Celerity achieves cyber essentials plus
Celerity is proud to announce that we have built upon our existing Cyber Essentials accreditation and are now Cyber Essentials Plus accredited.
Top Local Government Security Challenges in 2020
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The risk of cyber threats to business is high, but when your stakeholders include citizens, the impact of successful breaches have far wider implications. In the first half of 2019 local councils faced 263 million cyber-attacks (Gallagher, 2020) and the Government sector was found to be the 6th most targeted sector in the IBM X -Force Threat Intelligence Index, 2020, signalling councils are very much in the cross-hairs of cyber criminals. We’ll take a look at the top cyber security challenges facing local government in an already complicated world.
Tags: Cyber Threats, Cyber-Attacks, Government, Local Government, Security Challenges, public sector
Digital Transformation for Local Government: From Disruption to Acceleration
It is no secret that the Government and public services organisations have been significantly challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst trying to deliver their primary mandate of protecting citizens and providing services to enhance daily life, they have also had to accelerate Digital Transformations, often unplanned, to meet the needs of their staff and citizens.
Tags: Digital Transformation, covid-19, Local Government, public sector
“Insights into Children & Families Harmed by Crime” Webinar Series.
Celerity is a proud sponsor at the forthcoming “Insights into Children & Families Harmed by Crime” Webinar Series.
Tags: News, Sponsorship, Events
Managing phishing – Weaponising Your Workforce
How do you manage something which is etched into human personality and behaviour; the act of wanting to comply with authority and reacting to urgent matters with the utmost interest? Essentially you don’t, you engineer the environment, situations and working processes to complement these weaknesses and thus strengthen them.
Tags: Cyber Threats, Cyber Security, Phishing, social engineering
