CYBER INSIGHTS: Friday, 8 March 2024 - Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence – CYBERInsights Small Business Cybersecurity News

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WELCOME TO TODAY’S EDITION OF CYBERINSIGHTS – MY DAILY ROUNDUP OF THE LATEST EUROPEAN SME CYBERSECURITY NEWS, INTELLIGENCE & ANALYSIS INCLUDING: NCSC – CYBER ESSENTIALS, ONLINE REPUTATION & SOCIAL MEDIA RELIANCE …

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1) NCSC: CYBER ESSENTIALS PROGRAM – The NCSCs Funded Cyber Essentials Program aims to help SMEs and organisations within sectors most at risk of Cyber attack with free, hands-on help to implement the controls that prevent most common types of attacks. If you’re an SME with <50 staff developing fundamental Technologies in the UK, you can now apply for free help to get Cyber Essentials Plus Certification. Learn More /…

Small or Micro companies registered in the UK and working on the development of fundamental AI or Quantum Technologies, Engineering Biology or the Development of Semiconductors can apply for help.

2) ONLINE REPUTATION: What is Your Online Reputation worth?
Very few Business Relationships are forged without at least a cursory search on Google – Today your Online Reputation is Everything!
However, by deploying proprietary AI Powered software and Scarab
ORM will investigate the extent of the negative content & start repairing the damage. Learn More /…

SMEs need to stay aware of these clear and present threats and not dismiss them as only happening to individuals. There is clear evidence that Cybercriminals are targeting SMEs as the risk/reward ratio is compelling.

3) SOCIAL MEDIA: Down or Hacked? Small Businesses struggle on day of major outages affecting Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X, Google and a raft of other major providers. Those Small Businesses who utilise social media in their day to day operations were only affected for two hours. Despite claims that all the majors had been hacked, Facebook said it had suffered a “technical issue” Learn More /…

Is your SME dependent on Social Media or do you have contingency channels? What effect did yesterdays widespread outage of the key Social Platforms have on your SMEs Bottom Line?

CYBERSECURITY EVENTS – EUROPE | LIVE & VIRTUAL

06/03/2024 – CLOUD&CYBER SEC EXPO | London – Learn More /…
17/03/2024 – RETHINK! IT SECURITY | Berlin – Learn More /…
20/05/2024 – CYBERWISECON EUROPE | Online – Learn More /…
31/05/2024 – SANS RANSOMWARE SUMMIT | Online – Learn More /…

CYBER VOICE/PR WIRE

CYBER TRAINING: Test Drive World-Class SANS Cyber Security Training
GARTNER: Roll out the AI Opportunity Radar to your executive team.
VEEAM: Cybersecurity Best Practices and Hybrid Cloud Resilience.
SME RESOURCES: Why Choose Datadog? Full-Stack Observability.
SPLUNK: Best practices for practical observability – must-read report.

INVESTIGATIONS 2024:

1. THE SMALL BUSINESS LOAN SCAM This model of the Small Business Loan Scam started during the Covid Pandemic and true to form the Scammers were offering “Guaranteed” Small Business Loans. Well, I have to report that the Business Loan Scam is rearing its ugly head. Register Free to read the full Report

2. PHISHING: The Sextortion scam as it is termed, has raised its ugly head again with a refined Scam for 2024. I first wrote about this nearly six years ago after I received a flurry of emails with the standard copy & paste text. Most Small Businesses/ SMEs ignore these threats as not being relevant to business but they would be wrong! Register Free to read the full Report

ABOUT IAIN FRASER – Gibraltar based Professional Journalist,
Accredited Authority Writer & Commentator on all aspects of SME (Small, Medium Sized Business) Cybersecurity, Latest Threat Intelligence, Scam Alerts and Best Practice Compliance & Mitigation. In addition to Publishing CYBERInsights I contribute to 20+ News Sites, Authority Blogs and Digital Magazines.

If you need high quality, well-researched content – Features, Articles, Web Content, Product/Service Review or Guest Post on any aspect of Business (SME) Cybersecurity – On time, On budget, Every time … then We Should Talk! | Email: [email protected]

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