Critical Infrastructure Attacks: Considerations for Small-to-Medium Enterprises

Posted by Guest Blogger on Mar 24, 2022 10:28:28 AM

The NCSC warns of a growing wave of increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks on businesses with critical infrastructure

In the UK, Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) is defined by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as ‘Those critical elements of Infrastructure (facilities, systems, sites, property, information, people, networks and processes), the loss or compromise of which would result in a major detrimental impact on the availability, delivery or integrity of essential services, leading to severe economic or social consequences or to loss of life.’ This encompasses thirteen sectors: chemicals, civil nuclear, communications, defence, emergency services, energy, finance, food, government, health, space, transport, and water.

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Topic Cloud cyberattacks ransomware cyber security

Six Tips to Reduce The Risk of a Ransomware Attack

Posted by Dave Woodfine on May 14, 2021 10:20:12 AM

Ransomware is difficult to protect against as the criminals themselves are security experts who carefully review and target their victims. Attackers are becoming increasingly skilled at exploiting vulnerable services and unpatched software, with almost three-quarters of Ransomware attacks managing to successfully encrypt private company data. According to a 2020 survey by Sophos, 51% of organisations were hit by Ransomware in the last year. The criminals succeeded in encrypting the data in 73% of these attacks.

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Topic Home Office working from home ransomware