Cyber Knowledge

Cyber Security – Knowledge is Power!

Cyber security has always been important, but has been thrown into the limelight by the recent high-profile attacks on the NHS and others.

Interestingly it is only the attacks on big organisations that make it into the media, which has given some small Business owners the false sense

of security that they are safe and won’t be a target, and therefore do not need to spend money on security.

They are woefully wrong and statistics show that attacks on small companies with less than 50 employees are increasing and were 70% up on 2015 figures. The key point is it does not matter how big or small your business is, or even if you are a business, you are still a viable target and need to take steps to minimize the risk of an attack. It’s a sad truth, but these hackers who launch these ransomware attacks, viruses, phishing scams, vishing and social media attacks are not necessarily interested in the money or obtaining your data but in causing as much disruption as possible.