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12 cyber security questions to ask your CISO
Cyber security affects companies of all sizes in all sectors. Moreover, threats are constantly evolving and your legal and regulatory requirements have become major issues – particularly with the...
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A brief guide to cyber security risk assessments
Cyber security risk assessments are essential for organisations to protect themselves from malicious attacks and data breaches. After all, it’s only once you’re aware of the ways you’re vulnerable...
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IT Governance’s 2019 Cyber Resilience Report reveals major data protection...
Anti-malware technology is one of the most basic cyber security mechanisms that organisations should have in place, but according to IT Governance’s 2019 Cyber Resilience Report, 27% of respondents...
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What is an ISMS and 9 reasons why you should implement one
A version of this blog was originally published on 15 August 2017. We often talk about the benefits of ISO 27001 certification but don’t always expand on the more immediate benefits associated with...
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What is cyber resilience?
Cyber resilience is the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber security incidents. It helps organisations protect themselves from cyber risks, defend against and limit the severity...
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Awareness of cyber resilience is increasing rapidly
We’ve been extolling the virtues of cyber resilience a lot lately – and for good reason. The approach, which describes the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from security incidents, is...
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How to improve your cyber resilience
Cyber resilience isn’t something you can buy. It’s not as simple as finding off-the-shelf tools to plug into your organisation. Rather, you must tailor your approach to your needs, assessing the way...
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The Ocado fire – when disaster recovery becomes real
The recent fire at Ocado has been a devastating blow to the company and the local community. Hundreds of firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze; the smoke billowed for more than 48 hours,...
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Transform your security posture with cyber resilience
With organisations relying ever more on the Internet for accessibility and flexibility, the risks to their networks naturally increase. As a result, enterprising cyber criminals have never had it so...
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The IT Governance Cyber Resilience Framework: how it works
Cyber resilience is the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber attacks. It helps organisations protect themselves from cyber risks, defend against and limit the severity of attacks,...
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Cyber resilience: How far are you from the summit?
Committing to cyber resilience is a lot like mountaineering. When you’re getting started, the concept seems exhausting and nigh on impossible. You’re scrambling around trying your best to get staff to...
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Cyber resilience and the GDPR
We recently discussed the changing threat landscape and the need for all organisations to adopt a cyber resilience approach. This is essentially the combination of cyber security measures to prevent...
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Do you have a data breach response plan?
This blog has been updated to reflect industry updates. Originally published 6 August 2018. The EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to respond to serious data breaches...
View ArticleThe 4 stages of cyber resilience
Until recently, organisations often spent almost all of their information security budget on prevention, effectively taking an all-or-nothing approach to the threat of data breaches. They either...
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Safely adopting technology in the hospitality industry
The hospitality sector has embraced consumer-facing technology. Chatbots, AI, robotics – such as Hilton’s robot concierge, Connie, which hit the headlines in 2016 – the IoT (Internet of Things),...
View ArticleHow Lush could have protected its till system
In November, Lush – the high-street store known for its fragrant, eco-friendly beauty products – temporarily lost the ability to take card transactions after a member of the IT team “deleted the till...
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How Scottish organisations can ensure business continuity in a cyber world
As winter draws in, Scottish organisations will be preparing for the harsher weather and its knock-on effects. With last year’s severe conditions costing Scotland’s economy hundreds of millions of...
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How to detect a data breach
The need for speed Data breaches can have serious financial consequences for organisations of all sizes. The faster a breach can be detected and contained, the lower the costs for the organisation....
View ArticleHow Cyber Essentials can help secure your Internet connection
In this blog series, we will discuss each of the Cyber Essentials scheme’s five security controls that, according to the UK government, could prevent “around 80% of cyber attacks”. For our second blog...
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Cyber resilience: What does this mean for Scotland?
Organisations face an increasing number of threats from ransomware, data breaches and weaknesses in the supply chain, according to the NCSC’s (National Cyber Security Centre) annual report published...
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