The reasons for this are fairly simple
The National Cyber Security Centre has issued several alerts regarding ransomware attacks in the education sector over the past few years and more anticipated in the coming year.
Over the past few years, thousands of schools have fallen victim to attacks, resulting in long-term repercussions for the affected organizations, including staff, students, and parents. While the increase in attacks can be partly attributed to the pandemic and the rise of remote learning, the risk to schools will persist until they are equipped with the necessary tools to combat these threats. And these attacks are happening right now in our region. In the summer of 2021, a ransomware attack against schools in Kent actually caused several of them to close for several days whilst the data breach was resolved.
A vulnerability assessment is a systematic review of security weaknesses in an information system. It evaluates if the system is susceptible to any known vulnerabilities, assigns severity levels to those vulnerabilities, and recommends remediation or mitigation, if and whenever needed.
Here at the ECRC, we offer affordable Cyber Security and Resilience Services through our free core membership, including three types of vulnerability assessments:
By regularly carrying out vulnerability assessments, you are ensuring no virtual back door is left open for a hacker to sneak through.
The impact of a successful attack against your network can be catastrophic and lead to a full blow system breach, loss of data and a permanent loss of reputation. But all is not lost.
Here at the centre, there are three things that we would recommend for you to consider:
We are already working closely with hundreds of organisations across the seven counties to help them tackle the continually changing cyber threats that they face. So come and join our community as free members and let us help you protect your organisations from the ever presents threats out there in the cyber-verse.
Reporting a live cyber-attack 24/7
If you are a business, charity or other organisation which is currently suffering a live cyber-attack (in progress), please call Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 immediately. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Reporting a cyber-attack which isn't ongoing.
Please report online to Action Fraud, the UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. You can report cybercrime online at any time using the online reporting tool, which will guide you through simple questions to identify what has happened. Action Fraud advisors can also provide the help, support, and advice you need.
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