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How to Protect The Education Sector from Cyber Threats

The education sector was found to be the 7^th most-targeted industry in IBM’s 2020 Threat Intelligence Index and find themselves in the crosshairs of cyber criminals and nation-state attackers due to the vast amounts of personal information and research data that they hold. Whether they are looking to profit from selling stolen data, ransoms or gaining an advantage by stealing world-class research, the education sector is a target for threat actors and I'll explain how it can be better protected from cyber threats.

Tags: Cyber Security, vulnerability management, Breach and attack simulation, BAS, cyber threat insight, college, education sector, university, higher education, further education

Posted by David Taylor on 29-Jan-2021 09:39:05

Validate Your Security Investments with combined Breach and Attack Simulations (BAS) and Vulnerability Management

Before we get into the benefits of this solution and how you can validate security decision-making, it’s important to explain what exactly, breach and attack simulation, is.

Tags: Cyber Security, vulnerability management, Breach and attack simulation, BAS, cyber threat insight

Posted by David Taylor on 01-Dec-2020 17:13:18

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.

Tags: Security, Cyber Security, Celerity News, Cyber Essentials Plus

Posted by David Taylor on 14-Oct-2020 14:58:20

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

Posted by Joshua Read on 14-Jul-2020 17:25:56

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks

The debate of whether or not organisations should pay ransoms to cybercriminals in return for their unencrypted data has been going on for years. On one hand, as data is now the lifeblood of almost all organisations a successful ransomware attack can mean business closure. However, succumbing to the ransom is only fuelling the cybercrime economy which is now estimated to be the 3^rd largest in the world. But a recent report into ransomware attacks may add weight to the notion of never paying the ransom.

Tags: Ransomware, Cyber Threats, Cyber Security, Phishing, backup, air gap backup, security awareness training

Posted by David Taylor on 17-Jun-2020 12:02:50

How to Protect The Education Sector from Cyber Threats

Validate Your Security Investments with combined Breach and Attack Simulations (BAS) and Vulnerability Management

Celerity achieves cyber essentials plus

Managing phishing – Weaponising Your Workforce

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks

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