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CYBER INSIGHTS: Friday 31 May 2024 – Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence

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Gibraltar: Friday 31 May 2024 at 07:00 CET

CYBER INSIGHTS: The Latest SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence …
Written & Curated By Iain Fraser – Cybersecurity Journalist,
IainFRASER.net/CYBERInsights
SME Cyber Insights

#SMECyberInsights #SMECybersecurityNews #SmartDevices #Sapin #DataBreaches #MFA

Welcome to Today’s Edition of CYBERInsights – My Daily Roundup of the Latest European SME Cybersecurity News including: 1). Securing Your Smart Devices  2).  Data Breaches in Spain 3). MFA
/2FA Explained

1). SMART DEVICES: This Single Protocol Can Make Your Smart Device Run faster – according
to Ethan Bennet from Sonin. A slow Smartphone or Tablet is always frustrating, hindering your productivity and efficiency. Fortunately, there are simple yet effective strategies you can use to
enhance your Smart devices performance and speed. One of the most impactful methods is
clearing the cache. Learn about What is the Cache? What Does it do? Why Does it affect your
devices and How you can speed up your device with this single protocol.

How Secure are your Smart Devices? Does your SME have specific policies to ensure that your
Smart network is Secure?  Download our KPI – Securing Smart Devices. Learn how to Protect
your SME and its Smart Devices with our Definitive guide

2). DATA BREACHES: Data breaches in Spain increased almost six times in Q1 2024 according to the Global data breach monitoring tool by Netherlands based Cybersecurity company SurfShark. Spain witnessed 2.8M leaked online user accounts in Q1 2024, a 484% increase compared to Q4 2023, For comparison, the US had 90.4M breached users in the last quarter and Ireland had 255k. Analysis shows Spain as the 11th most breached country in the world, with 186 million leaked accounts since 2004.

3). WHAT IS MFA (2FA) Cyber KPI’sWhat is Multi Factor Authentication (2 Factor Authorisation) 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.

Cybersecurity Journalist, Daily Cyber Insights, SME Cybersecurity,

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

I also cover the sectors where I have either operational experience or subject matter expert knowledge including: Geopolitics esp. Geocrime, Defence Technology, AI, Autonomous Transport & National Security and contribute to a broad range of European facing news channels, blogs and digital magazines as either Guest Feature Writer, Columnist or Consultant Editor. Email: [email protected] | LinkedIn Bio: IainFraserJournalist

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