Russian-Backed Cyber Attacks: Targeting Water Service Providers & Critical Infrastructure
Saying there has been an increase in cyber-attacks is a little like stating that energy and food prices are increasing. Recently, however, international media has reported particularly on large scale cyber-attacks, targeting elements of Critical National Infrastructure sectors…
Regulatory compliance: Are you on top of it? Here’s how to make it work for your business.
Businesses are increasingly being fined for failing achieve cyber security compliance to protect services and data. These terms are set by regulators, which include industry specific, regional authorities, law or agency groups. The total amount of fines published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2022 equates to over £200m.
And that’s not the only cost they face. When organisations experience an incident or breach, they are also financially impacted by recovery costs, loss of earnings from operational downtime (system outages), and reputational damage (potentially long-term).
How can SMEs get Board Level CISO Expertise? With a Virtual CISO
There is a C-level revolution happening. Over 40% of boards now demand resource whose focus is cyber resilience and risk treatment. Stated by Gartner recently this is a huge lift from the 10% reported previously.
Nearly 2/3rd of Businesses are Without a Crisis Agnostic Continuity Plan. Are You One?
Fluking it, has anyone really ever done it? We’ve all seen those trick shot or first time try videos, but they all have hours of practice behind them.
It’s exactly the same when it comes to business continuity. No one is fluking a business continuity exercise and if you are unlucky enough to have the detail of a security event made public then you better hope you practiced.
We’ve reached peak cyber-tooling. It’s time to consolidate.
We’ve reached peak tooling. It’s time to consolidate.
A very dear client of mine recently took a new CIO role at a global business. I asked him about the current state of the company’s Cyber Security protection. He said “It's remarkable. Not a penny has been spared. They have every single security monitoring tool they could ever need - but it's like wearing seven watches, and not knowing which one is telling the right time.
What do the recent front page news worthy Cyber Security attacks at the Royal Mail and Guardian say about the state of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure
Barely a few days into 2023 and media outlets are already flooded with evidence of successful Cyber Security attacks at major UK organisations, Royal Mail and the Guardian, let alone news of major disruption in the US originating from instability in the IT systems of the FAA. These incidents serve as a reminder of the ongoing threat that Cyber crime poses to UK businesses and organisations of all sizes. But do these incidents indicate a trend in targeted attacks against the UKs Critical National Infrastructure and if so, why should we all be concerned?
If the Russian Bear Doesn’t Get You,Your Partner Will
Are you aware of your supply chain make-up? Supply chains are needed to lessen the load of delivering your services and provide vital components, but do you know what’s going on?
Typically, many supply chains are as long as an alligator’s tail. They are constructed with the company only assessing the cyber security controls of the primary contractor.
Parabellum Cyber Defence Ltd joins Fortrus Government framework
Parabellum joins Fortrus Digital Transition Framework to supply to public sector.