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Why business owners should care about cyber security
You saw the opportunity. You started your own business using technology as an enabler. You grew your company from a vague idea into a thriving enterprise. You know that cyber security is important, but you have more pressing demands on your time such as growing the...
How the Russians used spearphishing
US indictment says Russian hackers used spearphishing to interfere in 2016 presidential election Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta received the spearphishing email from Aleksey Lukashev, a senior lieutenant in Russian military intelligence, on or around...
Transform your employees from your biggest risk into a “human firewall”
Stories in the press about corporate data breaches are now almost a daily occurrence. They delight in highlighting the latest horror story about a business that lost huge amounts of private data or millions in sales to the latest hack. Now that GDPR is in effect, they...
Highlights
NCSC launches new Cyber Essentials website
The NCSC has today launched its new Cyber Essentials website. "We’ve responded by creating a single site for Cyber Essentials, pulling together information from various government websites. We’ve tried to simplify some of the messages for those who are just beginning...
NCSC publishes new cyber security guidance for small businesses
The NCSC has today published new cyber security guidance for small businesses. The guidance recommends implementing "five quick and easy steps" to improve cyber security. It also recommends Cyber Essentials as the next step to improve your cyber security further. See...
Amwell takes part in Cyber Safe Charities campaign
We are very pleased to be involved in the Cyber Safe Charities promotion during this year’s Cyber Resilience Week, 11-15th September 2017. The promotion offers discounted prices for important cyber security assessments to registered charities. Read...
Cyber In The News
Heathrow airport recognises the need for security awareness training
Heathrow airport recognises the need for security awareness training after being fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for "serious" data protection failings....
California to outlaw weak default passwords in IoT devices
Weak default passwords make it child's play to hack IoT devices, hence the desire for this new law. However, the lawmakers have missed the chance to demand that IoT devices should be kept up to date with the latest security fixes....
Facebook security breach: Up to 50m accounts attacked
Facebook says almost 50 million of its users were left exposed by a security flaw in a feature known as “View As” to gain control of people's accounts....