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Latest Government Cyber Breaches Survey published On Wednesday 30 March, the Government published its 2022 Cyber Security Breaches Survey. The survey, which is now in its seventh year, informs government policy on cyber security and can help organisations learn more about what their competitors, and the...

Cyber risk in uncertain times: NCSC urges UK organisations to bolster online defences and follow its ‘heightened threat’ guidance On Monday, the world’s largest carmaker Toyota was forced to close all of its factories in Japan for a day due to a suspected targeted hack of one its key suppliers. Similar attacks have been made against a wave of Western companies including US broadband...

Tackling cyber supply chain risk: new laws proposed From reports of cyber attacks at the UK’s Foreign office and European oil facilities to crisp shortages caused by a ransomware attack at KP snacks, cyber is again hitting the headlines. It is no surprise then that the government has recently said in its...

New UK Cyber Strategy promotes ‘whole-of-society’ approach We’d been promised the UK’s new National Cyber Strategy in Q4 2021 and yesterday (15th December), just before the Christmas break, it arrived. It replaces the current strategy, and follows publication of the Government’s Integrated Review earlier this...

Cyber Essentials update for 2022 On 24 January 2022, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will introduce the biggest update to Cyber Essentials’ technical controls since its launch in 2014. Cyber Essentials is the simple, government-backed, cyber certification scheme that helps...

A busy week for cyber: new rules for digital service providers and supply chains? Last week was a busy week for cyber. The Government published its response to both its call for views on the security of digital supply chains and to proposed changes to the NIS Regulations. In the same week, the NCSC published its annual report. Supply...

Who is the weakest link? Cybersecurity in your supply chain With supply chain attacks on the rise, organisations should review the recommendations set out in a new ENISA report and monitor potential changes to the incident threshold levels for cloud providers and other digital service providers under the UK’s NIS...

Plenty more phish in the sea? Cyber risks for SMEs in the supply chain 57% of small and medium-sized enterprises believe they would go out of business from a serious cyber attack, according to a new report by ENISA (the EU’s agency for cybersecurity). The report included a survey of SMEs in the EU, and highlighted that...

Free cyber alert service and new guidance launched by NCSC at flagship conference On the first day of its CYBERUK 2021 conference, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published updated 10 steps to cyber security guidance and launched a new early warning alert service The timing for this year’s NCSC flagship conference (11/12 May...

Cyber-security in the era of remote working: FCA publishes insights from its 2020 Cyber Coordination Groups The FCA has published a summary of insights from its 2020 Cyber Co-ordination Groups (CCG) meetings, which aim to help firms share knowledge and discuss good practices in protecting themselves from cyber threats. In 2020 the FCA convened 157 firms in 7...