Over the past 12 months, there were 7.78 million incidents of cyber crime against UK businesses (Gov.uk). Cyber crime is evolving and increasing at a rapid pace, and the UK government are planning to introduce additional measures including the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill as an effort to boost the nation’s defences against cyber crime. […]
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It’s that time of year, again! At Citation Cyber, we’re real advocates for the importance of effective cyber security. Ensuring your people, data, and devices are protected against cyber attacks and data breaches is what we do all day, every day. However, what better opportunity is there to highlight robust solutions and best practices than
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If you’ve ever enquired about testing services on your organisation’s infrastructure, you might have been presented with terms including red team, blue team, and purple team. Whilst each testing approach has a different methodology, they ultimately aim to bolster your organisation’s security defences and support your efforts with defending against cyber attacks and data breaches.
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Many organisations are currently in the process of updating their security measures to better protect against cyber threats. One way to do this is through a vulnerability assessment, which is an important step in the organisation’s risk management strategy. If you don’t know about the probability of being infected by one of these vulnerabilities, analysis
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Human actions can cause significant cyber risks in your business – in fact, 80% of cyber breaches are a result of human error. This can be due to a lack of awareness with cyber security best practises, unnecessary access to company information and data, or in worst cases, malicious intent. Being able to identify the
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So what is penetration testing? Firstly, some background as to why it’s needed in the first place. Over the past 12 months, the global average cost of a data breach has increased by nearly 10% – the largest single year increase in the last seven years. Due to the changes in working behaviours, businesses have
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Cyber criminals are increasingly using complex and sophisticated attack methods to target businesses of all sizes and their leaders.
Cyber criminals: Who attacks and targets your business? Read More »
In this day and age, the wave of cyber security threats is deafening. Every week, businesses are facing millions of new malware variants and hacks, as well as having to deal with the deluge of media hype and marketing hysteria over the latest and newest threats, as well as the headlines of the most recent business to be breached. It’s no surprise, then, that it’s hard to keep up.We are now, more than ever, reliant on our technology. But with that reliance comes the need to ensure it’s safe and secure usage. Here are the key cyber security trends to watch out for this year.
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In this increasingly complex cyber world, there are, however, some basic tips to ensure you have the foundations set to avoid costly scams and sanitise your digital footprint.
We are now, more than ever, reliant on our technology. But with that reliance comes the need to ensure it’s safe and secure usage. Here are the key cyber security trends to watch out for this year.
Back to basics: simple tips for preventing cyber crime In your business Read More »
At least 3.4 billion phishing emails are sent worldwide each day and unfortunately, this includes the utilisation of international tragedies. Cyber criminals are cashing in on the global coronavirus epidemic by sending misleading phishing emails to exploit unsuspecting readers. The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, is now affecting 43 countries around the world and has over 81,280
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In January, security researcher Troy Hunt announced the addition of the ‘Collection #1’ set of compromised login credentials to his Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) service. HIBP allows users to search for their own email addresses and passwords in order to identify whether they have appeared in any major data breaches. This was followed shortly afterwards by coverage of ‘Collections #2–5’. Here we’ll explain why these collections are a big deal, and the steps you can take to protect yourself.
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