With cyber-attacks on the rise, Nick Denning takes a look at how law firms can better protect themselves with Cyber Essentials and the right technology partner. According to PWC, ‘cyber’ is the greatest concern on the legal sector’s risk list with 90% of the top 100 law firms worried about its impact on achieving future […]
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Cyber security is often left in the hands of the IT department but the risks are not just systems and data related. Cyberattacks can also cause huge reputational damage, especially when they are not handled professionally, proportionately and in a timely fashion. “To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to
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Policy Monitor recently exhibited at the International Cyber Security Expo 2024 at London Olympia in the IASME Pavilion. It was a great opportunity to hear the real-life issues and challenges from attendees and to take questions from the press. Here are a few of the questions and the responses from the Policy Monitor team. What
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The UK National Cyber Security Centre defines ransomware as: “Ransomware is a type of malware which prevents you from accessing your device and the data stored on it, usually by encrypting your files. A criminal group will then demand a ransom in exchange for decryption. The computer itself may become locked, or the data on
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With research showing that British businesses faced the equivalent of one attempted cyberattack every 43 seconds in late summer 2023, Nick Denning, CEO of Policy Monitor, looks at whether any organisation is small enough to be ignored by cyber criminals. A record number of cyberattacks Beaming, the ISP which provides voice and data solutions, publishes
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Guest blog by Nick Denning, CEO & Founder at Policy Monitor for Tech UK Report after report, year after year, show that users are at the heart of 80-95%* of cyber security incidents which threaten organisations. Nick Denning, CEO of Policy Monitor, offers advice on how to keep your employees and partners up to date
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For many organisations, thinking about cyber security has been an irregular exercise triggered when high profile cyberattacks make the headlines. Brokers may have offered Cyber Security insurance as a bolt on at the annual insurance review to ‘plug any gaps’ then the topic, and the threat falls off the management agenda. Nick Denning, CEO of
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Given the state of the world today it is no surprise that there has been no let-up in the number and variety of cybersecurity hacks in recent times. All sizes and types of organisations continue to be targets. Nick Denning of Policy Monitor discusses what small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can do to better defend
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