If you are reading this, chances are that you are a small business owner or IT manager looking to take your first step towards a formal cyber security program. Congratulations! You have recognised the importance of protecting your most important assets from cyber-attacks and now you just need to get something in place. However, with...
Every organisation in the UK faces the difficult challenge of mitigating against the ever-increasing risks associated with cybercrime. But what are the facts? Below are 10 quick facts from trusted sources* to give you a heads up of the cyber security statistics for 2019. 48% of UK businesses identified at least one breach or...
Wizard Cyber is now an industry member of the UK Government Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP). Managed by the National Cyber Security Centre, CiSP is a joint industry and government initiative that aims to increase the situational awareness of cyber threats. It is also designed to help reduce the impact of cyber crime on UK businesses of...
Tesco Personal Finance plc (Tesco Bank) has been fined £16,400,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders against a cyber attack in 2016. Deficient cyber security controls On the 1st October, the FCA announced that in 2016, cyber attackers exploited deficiencies in...
Cyber security is increasingly on the agenda of board meetings for successful investment management and private equity companies in the UK. General Partners must ensure they have effective cyber security measures in place in their own firm. They must also have visibility of the security measures implemented in their portfolio companies. To protect revenue and...
General Partners in UK private equity firms are under increasing pressure to mitigate the business risks associated with the exponential growth in cyber crime. They also face the burden of complying to strict data security requirements of European regulations which include the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The...
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has announced that it has released an update to its highly regarded CIS Controls best practice list. Published at the end of April 2018, the CIS Controls V7 feature the same twenty ‘must have’ counter measures that businesses around the world already depend upon to stay cyber secure. New CIS Category Groupings...
What is an endpoint? An endpoint is a hardware device that provides a user with access to a distributed computer system. These devices include mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktop PC machines. When connected to a local area network or the Internet, all have the potential to access the information assets of an organisation. ...
By now you’ve surely heard of ransomware and most people with speak with have been a victim of a ransom attack or know another company that has been breached. This type of cyber attack is when “cyber kidnappers” take your computer or network hostage and infect a computer or computer system with a virus that locks all the...
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