Nearly half (45 per cent) of small businesses don’t have a cyber security plan for their business according to research by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group. The recent cyber attack crippled businesses around the globe. However, despite the well-publicised effect of what was a relatively low tech attack, recent research has
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70 per cent of businesses have suffered a cyber security breach
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New government statistics reveal half of UK businesses suffered a cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months; rising to two-thirds among medium sized businesses (66 per cent) and large businesses (68 per cent.) In fact, the ‘Cyber Security Breaches Survey, 2017’ claims nearly seven in ten businesses have identified a breach on some level. Firms holding
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Poor IT habits putting one in ten SMEs at risk
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A tenth of small business owners and employees regularly share confidential files on personal devices or send documents to personal rather than work emails, as employees still possess poor IT habits. The findings, which show a significant lapse in data security amongst the UK’s five million plus small businesses, were highlighted in research conducted by
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Low cyber IQ contradicts high confidence in UK companies
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Two-thirds (63 per cent) of UK businesses believe that their organisation is highly protected from attempts by outsiders to gain access to their systems and data, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson. A similar proportion of organisations (66 per cent) maintain that they have the right cyber processes in place to adequately react
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Businesses still do not have a cyber security plan
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Nearly half (45 per cent) of small businesses don’t have a cyber security plan for their business according to research by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group. The recent WannaCry cyber attack crippled parts of the NHS as well as other high profile companies such as Nissan and Renault and the effects
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Four ways to improve your cyber security when travelling for business
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When you travel for business, you’re likely to have a lot on your mind. Between preparing for your meeting or sales pitch and making your flight on time and finding your hotel, it’s easy to overlook your cyber security. However, this comes at a big cost. In fact, three in ten senior business managers say
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SME cyber security: Is security fatigue taking hold in your organisation?
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Earlier this month, businesses were hit with the news that over 1 million Yahoo and Google accounts from a historic data leak were being sold for currency on the dark web. It might come as a surprise that credentials dating back as far as 2012 are still of interest to criminals, but if employees are
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UK SMEs still do not educate their staff on the risk of cyber security
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New research from specialist cyber insurance provider, CFC Underwriting reveals that more than a quarter of UK based SMEs (27 per cent) are still failing to educate and train their staff on the threat of a cyber-attack. A third (38 per cent) of CFC’s claims in 2016 were caused by phishing scams, meaning that they could arguably have
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UK companies failing to educate their employees about cyber security
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A recent survey by Ultima has once again highlighted the urgent need for UK business to take cyber security more seriously. The survey finds that 65 per cent of companies don’t have any security solutions deployed onto their mobile devices, and 68 per cent of companies do not have an awareness programme aimed at employees of all
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Cyber security readiness study finds widespread shortcomings
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A study of 3,000 companies in the UK, US and Germany, conducted for specialist insurer Hiscox, reveals that more than half (53 per cent) of businesses in the three countries have ill-prepared security to deal with cyber-attacks. The Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2017 assesses firms according to their readiness in four key areas – strategy, resourcing, technology
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