Cyber-crime costs the North West businesses £107 million a year claims Lancaster University report

Do you run a small or medium-sized business in the North West? Are you not particularly concerned about the growing threat of cybercrime? Well, if the findings of a study commissioned by Lancaster University, an EPSRC-GCHQ Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber-Security Research, prove to be correct, you should be. The report which looked at …

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Cyber-attack – it’s no longer a question of ‘if’; it’s a matter of ‘when’.

In spite of the many horror stories we constantly read about regarding cyber-attacks and cyber-crime, it would appear that many smaller businesses remain unaffected by the concerns that are worrying the rest of us. This apparent lack of concern is understandable, as they mistakenly believe that most cyber-attacks are directed at larger institutions and organisations …

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The UK’s SMEs are ‘woefully under-prepared’ for cyber-attack claims Kaspersky Lab

How well-prepared are Britain’s small business for cyber-threat? Are they taking sufficient precautions to protect themselves from the growing threat of cyber-attack? Well, no –they aren’t. At least that’s what web security firm, Kaspersky Lab, believes. In fact the security firm believes these businesses aren’t just ill-equipped to tackle cyber-threat; it argues that the majority …

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