On day 3 of Cyber Security Awareness Month we are looking at data security.  Data Security refers to the measures taken to protect date from unauthorised access, corruption or theft throughout its lifecycle.

Our second day of Cyber Security Awareness Month is about controlling access to your personal information and how it is used. Personal data is now constantly being collected, processed and shared.  Privacy protection is about exercising control over who has access to your personal data and how it is used.

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month!  And although we don't think that Cyber Security awareness is something to cover just once in the year,  we are dedicating this month to raising awareness about digital safety.

A cyber attack on nursery chain, Kido claims to have stolen photos, names and addresses of around 8,000 children.  The information includes parental details and carers and safeguarding notes.

The Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) is cyber security guidance for organisations that play a vital role in the day-today life in the UK and organisations should look to it as guidelines for helping keep data safe.

Joe Tidy, BBC's Cyber correspondent has published a blog about cyber crime in schools following the ICO issuing a warning about the 'worrying trend' of students hacking their own school and college IT systems for fun or as part of dares. We explore the situation and what you should do when it happens.

The Murky Panda (also known as Silk Typhoon) is a cyber threat that has had significant activity since 2023 and has targeted government, technology, academic, legal and professional services. Currently there are reports of the threats only in North America, however, as the Murky Panda has previously targeted compromises in the cloud, it is assumed that they will easily transition to attacks further afield. The threat group is a China-nexus group

😎☀️ Did you know there is an increase in cyber attacks on a long weekend, half term and end of term, so a period of heightened cyber risk.  This article gives some advice about what you need to have in place - it's particularly important that you are able to monitor your network during the long Summer break.

Fraud is deception used to gain something valuable (money, goods, services or information) from someone else's dishonesty. We are seeing a lot of blended cyber attacks in the news currently where social engineering might then be combined with an impersonation followed by a ransomware attack, in order to take data and/or money.

Framlingham College, a boarding and day school for pupils aged 3 to 18 has said it identified a 'cyber security incident'.

🛡️🕷️ The Scattered Spider is a fast-growing group of cyber attackers currently on the attack and possibly attributed to the recent attack on M & S - they don't just break in and grab one thing, they like to cause as much chaos as possible and then ask for a ransom.

📢 This week the news has reported cyber attacks on several major UK retailers: Marks and Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, all of which have given everyone a stark reminder of the ever-present and evolving threat of cyber crime.