Some organisations lack the necessary tools, resources, or expertise to tackle the increasing day-to-day threats from cybercriminals, whilst continuing to focus on their strategic priorities. Others may simply fail to carry out check-ups because they trust their software providers to do this, or do not maintain regular patching regimes. Unfortunately, it is these vulnerabilities that bad actors will always look to exploit.

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.

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.

Understanding the threat of phishing e-mails and how to spot them is one of the key ways that you can protect your organisation and its employees. The number of phishing attacks being carried out is higher than ever and the form these phishing e-mails take is always evolving.

In 2019, cyber criminals are finding smarter and more integrated ways to target companies and individuals.

Phishing is a major security threat for modern businesses. Knowledge of what is, and isn’t a phishing email varies, with many employees at risk of falling foul to malicious emails.