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The varying costs of a cyber attack
According to the dictionary definition a Cost is “an amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something”, which might not obviously hold true when thinking about investing in protecting your business from a cyber attack, or indeed in paying to regain...
Training Services Growth
Following the development of bespoke cyber security training services for a number of our clients it was clear that there was a need within businesses for courses and workshops that supported their cyber security journey from the very early stages, through to those...
Data Security for your Business
“Data is the new oil” is a phrase you may have heard bandied around in recent times. In our increasingly connected lives both at home and work, and with the rise of Artificial Intelligence and automation, data is everywhere and data security is integral to the...
Cyber Security Strategy & Collaboration
Cyber security strategy from a client perspective: As a social housing and care provider, our client Orwell Housing Association Ltd understands that risk management and good governance is key to ensuring that the organisation meets its strategic objectives. As part of...
Ransomware – the ever increasing threat
Ransomware is still on the rise. Not only that, but concerningly success rates seem to be up. With well-known brands such as Kia Motors, Acer Computers and Accenture Consulting being hit by Ransomware attacks so far in 2021, we...
A Consultants Perspective on Cyber Security
As Cyber Security Awareness Month 2021 has now ended we got to thinking "what's it like to be a cyber security consultant?" so wanted to share some of the experiences and thoughts of our consultants who are working with clients and businesses every day. Let’s see what...
Ransomware threats in Healthcare
This article provides an insight in to the way the ransomware group FIN12 conducts their “business”. Focusing on high value victims, and quick deployment, FIN12 is a threat actor focused on making money regardless of which organisations, and the potential damage to...
A Spotlight on Personal Online Safety
During Cyber Security Awareness Month there might be lots of talk about Cyber Security, Information Security, Data Breaches, Cyber Attacks, it could all get a little overwhelming, possibly scary and eventually feel like it doesn’t really relate to us or impact our...
Cyber Security Consultancy – We do the boring stuff…
As a cyber security consultancy there have been a few conversations recently at CyberScale about the work we do not being at the “sexy end of cyber security”, so this got us thinking about what this really means for us. Although we see large scale cyber-attacks...
Resilience & Prevention Are Central To Cyber Defences
There is no one size fits all, quick and forever fix when it comes to keeping your business or your personal life safe and secure from Cyber Threats. For businesses it’s key to ensure that you are as resilient as possible in the face of a potential cyber-attack or...
Keeping Your Incident Response Plan Alive
Published in 2020, Statistia.com report that only 16% of UK businesses surveyed had any form of cyber security incident management process in place, what we commonly call an Incident Response Plan (IRP). This number is pulled down by only just over a third (38%) of...
The Importance of Incident Response Management
Cyber Attacks may seem like something that happen to other businesses, maybe you don’t think your business is a hot enough target, or that your IT department is handling it so all will be well. This sort of thinking can bring...
Norfolk Chamber B2B Exhibition 2021
As we all get comfortable with the idea of meeting in person again, the CyberScale Cyber Security team are busily getting ready for the Norfolk Chamber B2B Exhibition on 14th October. As the threat from Cyber Attacks to businesses across the UK continues to grow the...
What should an Information Security Policy contain?
The purpose of any information security policy is to outline the standards for processes and technical measures that are implemented in an organisation. They in-turn are derived from an organisation’s overall security strategy; this ensures that an organisation’s...
Choosing your Cyber Security Approach
Regardless of whether you’re new to business or leadership, or you have been in business for a while, when you first start to take your cyber security approach seriously, you may well discover that your first challenge is where to start. There are many different...
Training is central to a Cyber Security Strategy
It would be very easy, and not at all surprising to witness, to get oneself in to a panic and high state of fear relating to the risks of cyber crime to your own business, or your employer, especially if you are in a position of responsibility relating to data,...
Supporting Business Owners & Leaders
Business owners and leaders are constantly learning new things and as a relatively recent business owner I am no exception. I am always seeking advice, and trying to find the best people to help me make the business a success. A great example is marketing. Coming...
Bespoke cyber security training delivered to Flagship Group
Flagship Group, a large housing provider in the East of England, came to us with a need for additional cyber security training. Flagship wanted the training to complement their online awareness training and phishing campaigns that were already in place. The training...
Client Led Cyber Security Training Services
As a cyber security consultancy we also provide cyber security training services, and we are very much led by our clients and their business needs. We don’t have technical solutions to push and always begin with looking at their current technologies, processes,...
People as your strength – a culture of security
“Your people are your biggest weakness when it comes to security”. You’ve probably heard this statement more than once. It probably wouldn't instil the most positive cyber security culture. We believe that this can, and should be a fallacy in all businesses when it...
Keeping ahead, investing across the business
Cyber & information security training is a key tool in defending your business, but before we look at that let's look at the threats facing you... Whether you’re new to running a business, new to your role, or you’ve been in business for a while and you’re...
The time is now to start your cybersecurity journey
For many it can be a daunting step to take in starting your cyber security journey when the realisation comes that you need to do more to protect your business, teams and customers from the ever growing risks associated with cyber-attacks. And herein lies an ongoing...
Three pillars to embedding a culture of security in to your business
According to a 2019 survey published by statista.com of over 1500 UK businesses only 27% of businesses had invested in security training for their staff within the previous 12 months. This got us thinking about the relationship between the culture in a business, its...
Cyber Security – Don’t Waste Your Money
If you’ve been watching the news recently, you’ll be aware that cyber security related incidents and data breaches are happening more and more frequently. Over time, organisations, particularly larger enterprises, have come to understand the importance of...
Regulatory Responsibilities
The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2020 released in March 2020 confirms cyber security breaches are becoming more frequent. It found 46% of UK businesses and charities reported a cyber-attack during the year. The average cost of a cyber security breach for a small...
Cybersecurity Maturity
As Cyber threats evolve, so must businesses also evolve their Cybersecurity capabilities and defences.An organisation's ability to defend itself is often linked to how mature they are perceived to be, in terms of Cybersecurity. But how can Cybersecurity maturity be...
Cyber Security Training
Organisations looking to boost their Cyber Security defences could be forgiven for pouring time, effort and budget into Technical solutions. After all, the Cyber battlefield is typically considered a virtual one fought electronically in Cyberspace, what better...
Incident Response Planning
You may be familiar with the term Cyber Security, but you may increasingly hear "Cyber Resilience" used, including by ourselves. Cyber Security tends to be focused mainly on prevention of Cyber related crime, and whilst this is critically important, it's increasingly...
Securing the Cloud
Whether its Office 365, Box or Salesforce, or whether you run all your workloads in the cloud on AWS, Azure or GCP- do you know how to keep your data secure in the cloud? Cloud service vendors will tell you what tools are available to help you secure your share of...
Cloud Security
The decision to take your business into the Cloud is a business decision. It's technology-based sure, but it's just one of many technical solutions that you could implement to meet the requirements of your business. Used right, it can help drive your...
Culture of Security
There is no single answer to the question of how best to secure your business - no firewall or security software can claim to nullify all threats or mitigate all risks. Important as it is, Technology is just a single weapon in your business security arsenal, you need...
Cyber Security for Business Owners
Cyber Security is not an IT problem, It's a Business problem - and if you're a business owner or part of the leadership team that means it's your problem. Strategy for Business growth, mitigating risks and staying ahead of the competition are all familiar topics for...
Data Backups – Are Yours Fit for Purpose?
When devising the best backup strategy for your business there are several key things you should consider- What data is critical to your business?What do you need to protect that data against?How long can your business stand to be without that data? In answering these...
Securing Post-Covid Business Strategy
Regardless of size or industry, chances are the Coronavirus pandemic has changed the way your Business does business. Whether it is the services and products you provide, how you provide them, or just working out how to keep your staff working- adapting to these...
Ransomware – When Victims Pay, Everybody Pays
Ransomware is big business, and business is certainly booming for cyber criminals. It's becoming all too frequent to hear of the next large corporation to be hit with a Ransomware attack, taking down services and putting the personal data of millions of customers at...
Top Tips for Remote Workers
If like many, part of your 'new normal' is spending more time working away from the office then you are likely being asked to take more responsibility for keeping your company’s devices and data secure when working remotely. So what can you do to make sure you keep...
Cyber Threats Don’t Care
All too often when speaking with small business owners, we hear how Cyber Security is not a major concern. Cyber Criminals only go for targeted attacks against big organisations with huge assets and valuable data right? Why should a small business choose to spend any...
Cyber Security Needs a Strategy
Many organisations are great at thinking strategically when it comes to their overall business but neglect to follow the same approach when it comes to Cyber Security, instead employing tactical “solutions” – or none at all. This is a key reason why despite having...
Darren Chapman – A 60 Second Interview
Tell us briefly about your background in IT? I’ve been in IT for longer than I care to remember (it’s more than 20 years!), in a range of roles from 1st line support through to managing high performing consulting teams. Throughout that time, I’ve had a lot...
Who Are CyberScale?
About CyberScale At CyberScale, we understand security. We also understand that cyber security and data protection can be confusing and hard to keep up with, especially without dedicated experienced staff. We’ll translate cyber threats and regulations into...
Should you stop using Zoom?
Zoom security issues are in the news Over the last couple of weeks, there have been a significant number of posts, articles, commentaries and opinions about security issues with Zoom. No-one, Zoom included, could have predicted the meteoric rise in the adoption of...
Secure Remote Working – in a hurry
Every so often an event will occur that will make the time, effort and money spent on contingency all worthwhile. It's a new world Global concern around the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) is forcing organisations large and small to look at how they can maintain...
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