Cyber Security

Articles, news and guides on cyber security for the UK small business, encompassing the range of strategies, technologies, and processes to help safeguard data, privacy, and the overall integrity of digital environments.

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Three quarters of users who click a phishing link surrender password details

New research reveals just how susceptible employees still are to phishing attacks.

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Cyber security readiness study finds widespread shortcomings

International study of 3,000 businesses shows widespread variations in cyber security readiness.

Business Technology

Cyber security: What small businesses need to know

Here, Shaun McKay, managing director of LeadingEdge, discusses how businesses can improve their cyber security.

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Ransom attacks double in European as SMEs are targeted

Radware finds ransom was the #1 motivation behind cyber attacks and IoT botnets are now a major concern for CIOs.

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UK CEOs rate cyber risks as second most significant threat

Cyber threat concern ranks higher than new market entrants or speed of technological change, new research reveals.

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Why the cyber security skills gap could mean trouble for your business

British businesses could be put at increased risk of cyber attack by the UK’s severe shortage of cyber security expertise.

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UK SMEs targeted 230,000 times each by cyber criminals in 2016

Cyber attacks top 1,000 per business per day mark in November and December as the volume of cyber attacks experienced by individual businesses doubles during 2016.

Business Technology