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- Meet our new board member, Mike Kapur, OBE
delighted to welcome and announce Mike Kapur, OBE, as a Strategic Advisor to the Board at the East Midlands Cyber The police-led, not-for-profit EMCRC exists to promote cyber security and cyber resilience to SMEs via free guidance and affordable services, as well as working closely with cyber experts who can help businesses strengthen their Cyber security. Mr Kapur said of his appointment: “It is vital SMEs understand and improve their cyber resilience.
- Kid's Stuff: gaming advice ahead of the holidays
they've taken pole position, or their team is winning the league...don’t allow your kids to lose to cyber So, taking advice from the National Cyber Security Centre, we’ve constructed the below guidance which Secure your devices The majority of cyber-attacks exploit publicly known weaknesses in devices and software Cyber attackers often attempt to circumvent in-game security measures by persuading the player to do
- EMCRC announced as the latest business to attend the Love Business Expo 2023
The East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre (EMCRC) will be hosting a stall to share guidance and resources The East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre is the latest business to be announced to host a stall at the DI Matt Carson, Police Delivery Lead of the EMCRC, said: The East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre is Sharing guidance and resources to businesses, to boost their cyber resilience, will be our focus on the the region against cyber crime.
- Solicitors and law firms urged to help prevent the upward spike in ransomware payments
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) asked the Law Ransomware involves cyber criminals encrypting an organisation's files and demanding money in exchange in new investment and strengthen the UK's role as a responsible cyber power. Detective Inspector Colin Ellis, the Police Delivery Lead for the East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre Taking pre-emptive action and ensuring your organisation has cyber security measures in place is the
- Microsoft chaos around the world
was caused by malicious activity, warnings of bad actors attempting to take advantage surfaced, with cyber including emergency services, TV networks, retail, healthcare, finance, construction, education, IT and cyber Naturally, in the aftermath of these incidents, cyber researchers and IT professionals are questioning
- NCSC publish updated guidance in response to Russia/Ukraine conflict
how organisations should operate at a heightened threat awareness has been published by the National Cyber power within Ukraine was the victim of what appears to be a coordinated attack between Russian aligned cyber DTEK admit there was a cyber-attack that coincided with the military shelling on one of their thermal However, the company is yet to fully report on the cyber-attack other than to comment that the objective Since January this year, there has been a wave of cyber-attacks, carried out from all over the world,
- 300 local businesses now signed up to our core membership
Continuity Exercise - a tool to give your organisation a ‘dummy’ run of a cyber attack. Board Toolkit - Resources designed to encourage essential cyber security discussions between the Board Cyber crime is a growing problem. Cyber attacks are potentially ruinous events for business owners. “Cyber crime never sleeps, almost 50% of businesses are reporting some sort of cyber breach.
- Australia toughen stance on ransomware
The Australian government is considering making the payment of ransoms to cyber threat actors a criminal The debate on whether to pay ransoms to cyber threats has been prevalent since ransomware became established However, Australia is now looking to take steps to end that debate by criminalising ransom payments to cyber However, there is a risk that victims will hide cyber incidents from the increased scrutiny. The UK have not explicitly outlawed the payment of ransoms to cyber threat actors.
- Clone wars: website cloning, and what you should know
Any website can be cloned with minimal effort; cyber criminals create a “clone” site that may look exactly Website cloning is a method where cyber criminals create nearly identical websites to mirror original Cyber criminals use this method to target users indiscriminately, along with unsuspecting victims who
- Solicitors are being urged to assist in stemming the rising tide of ransomware payments
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ask the Law Ransomware involves cyber criminals encrypting an organisation's files and demanding money in exchange With this in mind, the National Cyber Strategy was launched in December 2021 to provide £2.6 billion in new investment and strengthen the UK's role as a responsible cyber power. “We’ve seen cyber crime costing UK firms billions over the last five years.
- EMCRC to support ESRC Festival of Social Science workshop at the University of Leicester
The East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre is proud to support the Economic and Social Research Council with ongoing research being carried out by the workshop leads into the economic factors behind firms’ cyber Discover more about the role that social scientists and economists play in improving cyber security and
- Ransomware attacks on UK organisations up 17%
Building effective best practice cyber-resilience strategies is essential to mitigate the risks of ransomware us about how you can strengthen your business's defences against the threat of ransomware or other cyber















