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Can you help shape the NCSC's new cyber tookit?
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is updating its Cyber Security Toolkit for Boards, and is seeking feedback from board members and non-executive directors from large organisations, asking them to share their experiences to help shape those change...
NIS 2 - new cyber rules would mean more critical sectors covered and enhanced security requirements
The NIS regime, which aims to boost the overall level of cyber security in the EU by improving the security of network and information systems across critical sectors, has been under review at both EU and UK level. On 16 December 2020, the European Commis...
FireEye of the storm for cyber risk?
On Tuesday the PRA sent a letter to UK insurance CEOs, in which it explained its supervisory priorities for 2021. Unsurprisingly, financial resilience remains at the top of the list. Equally it's unsurprising to see operational resilience included as a pr...
Combatting cybercrime: the new Nominet and PIPCU landing pages for suspended criminal domains
What happens when Nominet suspends a domain name for fraudulent activity? Does it go back for sale? Does the affected brand owner buy it and maintain it as a defensive registration? What should happen? In what is reportedly the first registry-led initiat...
Cyber insurance - the questions you should ask
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published some guidance this summer for organisations of all sizes who are considering purchasing cyber insurance. The guidance is not intended to be a buyers guide to insurance – rather to enable organisations...
Consumer smart devices: spotlight on cyber security
From wearables to home appliances, internet-connected smart devices are rapidly changing the way we live. The average consumer may not be losing much sleep over the prospect of their shiny new digital companion being hacked, but recent UK government propo...
Stay on the back pages - NCSC urges sport to take cyber security seriously
The sports sector has been urged to tighten its cyber security after a range of attacks by hackers, including an attempt to sabotage a Premier League transfer deal. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published its first ever report on thre...
Are UK organisations getting better at cyber defence in 2020?
On Wednesday, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published its fifth Cyber Security Breaches Survey for 2020. The objectives of the survey are to study how organisations in the UK perceive and experience cyber security risks and w...
What should you do to combat the new COVID-19 cyber risk?
Organisations grappling with a variety of issues raised by the coronavirus should ensure that ‘increased cyber risk’ is on the list of new risks to manage. In response, the UK’s national cyber security centre (the NCSC) published guidance yesterday which...
Is EIOPA trying to democratise cyber breach data?
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published a short note setting out its strategic priorities regarding the European cyber insurance market. EIOPA sees a functional cyber insurance market as being critical to the digit...