A defensible cyber security budget starts with a risk assessment, not a shopping list. Identifyyour most valuable assets, the threats most likely to hit them, and the potential impact. Thenallocate spend across people, process and technology so every pound maps to a specificbusiness risk you can defend to the board. For many businesses, creating a cyber security budget feels like… 

Cyber security for law firms is a regulatory obligation, not just an IT concern. The SRA expects firms to take reasonable steps to protect client money, confidential information and business systems, and both the SRA and the ICO can take enforcement action after a breach. This guide covers your obligations, the main threats and the controls that work. Solicitors handle… 

Learning what not to do is one of the key ways to ensure that your cyber security strategy keeps you secure. Therefore, join Lewis Lockwood, founder, Incursion Cyber Security, as he explores some of the interesting, and bizarre, experiences he’s had while helping companies remain secure. Hear how: All so that you can be a shining example rather than an… 

Technical teams and boards have the same objective when it comes to cyber security and that’sto protect the business. The problem is that they have entirely different views and speak entirelydifferent languages when articulating solutions. The biggest frustration when presenting cyber risk in the boardroom is that the directors don’t fully understand what their cyber security leaders are telling them.… 

The financial services sector is one of the most heavily targeted industries for cyber attacks worldwide, because banks, insurers, wealth managers, FinTech start-ups and financial advisers all hold large volumes of highly sensitive data. That makes these businesses an attractive, lucrative target for cyber criminals seeking financial gain or maximum disruption. The cyber security regulations financial services firms must meet… 

What would downtime actually cost your business? It’s a simple question, but one that most businesses haven’t properly thought about, let aloneanswered. But if your website went down right now, how much revenue would you lose perhour? How many customers would lose trust? How many deals would stall? Because this is the reality of a Denial of Service (DoS) or… 

Your security is only as strong as your weakest supplier. This is the reality most businesses are now operating in. You can invest heavily in your own systems, processes and controls, but the moment you connect to a third party, you inherit their risk too. The attackers have figured this out and instead of going head-on at well-defended and cyber… 

Cyber threats aren’t something that just happen to big enterprises anymore. If you’re running a business in the UK, you’re a target. And it’s not because you’re special and hackers see you as a high value target, it’s usually because you’re an easy target. That’s backed up in the data too, as according to the UK Government’s Cyber Security Breaches… 

When working in the cyber security space you’ll hear of all kinds of acronyms. Most of these will often relate to qualifications and regulatory bodies and it’s easy to get these confused. It’s quite a common point of confusion, so let’s take a look over the difference between CREST and Cyber Scheme and CHECK. CREST vs The Cyber Scheme The… 

Security and IT teams are an organisation’s frontline defenders, tasked with keeping organisations safe from a variety of cyber threats. But their biggest challenge? Spotting and fixing any infrastructure vulnerabilities in the digital systems before they cause any kind of trouble. When you start digging deeper into digital infrastructure, you’ll realise that vulnerabilities are often lurking in dark corners, waiting…