Jane Frankland

Ransomware Attacks: The Unseen Threat Lurking in the Shadows 🚨 Ever wondered how safe your IT infrastructure really is? A friend of mine shared a chilling tale where their company lost critical data to a ransomware attack, costing them thousands and compromising their client relationships. It's an alarming trend, with reports saying ransomware attacks surged by 485% in 2022. So, how can we fight back? Enter Zero Trust. 🔐 What is Zero Trust? Zero Trust isn't just a buzzword; it's a holistic approach to cybersecurity that assumes no one, whether inside or outside your network, is trusted by default. Here's why adopting Zero Trust can save your organization from the next major ransomware attack: 1. Verify Everything: Always - Principle: Trust nothing, verify everything. - Before granting access, Zero Trust ensures every user and device is authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated. 2. Minimize Damage with Micro-Segmentation - Action: Break down your network into smaller, secure segments. - Even if a hacker breaches one segment, they can't move laterally across the network, limiting potential damage. 3. Continuous Monitoring 🔍 - Essence: Eyes wide open, 24/7. - Continuous monitoring identifies suspicious behavior in real-time, enabling immediate response before ransomware spreads. 4. Least Privilege Access - Rule: Users get the bare minimum access required. - By restricting permissions, even if credentials are stolen, the hacker can't access high-value targets. 5. Enhanced Incident Response - Advantage: Rapid and effective response. - With Zero Trust, organizations can quickly isolate and neutralize threats, protecting critical assets. By adopting a Zero Trust model, businesses can create a strong, adaptable defense against the ever-evolving ransomware threat. 👥 Your Turn: How prepared is your organization for a ransomware attack? Are you considering the move to Zero Trust? Share your thoughts, experiences, or questions in the comments below! #CyberSecurity #ZeroTrust #Ransomware Looking forward to a lively discussion! 🌐💼

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Cybersecurity isn't a tick-box exercise and should be high on every business' agenda. Every day that you solve a problem, create a product, deliver a service, or close a deal, is another day that cybercriminals are working on the next defence-busting scheme. Your cybersecurity needs updating regularly in response to the latest threats - which can change with alarming rapidity. Is this something you are dedicating sufficient time to? Is someone responsible and accountable? Have you got a team of experts working behind the scenes to keep your business, data and systems safe? #LucidGroup #cybersecurity #Cyberthreats #Cybercriminals #ITSupport

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Interested in Cyber Essentials or looking to 'level up' your Cyber Security? 🛡️ The labdesk are working with the Birchwood Park, Warrington team and the supply chain to provide useful insights for your teams. 🔐🔐 If you would like to learn more, drop me a message... 😎 #labdesk #getITdone #cyberessentials #cybersecurity

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What is equally important if not more important than to speak? . . . To listen, to understand and to expand our mind and perception on what is possible for a safer and secure cyber future. I love speaking, but this week I am going to listen. I am going to listen to some brilliant speakers on everything related to social engineering, security awareness and the human behaviourial aspect. ↗ I specifically look forward to hear Charles Milton talk on how to balance user experience with cloud security. ↗ To Katie Ralph on how do we prioritize building cyber resilience in a rapidly shifting cyber threat landscape. ↗ To Dave Ross, about who is behind the ransomware negotiation and learn more about how emotional intelligence is used to prepare senior leaders for these negotiations, if push comes to shove. ↗ I can't wait to meet and listen to Tim Ward on how do we actually measure behavioural change in cyber security? ↗ To how Ben Owen and Danni Brooke deal with the common belief that hackers won't bother with people or businesses like you. ↗ And finally to Neil Frost and his take on how we demonstrate the value of cyber security awareness to stakeholders. I am sure I will listen to many more talks, and if you are attending and would love to meet up, please DM me. I promise, I will keep my Dutch humour in check and be on my best #EmotionalIntelligence behaviour 😊 But first, I am looking forward to record an in studio podcast conversation about CISO's leadership and emotional intelligence with Mark Segelov in London. Looking forward to meet new people, make new connections and build bridges of emotional resilience within cyber security. #emotionalintelligence #emotionalresilience #leadership #UKCyberWeek #securityawareness #cyberresilience

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There's an important discussion about our digital footprints. Associate Professor Dirk Joachim Primus at AGSM @ UNSW Business School and I explore the issues on his "Innovation Matters" podcast!

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Join me to Cyber Leaders' Summit in Manchester for the panel "AI Attack vs defence: Which side is winning?" Looking forward to digging into this very pertinent subject! See you there! #AI #Technology #Innovation #Cyber

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Thinking of completing or renewing your Cyber Essentials Certification? See here https://lnkd.in/eZsUUqQv the latest set of questions you'll need to answer. As a Cyber Essentials Certification body, we now have a fast track programme to help you respond to the questions and achieve your certification. #cyberessentials #cybersecurity #cyberessentialsplus

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🙄 Are you ignoring password safety in your business? The IFA Magazine published an article last week shared some of the findings from an analysis by Payset. Dealing with one disruptive cyberattack could cost businesses as much as £10,830 and that's without any data loss. Imagine if there was data loss! It highlighted at three out of ten UK businesses didn’t use a password policy and during the same time period, 41% of UK businesses experienced a cybersecurity breach or attack. It also shared that the top 3 most common types of cyberattacks that affected those businesses were phishing attacks, impersonation of organisations online or in emails and viruses, and spyware/ re attacks. Don't be a statistic. Do you have cybersecurity policies in place for your business? #Cybersecurity #ITSupport #SurreyBusiness Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e8emDuTt

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📰 The UK launches the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, an important piece of legislation to improve cyber security, following a change of government by the Labor Party after 14 years of Conservative rule. The bill aims to combat global cyber threats. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dPbbzbfw 💻 Learn what GDPR is and how to implement GDPR compliance! https://lnkd.in/e-nduCjt #GDPR #Cybersecurity #Privacy #DataPrivacy #DataProtection

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Scotland’s Digital Office for local government has said it is focusing on providing strategic tabletop exercises to strengthen cyber security among the country’s local authorities. It said this reflects the fact that, while technology provides a level of security, the human factor is crucial in detecting, responding and recovering from a cyber attack. Tabletop exercises simulate scenarios to help organisations test their response plans, identify gaps and improve their cyber security posture. The Digital Office said it is gearing the exercises towards council chief executives, boards of directors, heads of service and managers to give them experience of responding to a cyber incident. https://lnkd.in/eG2_T_Yy #cybernews #cybersecurity #localauthority #cyberexercise

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Why SMEs don’t take Cyber Security seriously? The world has changed since COVID but the approach of SMEs to Cyber Crime has not! Research has shown that it is widely acknowledged that Cyber Crime is the number one threat to business. Ransomware as a service (RAAS) has grown massively allowing so many more hackers to lease phishing systems on the dark web. Their targets are not large companies, they are smaller SMEs. We believe that Cyber Essentials is a minimum requirement for all UK SMEs. You have a 90% less chance of a successful attack. We have partnered with CyberSmart as their Active Protect end point protection is best in class. One of the benefits of Cyber Essentials is the 25k insurance that comes with the accreditation. With us and CyberSmart we up that insurance up to 100k. The platform is integral to us being able to monitor your hygiene and allows us to ensure you pass, and more importantly you have the best level of visible and auditable logs and we monitor and communicate with you. We bundle up the system and you can spread the payment over 12 months. Contact me for more info.

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The UK's Health and Social Care sector is the 5th most targeted by cyber-criminals, per the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Given the sensitive nature of healthcare information, the risk of cyber-attacks remains constant. It is essential for healthcare organizations and health tech software providers to continuously monitor, update, and improve their technology to prevent breaches. How current is your healthcare organization's cybersecurity, and how confident are you in its effectiveness? Talk to the experts at Idenhaus Consulting to get started on a cybersecurity check-in - let's make sure you're as ready as you planned!

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Achieving Cyber Essentials not only enhances your charity's security but also opens up new avenues for funding, as grant-making bodies increasingly require Cyber Essentials certification from applicants. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AX7Em #cyberessentials #Cybersecurity

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🆕 Great new blog joining the dots between robust cybersecurity defences and patient safety: https://lnkd.in/enqfDX3x #ARMIS #NHS #PATIENTSAFETY #HEALTHCARE #IOT #IOMT #JOININGTHEDOTS

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We did this as a webinar yesterday for NH Business Review, where we discussed cyber issues associated with business surveillance systems. Enjoy. Trusted Internet NCMS, Inc. - The Society of Industrial Security Professionals #isc2nh #cybersecurity https://lnkd.in/eSXNSF-g

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UK cyber insurance offerings "underwhelm" mid-market companies – study The new Coalition study revealed that IT security leaders of mid-market companies in the UK are becoming increasingly worried about cyber attacks as financial and other business transactions are now mostly done online. Conducted earlier this year involving 500 senior cybersecurity officials working at mid-market firms across England, Scotland, and Wales, the report revealed that 87.6% of cyber professionals had experienced a cyber attack in either their current or former roles, demonstrating not only the broad need for cybersecurity investment but also for cyber insurance policies to help transfer the cost of these cyber attacks. https://lnkd.in/eTihkCzb #cybernews #cybersecurity #insurance #smb #enterprise #business

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The media and positioning….. Whilst I am not aiming this to have any sort of polictial debate other than raising awareness of how media can show, leverage and influence your choices daily. Below is a screenshot of Apple News for me. 1. **Labour could be on course to win historic landslide, poll shows** - This headline from Sky News is speculative and highlights a potentially positive outcome for the Labour Party based on a poll. It is optimistic and suggests a significant and historic victory for Labour, creating a positive portrayal. 2. **‘I’ve changed my mind’: Farage will stand to be MP after U-turn** - This headline focuses on Nigel Farage's decision to run for MP after previously stating otherwise. The use of the phrase "changed my mind" and "U-turn" implies indecisiveness or inconsistency, which can be perceived negatively. It highlights a factual event but does so in a way that might cast Farage in a less favorable light. The difference in portrayal is clear: the first headline is speculative and positive about Labour's potential success, while the second is factual but framed in a way that might be interpreted as negative regarding Farage's decision. This contrast shows how media can shape perceptions through headline choices. Food for thought all!

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