So what is Cyber Essentials Accreditation?

Cyber Essentials Accreditation was developed by the Government and Industry to fulfil two main functions:

1. Clear statement of the basic controls all organisations should implement
2. Offer a mechanism for organisations to demonstrate that they have taken these essential precautions.

It provides basic hygiene measures that all kinds of organisations can implement and build upon and defines a focused set of controls which will provide cost effective, basic cyber security.  Protecting personal information and therefore protecting against ID theft or breach of Personal Privacy rights.

So what is it that you need protecting from?

Cyber Risks 

-        Legal Liability to Third Parties including clients arising from technology use and data storage especially of PII or PHI

-        Cost of Regulatory Fines and Prohibitions imposed by ICO (Information Commissioners Office)

-        Cost of repairing damage to own Technology Systems (includes landline and mobile telephone systems)

-        Loss of Own Profits or additional working costs arising from Technology failures or attacks

Threats

-        mischief makers, malcontents, criminals

-        Accidental Loss or theft of Confidential Data carrying devices (Laptops, Tablets, Memory cards, Mobiles)

-        Malware and Ransomware (automated or targeted)

Who or what is on the lookout for security vulnerabilities to steal data, denial of service attacks, issue ransom demands, corrupt systems

-        Automated web crawling programmes

-        Phishing Malware which depends on unwitting operator intervention (opening suspect e-mails or attachments or visiting web sites hosted by hackers/criminals)

-        Hacktivists with political or idealistic motives

-        Leisure Hackers who enjoy exploiting vulnerabilities

-        Hackers with criminal intentions

-        Hackers working for business competitors

-        Discontented employees or ex-employees

Did you know… 

33% of small businesses were attacked by an unauthorised outsider in the last year

45% of small businesses suffered from infection from viruses or malicious software in the last year

16% of small businesses were hit by denial of service attacks in the last year

12% of small businesses detected that outsiders had successfully penetrated their network in the          last year

35% of small organisations have insurance that would cover them in the event of a breach

Don’t be a statistic. Take the short anonymous online questionnaire from Cyber Essentials or contact us for more information on Cyber insurance. https://www.cyberstreetwise.com/cyberessentials/

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