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Protecting your Team and Maintaining your Cyber Outreach
With England entering another lockdown it is worth remembering that this will once again present another opportunity for the cyber attacker to exploit the situation for their own financial gain.
The latest report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) covering the period September 2019 to August 2020 stated that there was a rise of 10% in investigated attacks (723), of which 194 were Covid themed related. Additionally, the NCSC disclosed that it had thwarted 15,354 campaigns that had used coronavirus themes as a ‘lure’ to fool people into clicking on a link or opening an attachment containing malicious software.
Not only does a business need to consider the mental well-being of its home working employees, but it must endeavour to ensure that its cyber security practices are adapted or re-introduced to protect their people in these troubled times. Without the ‘easy to reach’ friendly on-site IT team to report any suspicious activity, remote workers present an easy target for the cyber-criminal to exploit. Moreover, with businesses not necessarily providing corporate IT for its remote workers, it is vital that every business has a robust ‘cyber outreach’ programme in place to protect their employees.
We spoke to cyber experts Cyber Security Associates for their views;
"Awareness campaigns and tips for employees provide useful updates on the latest cyber scams and attacks, but more often than not it is the technological measures that need to be on our PC’s, laptops and servers that provide the best level of cyber defence", said David Woodfine, Director at Cyber Security Associates.
"Having a software capability that stops ransomware and malicious applications in its tracks along with a cyber team in the background detecting any unusual activity is a must for every business. CSA Ltd is the managed security services provider for ‘Appguard’, a one-stop capability that protects a customer`s IT from all dangerous and malicious application attacks2." David continued.
