Article: Simple cyber tips for new small businesses - published about 2 years ago. Content: Since the pandemic the Welsh business start-up community is growing according to recent figures from insolvency and restructuring body, R3 which has recorded that the number of new businesses in the region has risen by more than half since December 2021 – 50.5%. And, with 98% of UK businesses now operational online in one way or another, benefiting hugely f... https://www.wcrcentre.co.uk/post/simple-cyber-tips-for-new-small-businesses Published: 2022 09 14 14:07:34 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:29 Feed: The Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: National Coding Week – what small business owners need to be aware of - published about 2 years ago. Content: National Coding week is upon us, and we thought we would ask the most obvious question - what is coding? Well, coding is the process where we take our digital ideas and the instructions we want a computer to perform, and we translate that into a language that the computer can understand. So basically, coding is how we talk to computers.National Coding Week i... https://www.wcrcentre.co.uk/post/national-coding-week-what-small-business-owners-need-to-be-aware-of Published: 2022 09 21 08:38:33 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:29 Feed: The Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: How the office fridge can be a cyber risk to your business! - published about 2 years ago. Content: WCRC Director Paul Peters recently met with Martin Duffy, from IASME (Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprises), which is committed to helping businesses improve their cyber security, risk management and good governance through an effective and accessible range of certifications. Martin manages an IoT Cyber Security Certification Scheme on beha... https://www.wcrcentre.co.uk/post/how-the-office-fridge-can-be-a-cyber-risk-to-your-business Published: 2022 09 26 05:23:53 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:29 Feed: The Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Please connect, and take a look at my CV. It’s not a phishing email. - published about 2 years ago. Content: HR companies are undoubtedly a target for cyber criminals who want to get their hand on personal information, after all a HR firm will have hundreds of personal records for both clients and applicants, as well as their own staff. They are also at risk of phishing, in fact more at risk than most sectors, as they are expect to have emails from unknown people w... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/please-connect-and-take-a-look-at-my-cv-it-s-not-a-phishing-email Published: 2022 09 13 14:22:41 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Why would an IT company want to be Cyber Essentials accredited? - published about 2 years ago. Content: IT companies provide a lot of services and support for their clients and some of these clients will also believe that this includes cyber security, whether or not it actually does. IT companies are also a target for cyber criminals in their own right, after all, why steal credentials to one company when you could go to their managed service provider and stea... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/why-would-an-it-company-want-to-be-cyber-essentials-accredited Published: 2022 09 14 07:48:33 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: How does remote working affect cyber security in the financial and legal sectors? - published about 2 years ago. Content: The financial and legal sectors have experienced a significant rise in cybercrime activity over the past few years as the following stats from the UK COVID CRIME INDEX 2021 REPORT show Three-quarters (74%) of banks and insurers experienced rise in cybercrime since the pandemic began. IT security, cybercrime, fraud, or risk department budgets had been ... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/how-does-remote-working-affect-cyber-security-in-the-financial-and-legal-sectors Published: 2022 09 20 08:33:37 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Food and Retail Businesses – be aware – you might be in line for a DDoS cyber-attack! - published about 2 years ago. Content: The first step in dealing with your organisation’s cyber security is embracing the fact that you are in fact at risk in the first place. With 5.5 million suspicious e-mail reports in the UK alone last year – where a high number were almost certainly linked to attempted network breaches and ransomware - it is clear to see the scale of the problem. And whilst... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/food-and-retail-businesses-be-aware-you-might-be-in-line-for-a-ddos-cyber-attack Published: 2022 09 21 07:08:16 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Local Government and Ransomware attacks. Do they actually happen? - published about 2 years ago. Content: Yes, they do, and more frequently than you might think. Cybercriminals have shown repeatedly that they love data, and the more sensitive it is the more money they can extort if they steal, encrypt, or restrict access to it. Local governments hold millions of gigabytes of this type of data – including financial and legal information, sensitive planning detai... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/local-government-and-ransomware-attacks-do-they-actually-happen Published: 2022 09 27 10:59:07 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: If you run an industrial company, you’re number 1! - published about 2 years ago. Content: According to a recent report by Kaspersky, industrial companies are the number one, most targeted sector for cyber criminals, with growth in requests for help from this sector increasing from 22% to 30.1% in the last year.30% of attacks included encryption meaning ransomware is a high threat, but 75% of attacks within industrial companies involved data theft... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/if-you-run-an-industrial-company-you-re-number-1 Published: 2022 09 28 07:05:56 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Meet our Trusted Partner - 3B Data Security - published about 2 years ago. Content: Our Trusted Partners are an integral part of the ECRC, being able to accredit cyber essentials. But here is a little more information about the people behind the partner.Tell me who you are and what you do within 3B Data Security?I am Benn Morris, founder and Managing Director of 3B Data Security; I get involved in all things 3B but mainly I am here to help ... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/meet-our-trusted-partner-3b-data-security Published: 2022 09 28 07:57:06 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Meet our Trusted Partner - Protection Group International (PGI) - published about 2 years ago. Content: Our Trusted Partners are an integral part of the ECRC, being able to accredit cyber essentials. But here is a little more information about the people behind the partner.Tell me who you are and what you do within PGI?I’m Olly Jones, Senior Cyber Security Consultant at PGI – I’m not a technical person, as such, so my role is primarily around helping organisat... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/meet-our-trusted-partner-protection-group-international-pgi Published: 2022 09 28 08:08:04 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Welcome Simon! - published about 2 years ago. Content: The ECRC is delighted to announce Temp. Assistant Chief Constable Simon Parkes as our newest Director.Simon Parkes joined Essex Police almost be accident in 1994 having graduated with a mining geology degree at a point of recession in the metals market. Simon’s career has predominantly been within serious and complex investigations, and he is an experience... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/welcome-simon Published: 2022 09 28 09:46:14 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:24 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: TP Talks – What challenges are our Trusted Partners seeing? - published about 2 years ago. Content: Every quarter the ECRC meets with their fabulous Trusted Partners (TP) to discuss what cyber threats they are seeing. This quarter everyone agreed that the economic downturn is likely to be the biggest upcoming challenge.Why?When times get tight, businesses prioritise their spending based on their essential activities, and for a lot of companies this will no... https://www.ecrcentre.co.uk/post/tp-talks-what-challenges-are-our-trusted-partners-seeing Published: 2022 09 28 13:40:46 Received: 2022 10 02 19:53:23 Feed: The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Source: National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Category: News Topic: Cyber Security |
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