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 hackers to steal, destroy or hold you to ransom over your data.
And remember small is not safe – many attacks are carried out by bots that randomly search for vulnerabilities in networks and then report back to their criminal masters when they find them. So if you haven’t patched the latest security updates you can put yourself and your organisation at real risk.
So if you work in any part of the healthcare sector - opticians, primary healthcare, dentist surgery, plastic surgeon or physio out patients clinic read on!
All the police forces across the Eastern region have dedicated specialist cybercrime teams who are highly trained and experienced in investigating cybercrime and at putting the victim’s needs at the forefront of the investigation.
It is really important if you are a business, charity or other organisation which is currently suffering a live cyber-attack (in progress), that you call your local police at any time on 101 or report the attack to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 immediately.
The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre is a not-for-profit membership organisation, run by policing, with the intention of increasing cyber resilience of SMEs within the East of England.
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.
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