Social engineering – in which criminals manipulate users into compromising their security – is a major problem. This blog gives five ways to reduce the risk.
The UK charity Mermaids has received a £25,000 fine from the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) after an internal error led to a widescale data breach.
Tabnabbing is a type of phishing attack like no other. It doesn’t come with the tell-tale signs of a scam email and works within your browser. Do you know what to look for?
Phishing staff awareness is a core requirement of information security training. But with so many courses out there, it’s hard to know which one to choose. We help you make that decision in this blog, outlining five things you should …
Ely, United Kingdom, 29 July 2019 – GRC eLearning, a leading provider of staff awareness e-learning courses focused on cyber compliance and data privacy, is pleased to announce that it has become a Government Certified Training (GCT) provider for its …
First things first: what’s gamification? It depends on the context. In recent years ‘gamification’ and ‘serious games’ have grown to become popular buzzwords reaching far beyond niche creative agencies: from your online shopping to tax declarations, digital experiences everywhere are …
New research from Beaming has revealed that small businesses bore the brunt of cyber attacks in the UK in 2018, costing them an estimated £13.6 billion (out of a £17 billion total). 63% of small businesses reported being a victim …
Egress’s Insider Data Breach survey 2019 has found that 79% of CIOs believe employees have put company data at risk accidentally in the past 12 months, while 61% think that data has been put at risk maliciously. More than 500 …
UK retailers have seen an 80% increase in cyber attacks and/or breaches over the past year, according to the BRC’s (British Retail Consortium) 2019 Retail Crime Survey. This is despite 17% of retailers spending more on cyber security than the …
Yet another report has identified careless or unaware employees as the biggest vulnerability within organisations (34%). The EY Global Information Security Survey 2018–19 questioned more than 1,400 C-suite leaders and information security and IT executives/managers from some of the world’s …
