According to a 2019 report from Beaming, UK businesses are seeing an average of 146,491 attempted cyber attacks. That works out at about one attack every minute, and no company is too big or too small. Whereas hackers used to focus their efforts on huge organisations working with lots of juicy top secret information, they’re now just as interested in small businesses with just a few staff and what might be mistakenly viewed as “boring” data.

A “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) policy is an essential document for anyone whose employees work remotely. It will help you keep your data safe and clearly explain to your staff members what’s expected of them. Get your free policy to implement into your business.

Picture the scene. It’s your first day back from annual leave, and you’re going through all your emails and updates from the past couple of weeks. A quick scan of your business bank account shows a four figure payment to a supplier you haven’t heard of, so you check in with the finance manager to see what happened.

The vast majority of cyber security breaches are designed encrypt corporate data.  And as more are happening every day, governments all over the world are tightening up their data protection legislation. This has already happened here with the GDPR, and it’s more important than ever before to make sure your data is properly stored. Some of the most common places data is kept include..

The bottom line is that without a thorough password policy, robust security and a healthy attitude towards password management being promoted throughout your organisation, your business is at a major risk of attack.The good news is that it doesn’t have to be a huge headache or cost a fortune to get everything in order and create an environment where people understand the importance of security.