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Free Resources for Human Resources
HR is one of the most important departments in any business, essential for many functions but also at huge risk when it comes to...
Oct 25, 20224 min read


Are building companies really at risk from cyber-attacks?
After all, the industry's focus is on physical work with bricks and mortar. Surely digital activity is fairly minimal and unlikely to...
Oct 13, 20224 min read


Should school passwords be child's play?
Cyber-attacks against schools continue to be a concern across the Eastern region. The reasons for this are fairly simple Schools possess...
Oct 12, 20225 min read


Would you find it difficult to advertise houses for sale without a website?
Websites are essential for most businesses and the property sector is no exception. Digital shop fronts allow prospective buyers to view...
Oct 11, 20224 min read


What does the cyber insider threat look like for logistics firms?
Getting stuff from A to B has never been more important or more in the public eye. And with the challenges of the pandemic, Brexit and...
Oct 4, 20225 min read


TP Talks – What challenges are our Trusted Partners seeing?
Every quarter the ECRC meets with their fabulous Trusted Partners (TP) to discuss what cyber threats they are seeing. This quarter...
Sep 28, 20223 min read


If you run an industrial company, you’re number 1!
According to a recent report by Kaspersky, industrial companies are the number one, most targeted sector for cyber criminals, with growth...
Sep 28, 20222 min read


Local Government and Ransomware attacks. Do they actually happen?
Yes, they do, and more frequently than you might think. Cybercriminals have shown repeatedly that they love data, and the more sensitive...
Sep 27, 20224 min read


Food and Retail Businesses – be aware – you might be in line for a DDoS cyber-attack!
The first step in dealing with your organisation’s cyber security is embracing the fact that you are in fact at risk in the first place....
Sep 21, 20224 min read


How does remote working affect cyber security in the financial and legal sectors?
The financial and legal sectors have experienced a significant rise in cybercrime activity over the past few years as the following stats...
Sep 20, 20224 min read


Why would an IT company want to be Cyber Essentials accredited?
IT companies provide a lot of services and support for their clients and some of these clients will also believe that this includes cyber...
Sep 14, 20222 min read


Please connect, and take a look at my CV. It’s not a phishing email.
HR companies are undoubtedly a target for cyber criminals who want to get their hand on personal information, after all a HR firm will...
Sep 13, 20222 min read


What are the free cyber security tools that Healthcare could utilise?
Healthcare companies are still at risk from a range of cybercrime attacks, from the annoying, obvious phishing attempt, to the...
Sep 7, 20224 min read


Building security from the start
Construction firms know about solid foundations and solid foundations are required within cyber security as well. Stolen or lost...
Sep 2, 20222 min read


How do I make my school website more difficult for cybercriminals to hack?
Cyber-attacks against schools continue to be a concern across the Eastern region. The reasons for this are fairly simple Schools possess...
Sep 1, 20224 min read


Charity Sector – what will you do when cyber criminals attack your organisation?
One of the biggest assumptions made by charities around cybercrime is that they won’t be affected as they don’t have anything of value to...
Aug 31, 20224 min read


What does a manufacturing company do when their production operations suddenly grind to a halt?
Hope they have an incident response plan. The consequences of a cyber-attack can range from a nuisance phishing email to a successful...
Aug 25, 20222 min read


Top tips for transport and logistics firms
Travel and Logistics firms are a lucrative target for cyber criminals and this has continued to increase over recent years. What are the...
Aug 24, 20223 min read


It’s not just criminal hackers that local government should worry about.
Insider threats, both malicious and accidental are also a situation that every company, but especially local government needs to be aware...
Aug 23, 20222 min read


Could your leisure company defend or recover from a Ransomware attack?
Ransomware is one of the highest profile cyber-attack because of the high impact that it has in terms of disruption (you can’t access...
Aug 18, 20222 min read

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