If a cyber-criminal can disrupt a company network by way of a DDoS attack, they can shut the entire...
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Published: 2022 01 20 14:58:42
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Article: What free tools can local authorities and councils’ access to reduce the risk of cyber-attack? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: Local government is frequently a target for cyber criminals. Cyber criminals seek to cause massive disruption to services via ransomware, and other attacks, as they believe it will be guaranteed to get a pay-out. According to a Gallagher survey, during the first half of 2019 alone, the UK’s Local Authorities suffered 263 million attempted cyber-attacks, an a...
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Published: 2022 01 24 16:33:00
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Article: What phishing attacks could a logistics company come under attack from? - published over 2 years ago.
Content: The East of England is an essential part of the logistic network of the UK. With major routes heading through the region as well as busy ports, logistic companies make up a key company demographic in the East. And as shops reopen after the lock down, business is going to increase which means that as well as being busier delivering, logistics companies are go...
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Published: 2022 01 27 16:24:26
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Topic: Cyber Security