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May 21, 20245 min read
Logistics: The Ransomware Threat and What You Can Do
For logistics and transport companies, cyber crime is a particularly important threat to consider. As a business, their success relies on...


Mar 4, 20243 min read
To Pay or Not to Pay: that is the ransomware victim’s dilemma.
A recent report commissioned and published by Cyber Security company Cybereason has identified some worrying statistics regarding...


Feb 9, 20245 min read
Should Healthcare Providers be Concerned About Ransomware?
Healthcare is a targeted sector for cyber criminals, due to the high volume of confidential data held by these organisations. Data...


Feb 6, 20244 min read
How does the Government’s latest findings on ransomware affect your organisation?
In December 2023 the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy published a cross party report of ransomware entitled - A hostage...


Oct 25, 20234 min read
Understanding the Threat of Ransomware in the Legal Sector
The UK legal sector faces increasing online threats, and legal firms make highly attractive targets for cyber criminals. Not only are...


Sep 20, 20235 min read
Are logistics firms like yours at risk from ransomware attacks?
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...


Jun 9, 20234 min read
Is the Charity Sector Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks?
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...


Feb 24, 20234 min read
Does your healthcare organisation have a plan to respond to your next cyber-attack?
The healthcare sector continues to face an increasing number of cyber threats, any one which can compromise patient data, disrupt...


Feb 24, 20235 min read
Food and Retail Businesses – are you at risk from a ransomware attack?
98% of UK businesses are now operational online in one way or another, benefiting hugely from the use of online websites, social media...


Jan 10, 20234 min read
Is the healthcare sector at risk from ransomware?
Ransomware attacks continued as a significant threat to healthcare organizations in 2022 though the true scale of it remains an enigma....


Dec 14, 20224 min read
Charity Sector – Are you at risk from a ransomware attack?
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...


Dec 6, 20224 min read
Manufacturers. Protect yourself from ransomware!
Believe it or not, manufacturing took over from finance as the most cyber attacked sector in 2021 – almost a quarter of attacks were...


Nov 9, 20225 min read
Are logistics firms like yours at risk from ransomware attacks?
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...


Sep 27, 20224 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...


Aug 18, 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...


Mar 8, 20223 min read
“My taxes are due, where’s my data?” “Sorry, I had a ransomware attack, um…”
Accountancy firms and financial institutions are prime targets for cyber criminals, and the attack of choice in ransomware together with...


Feb 10, 20225 min read
Why are schools and universities such an attractive target for cybercriminals?
Ransomware attacks are on the rise across the Eastern region and a target rich environment for criminals remains the education sector....

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