Is your business ready for a cyber attack?

Cyber threats continue to evolve, with half of all businesses falling victim to attacks in the past year. The most alarming trend? A single breach now costs medium and large businesses an average of ￡10,830, with phishing attacks leading the charge.

In this issue, we'll show you how to avoid becoming another statistic. From thinking like an adversary to mastering the essential "Protect, Detect, Respond" framework, discover proven strategies to strengthen your organisation's defences against today's most pressing cyber threats.

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Hack your own business first

Have you ever thought about how you would hack your own business?

To truly protect your organisation, you need to think like your adversaries. Whether facing hacktivists, cyber criminals, or state-sponsored actors, adopting their mindset helps you uncover vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

Here's your 4-step process to strengthen your defences:

Reduce your exposure

• Identify and limit access points like web apps, open ports, and vulnerable assets
• Implement least privilege access controls for employees
• Keep all systems patched and up-to-date

Protect your exposed assets

• Encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit
• Enforce strong authentication like multi-factor
• Segment your network and control access

Monitor regularly

• Deploy security tools to detect anomalies and access attempts
• Review logs consistently to spot suspicious activity
• Consider a managed security service for 24/7 monitoring

Stay educated & prepared

• Train employees on latest threats and best practices
• Test your incident response plan through exercises
• Track industry news and adapt your defences

Beyond basic security

What are the odds of suffering a cyber attack? ??

This candid chat between cyber expert Darren Kirby - MBA and CEO Oliver Pinson-Roxburgh reveals why achieving absolute security is a challenge, and what you can do to avoid a potential crisis.

Building true resilience: Protect, detect and respond

Cyber resilience is about more than protection. It's about being prepared to withstand and recover from a cyber attack if it should occur. Here's how to strengthen your resilience:

Protect ??

? Know your risks: Identify where you are most likely to be targeted, what data you have and how it could be accessed. This allows you to put the right protections and policies in place.

? Get the technology right: Invest in solutions that help you stay ahead of attackers. But maintain and update them regularly to avoid a false sense of security.

? Involved your people: Make cyber security awareness part of everyone's role. Train staff on security processes and how to spot risks so they develop good cyber hygiene habits.

Detect ??

? Test your strategies: Conduct regular incident response simulations to stress test your policies, procedures and ability to contain threats. This prepares you to respond quickly.

? Continually review: Keep assessing your risks, systems and processes over time and adjusting them as the threat landscape changes

Respond ?

? Plan for the worst: Develop playbooks so that in the event of a breach, everyone understand their role in containing the damage and communication required.

Remember: Cyber resilience requires ongoing commitment across your entire organisation.

Common misconceptions

"It won't happen to us" is risky thinking! Our CEO explains why every business needs more than one security solution in today's threat landscape.

Product update - phishing and training

We're committed to empowering organisations with the tools they need to stay resilient against ever-evolving cyber threats.

Our enhanced phishing simulator now offers:

• Custom scenarios
• Easy setup
• Tailored learning paths

These upgrades are designed to deepen employee engagement and boost your overall security posture. Discover how these latest simulator upgrades can streamline your security training.

Check out our latest YouTube clips

Discover how you can protect your business in minutes with Defense.com and learn why training your staff on phishing isn't quite enough.

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We help to simplify and solve the cyber security challenges facing organisations, allowing teams to protect their brand and assets against today's evolving threat landscape. Businesses of all sizes rely on our solutions to protect, detect and respond to cyber threats.