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 targeted at small businesses (Small Business Trends)
Websites are essential to recruitment, providing a digital shop window to current and prospective clients. They also may provide a portal for worker and clients, whether it is online timesheets or advertising a new role, having a single place for people to interact with your business makes it so easy, but if there is a misconfiguration then you could be leaving your sensitive data open for a criminal.
The only way to really know is to test your site, but do you really want to know? Nothing bad has happened so far and if you don’t know about it then surely you can’t be guilty of not fixing it?
Ask yourself these questions:
The ECRC offers affordable web application vulnerability assessments. We work with University student who carry out the testing and provides you with a detailed report, but explained in plain English, so you understand what the risks are and what you need to do to fix them. Find out more here.
You can contact the Cyber Resilience Centre for guidance and support through our e-mail enquiries@ecrcentre.co.uk or use our online booking system to make an appointment with one of our team.
We also provide free guidance on our website and we would always encourage you to sign up for our free core membership. Core members receive regular updates which include the latest guidance, news, and security updates. Our core membership has been tailored for businesses and charities of all sizes who are based across the seven counties in the East of England.
Finally, you may have access to some sort of IT support within your business and we recommend that you speak to them now to discuss how they can implement cyber resilience measures on your behalf.
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