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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
FCA cyber security guide recommends Cyber Essentials
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published new guidance which identifies certification to the Government-backed Cyber Essentials scheme as a way to improve the security of firms. A summary of the guidance can be found here. The full details can be found...
Amwell upgrades IASME accreditation to include GDPR-readiness
Amwell has now completed the training required to assess GDPR-readiness as part of the IASME audit process. You can learn more about how certifying to the IASME governance standard can help with GDPR here.
Cyber In The News
Cost of Equifax breach reaches $242.7M
Exposing 145m Equifax customer deets: $240m. Legal fees: $28.9m. Insurance: Priceless https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/27/equifax_breach_cost_240m_to_date/
Hackers hijack government website to mine crypto-cash
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) took down its website after a warning that hackers were taking control of visitors' computers to mine cryptocurrency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43025788
‘Snoopers’ charter’ changes put forward
The government has proposed changes to the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) after accepting that some parts of it are "inconsistent with EU law". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42195352