Key Takeaways Business Email Compromise remains a severe threat to organisations, often bypassing traditional perimeter security to target the human element. Understanding the mechanics of these attacks is the first step toward building resilience. BEC schemes result in millions of pounds of lost capital annually. Attackers use impersonation and social engineering to bypass standard security…
Getting started with Zero Trust might seem daunting, but breaking it down makes it manageable. Here are the key things to remember as you begin your Zero Trust journey: Key Takeaways Zero Trust means never trusting anyone or anything by default; always check who and what is trying to access your systems. Know exactly what…
Here are the main points to remember about Zero Trust for small IT businesses: Key Takeaways Zero Trust means ‘never trust, always verify’ – no one is automatically safe, even if they’re already on your network. It’s not a big, costly overhaul; it’s a series of smaller, manageable steps to improve security. Identity is the…
To wrap things up, here are the main points to remember when thinking about EDR, MDR, and XDR for your small or medium-sized business. These tools are all about spotting and stopping digital threats, but they do it in different ways. Key Takeaways EDR focuses on protecting individual devices like laptops and servers. MDR offers…
When it comes to keeping your company’s data safe, customers want to know you’re serious. It’s not enough to just say your IT is secure; they want proof. So, what evidence do customers ask for to prove our Information Technology is secure? It boils down to showing them you’ve got the right systems in place…
Keeping up with rules like ISO 27001, GDPR, and PCI DSS can feel like a real headache, right? It often seems like you need stacks of paper just to prove you’re doing things correctly. But what if there was a simpler way? We’re going to look at how you can manage ISO 27001, GDPR or…
You know, we all think our security systems are pretty solid. We’ve got firewalls, antivirus, maybe even some fancy intrusion detection. But what happens when the bad guys get clever, or when something just slips through the cracks? It turns out, there’s a whole lot going on under the surface that standard tools might miss.…
Keeping your digital stuff safe is a big deal these days, right? With all sorts of nasty things lurking online, businesses need a way to keep an eye on what’s happening. That’s where something called SIEM comes in. You might have heard the term, but what is SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and what…
These days, it feels like cyber threats are everywhere, popping up when you least expect them. Businesses are getting hit more and more, and the fallout from an attack – like losing data or having systems go down – can be pretty serious. This makes you wonder, do we need 24/7 SOC monitoring or is…
Most owners we speak to assume the anti-virus will catch a hacker. Sometimes it does. But a lot of what happens in a breach doesn’t look like a virus at all: a genuine user name signing in from the wrong country, a new email forwarding rule, an admin account created at 3am. Software can flag…