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… 

Hospitals and social care services are increasingly some of the most targeted organisations in the UK. In 2025, specific attacks on the NHS included incidents such as that at Barts Health NHS Trust where patient and staff data was stolen, and further third party incidents involving NHS suppliers such as DXS International, showcase the need in bolstering the industry’s cyber… 

When normal everyday people, including most employees at most companies, think about cyber crime it’s the classic stock image they reach for. The hooded faceless hackers staring at an endless stream of binary code, pressing a single key on their keyboard. In reality that’s not how the bad actors, or hackers, operate and that’s especially the case with Business Email… 

Web applications and application program interfaces (API’s) are running almost every aspect of our internet facing lives and businesses – serving as gateways for customers, partners, and employees. They are akin to magic portals that connect you to different places regardless of where you are physically. This ubiquity also makes them prime targets for cyber-attacks, according to the Verizon Data… 

Ransomware attacks are no longer rare, isolated incidents and can now be a costly reality for organisations of all sizes. Over the last 5 years the financial impact of ransomware has escalated dramatically, with global damages estimated to be $57bn annually once ransom payments, operational downtime, reputational damage and regulatory fines are taken into account. For many organisations, a ransomware…