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CYBER INSIGHTS: Thursday 22 August 2024 – Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence

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Image Credit: Colin Pyle/Under CC

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Gibraltar: Thursday 22 August 2024 at 07:00 CET

CYBER INSIGHTS: The Latest SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence …
Written & Curated By Iain Fraser – Cybersecurity Journalist
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Welcome to Today’s Edition of CYBERInsights My Daily Roundup of the Latest European SME Cybersecurity News including: 1). UK Action Fraud 2). The Digital Decade 3). What is MFA?

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1). UK: ACTION FRAUD – NEW UK CYBERCRIME REPORTING DELAYED UNTIL 2025. Action Fraud, the much-maligned reporting center for fraud and financially motivated Cybercrime in Britain, has been pushed back to 2025. This is the second time the date has been pushed back. Two companies have been contracted to deliver the replacement service, PwC and Capita, neither of which have provided an explanation for the latest delay. The new service will be rebranded, although a name is yet to be selected …

2). EU: THE DIGITAL DECADE – The Annual State of the Digital Decade report keeps track of the progress of the EU towards the objectives and targets for 2030 set by the Digital Decade Policy Programme with a series of recommendations to Member States to accelerate progress including: Measures to promote gigabit take-up, Support the deployment of secure edge nodes as part of their connectivity, Support SMEs to take-up of digital tools, in particular cloud, data analytics and AI …

3).  WHAT IS MFA? Cyber KPI’sWhat is Multi Factor Authentication and why should SMEs use it? Multi-factor authentication (MFA; two-factor authentication, or 2FA) is a multi-step account login process that requires users to enter more information than just a password. For example, along with the password, users might be asked to enter a code sent to their email, answer a secret question, or scan a fingerprint. protects personal data including personal identification and financial assets…

ABOUT IAIN FRASER – I am a Gibraltar based, Accredited Journalist, (*NUJ, IFJ & ONA) Authority Writer,  Commentator & Publisher of CYBERinsights and cover all aspects of Cybersecurity [Awareness, Threat Management, Best Practice Compliance & Mitigation] and report throughout Europe & the UK

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