10 ways SMEs can boost security without spending money
Improving security doesn't always mean having to buy more equipment or invest in expensive training
By John E Dunn | 04 Nov | Read more
Improving security doesn't always mean having to buy more equipment or invest in expensive training
By John E Dunn | 04 Nov | Read more
SMEs can bid for up to £5,000 funding each from a pot worth £1 million, to help them buy specialist advice to boost their online security.
Charlotte Jee | 18 Jul | Read more
The traditional anti-virus scan seems to be close to extinction, with barely one in ten PC users bothering to run them regularly, or at all, according to the latest analysis from security firm OPSWAT.
John E Dunn | 30 Jan | Read more
Researchers at Check Point have discovered a serious security vulnerability affecting at least 12 million leading-brand home and SME routers that appears to have gone unnoticed for over a decade.
John E Dunn | 20 Dec | Read more
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has launched the sixth round of procurement for the G-Cloud framework.
Charlotte Jee | 07 Nov | Read more
Cyber security professionals need to improve the way they communicate risks to SMEs, according to the Institute of (ICAEW).
Charlotte Jee | 04 Nov | Read more
The UK Government has appointed Andy Williams from industry body TechUK as its first ever SME cyber-czar and pumped £4 million into a competition for small firms looking to develop new security technology.
John E. Dunn | 18 Sep | Read more
Four Yorkshire-based SMEs had a lucky escape from the clutches of the CryptoLocker ransom malware after an IT services firm was able to restore their data from backups.
John E. Dunn | 27 Aug | Read more
Many SME employees retain alarming levels of access to critical business applications after they've stopped working for a company, a survey for cloud services firm Intermedia has claimed.
John E Dunn | 19 Aug | Read more
The first batch of SMEs have been certified under the pilot phase of Government's flagship Cyber Essentials self-assessment programme, according to the IASME consortium.
John E Dunn | 01 Jul | Read more
Norwegian data centre provider Green Mountain is touting for business from UK companies, having turned on its second facility in Rennesoy, Norway, this week.
Police officers in the London Met are to start wearing body cameras in a bid to boost transparency and accelerate convictions.
The government has launched its Cyber Essentials scheme to provide "clarity to organisations on what good cyber security practice is" and to "set out the steps they need to follow to manage cyber risks".
Anh Nguyen | 12 Apr | Read more
The Government has launched ‘Cyber Streetwise', a brand new awareness campaign that has set itself the task of persuading consumers and sMEs to take simple precautions to secure themselves against Internet criminality.
John E Dunn | 14 Jan | Read more
Large numbers of UK SMEs are being targeted by a major spam campaign pushing the vicious Cryptolocker ransom malware using plausible-looking targeted attachments, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned.
John E Dunn | 18 Nov | Read more