To aid small businesses, SMEs and anyone who is self-employed working in the North West, we’ve launched a dedicated area of cyber resources, guidance and useful links to help businesses who want to learn how to protect their business and start their journey to become cyber resilient.

If you're a growing business (or already established), we can help further your education and strengthen your resilience against cyber attacks. We can also work closely alongside you to ensure we fully understand your business needs and can tailor our membership or services to not only fit in with the way your company works but also fit within your budget.

4 in 10 Small Businesses have experienced Cyber Attacks in the last year.

Many small to medium-sized businesses wrongly assume that they do not need cybersecurity help because they outsource their IT support. When in reality, the Cyber Resilience Centre and your managed IT provider can work together to ensure your staff receive security awareness training, your data is backed up regularly and any vulnerabilities are found and secured.

New Cyber Security Guide for Small Businesses Launched

When running a small business you need to understand and prioritise where you can protect your organisation — is it your identity, your privacy, your systems, your data, or is it all of these things?

When you know what want to protect, you need to understand how it might be at risk. Download your copy of the small business guide here.

A survey by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in 2022 found around 38% of businesses fell victim to a cybersecurity breach or cyber attack in the past 12 months. The average annual cost for businesses in loss of money or data after a cyber attack is £4,200.

The same DCMS report showed that just 16% of micro and small businesses have offered training to their staff.

Our small business guidance is part of a collection of Cyber Resilience Centre guidance which has been reviewed and refreshed to offer up-to-date tips on implementing key security controls.

This includes the Back to the Office guide, which breaks down cloud security, passwords, implementing Working from Home Policies, and our Cyber Incident Response Pack which contains documents to help support your business plan its response to a cyber incident.

For further information regarding the support which the North West Cyber Resilience Centre can offer SMEs, charities and non-profits, sign up for Free Membership today or if you have any questions, you can contact us here.