CYBER INSIGHTS: Friday 09 August 2024 – Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence

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Gibraltar: Friday 09 August 2024 at 07:00 CET

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Welcome to Today’s Edition of CYBERInsights – My Daily Roundup of the Latest European SME Cybersecurity News including: 1). SIM Swap Scam 2).Cyber Awareness for SME’s 3). What is MFA?

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1). THREAT INTEL: SMART PHONES & DEVICES – Your Smart Device is the weakest link in your Cybersecurity defences. (Read: Separate your devices between work and home) Think About it – We have the most critical data on our Smartphone, Personal Data, Banking & Passwords! Lose your SmartDevice and you have big problems. Weave into that Risk profile the SIM Card or Subscriber Identity Module, Swap Scam and you are in a whole new world of hurt! The SIM Swap puts the Hacker in charge and you wont even know this malfeasance is going on…

2). CYBER AWARENESS: Bridging the Knowledge Gap – It is universally accepted that there is a huge Cybersecurity Knowledge & Skills Gap throughout Europe & the UK and of course the Small Business is no exception. You set up your new business and suddenly find a myriad of Threat Actors queuing up to hack your systems and steal you valuable data or even more prevalent you are locked out of your systems because you have become the victim of a Ransomware Attack. The European SME must increase their Cybersecurity Awareness …

3). WHAT IS MFA? Cyber KPI’s: What 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

In addition to Cybersecurity, I also cover the sectors where I have either operational experience or subject matter expert knowledge including: Geopolitics, Defence Technology, AI & 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.

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