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SMEs are a true economic powerhouse in the UK. Although many of these companies believe that they are too small to be attacked by cyber criminals, almost half of all cyber attacks in the world target this kind of business.

Since 2021, the British government have been debating a new legislation to make the internet a safer environment for everyone. Here's what you need to know.

The Christmas period is almost upon us – one thing is for sure, with the current status of COVID-19 and increasing restrictions, this may well be another Christmas spent at home for many.

A cyber security audit is a systematic, independent review and analysis of an organisation’s current cyber security posture and IT infrastructure set-up – with the purpose of identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities, to expose weaknesses and high-risk practices.

23/12/2021 UK donates 225 million stolen passwords to hack-checking site UK law enforcement has donatedf 225 million unique passwords to a cyber-security project helping to protect users from hacking. The National Crime Agency (NCA) recovered the database from cyber-criminals who had collected real users' email addresses and passwords. That list has been added to free online service Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). It lets anyone search through hundreds of millions of passwords to see if theirs is in the hands of criminals. Troy Hunt, the security researcher who runs the site, announced on Friday that it now has a "pipeline" function for law enforcement to add passwords they have recovered to the service. If your password appears in the database, then it is in the hands of cyber-criminals and you should change it. Chris Lewis-Evans, from the NCA's National Cyber Crime Unit, said that the huge list of compromised passwords came from the largest set the NCA had ever recovered - more than two billion email and password pairs. Read more...

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Data is the cornerstone to how every organisation operates. Whether that be gathering, processing, or transferring user data, you as an institution have the trust of your employees, suppliers, and customers to lawfully handle their personal data. Therefore, ensuring you have optimal systems, policies, documentation, and practices in place can go a long way in protecting the security of your business and stakeholders.

Data protection is the ‘fair and proper use of information about people’ and forms the fundamental right to a user’s privacy - from a business perspective, it’s about building trust between your organisation (i.e., The Controller) and your customers (i.e., the data subject) by treating everyone fairly, openly, and recognising their right to have control over their own identity and their interactions with others.