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CYBER INSIGHTS: Tuesday 13 August 2024 – Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence

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Helping keep European SMEs CYBERSafe!
Gibraltar: Tuesday 13 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). Is the UK Cyber Resilient? 2). VAT Estimator for SME’s 3). The VPN Explained

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1).  IS THE UK CYBER RESILIENT?: The recent Microsoft IT outage and the subsequent global meltdown of the failed Crowdstrike “updates” underscores the fragility of our systems and software. There were grounded planes, delayed trains, no television stations, no hospital appointments, and no electronic payments. No, it wasn’t the beginning of a gigantic digital assault from Russia, or the background to a Hollywood blockbuster but IT updates that went disastrously wrong…

2). UK: HMRC LAUNCHES VAT REGISTRATION ESTIMATOR FOR SMEs – His Majesty´s Revenue & Customs have launched the VAT Registration Estimator, a new digital tool developed in order to help Small Business owners determine what registering for VAT could mean for their business following consultation with Small Businesses in the UK. HMRC found that business owners were unclear about VAT registration, and struggled to understand whether prompting HMRC to develop the new tool…

3). VPN – Understanding The Virtual Private Network (VPN) A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an essential technology for SMEs as it enables secure and private communication over a public network. By encrypting data and hiding the user’s IP address, VPNs establish a secure connection between the employees’ devices and the company’s network, ensuring the privacy and security of sensitive information…

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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