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Your quick and easy guide to the Cyber Essentials controls
Cyber Essentials aims to protect businesses against the most prevalent cyberattacks. The scheme consists of five control areas (or requirements) that target the various aspects of cybersecurity. Here we explain each of the five Cyber Essentials requirements and how following them can help protect your business’ data.[…]
Everything you need to know about user authentication
What is user authentication? User authentication is a key part of GDPR compliance and is the process of verifying human credentials to a machine to confirm the identity of the user. This usually consists of the simple input of a user ID and password, but as this[…]
The business risk that’s more worrying than Brexit
News articles have continued to highlight the impact Brexit could have on UK businesses in 2020. With everything from visas to regulations and import taxes, businesses face a lot of uncertainty in the coming years. However, despite Brexit continuing as a hot topic in business media, surveys[…]
Top tips for boosting your small business’ cyber security
As the threat of cyber attack continues to grow in 2020, it is clear that businesses of all sizes are at risk. In fact, cyber attackers are taking particular aim at smaller businesses, preying on those who tend to invest less in their cybersecurity. 58% of cyber[…]
Accenture says organisations are leaving 40% of operations unprotected
According to results of a recent report released by Accenture, many businesses are needlessly opening themselves to risk of security breaches by failing to invest in basic cyber security. The report, titled State of Cyber Resilience 2019, investigates how prepared businesses are for an array of cyber[…]
Cyber attacks already adding up for 2020
The number of cyber attacks have been increasing year on year. So far, 2020 doesn’t look much better. January proved ominous, with a series of successful cyber attacks on organisations across the globe. Here are just some of the attacks over the first month of 2020: Royal[…]
Is Cyber Essentials Plus right for my business?
For any business, enhancing your cybersecurity and ensuring the safety of the business is a high priority. This is one of the reasons why so many companies opt into Cyber Essentials certification. This certification provides a framework to keep their business safe based on basic but specific[…]
3 signs you should update your cyber security immediately
Cybersecurity is an issue that most people don’t take seriously until the worse happens- from stolen customer data to electrical blackouts or paralysed information systems. And unfortunately, these incidents have been steadily rising for small businesses. Basic controls like firewalls and strong password protections can go a[…]
How exactly has GDPR protected your customers?
The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, was brought in by the European Union in 2018. The intention was to update data protection laws across all member states and ensure that companies would become compliant in their handling of data. A lot of businesses, however, still see[…]
Keeping safe on social media
For many businesses, social media is now just a fact of life – a major sales channel that puts products directly into the laps of customers. It’s rare for a business to not have some kind of social media presence, but along with the benefits of being[…]