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Don't be a victim of cybercrime! Today is a great day to update and make your passwords more secure. 🛡️ Use a mix of uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. 🛡️ Make them long and unique (no birthdays or pet names!). 🛡️ Consider a password manager to keep track of them all. For more tips on protecting your business, check out the full article here: https://bit.ly/4aEKe4M

The fraudsters are out there working overtime to get your money and your valuable personal information. Sit down with your banker today and learn how to protect yourself!!

"Cybercrime is borderless and there are two sides to this. It makes it hard for tracing who has done what, but if you do trace them, the perpetrators can serve time in different jurisdictions." We more frequently talk about the problem with the borderless nature of cybercrime, and how hard it can be to bring perpetrators to justice. But we often neglect to highlight the other side to that, which Erhan T - MSc MBA highlighted when I interviewed him for my new book. I'm so grateful to Erhan for making this important point - when perpetrators are brought to justice, the cross-border nature of cybercrime means they can then face justice in more than one country. Dig into this in more detail by reading Hacked: The Secrets Behind Cyber Attacks. Out everywhere apart from the USA tomorrow! For my US friends, they do say good things come to those who wait, and you only have to wait until 30 April. Pre-order now 😊

In November 2022, the Blackpoint SOC encountered QakBot and detained their targeted efforts in two minutes. While they were silenced the summer of 2023, evolving into DarkGate and PikaBot, it appears they’re back with novel tactics. Therefore, you must learn how to defend against these threat actors’ array of cybercrime tools. Start today with our latest eBook. https://hubs.ly/Q02fQzs50

Business Book of the Month - 'Hacked, The Secrets Behind Cyber Attacks' is available to purchase in all good book stores and online retailers, so, GO AND BUY IT!! And yes, I to have purchased a copy thanks to my Easter Gift from Pentiq

This sounds like a basic tip and yet so many people still reuse passwords or create weak passwords using the names of kids or pets and favourite numbers or even street addresses. Give cyber criminals a challenge and create a strong password that will keep them locked out! 👉Go with an assortment of 12+ letters, symbols and numbers that are arranged in no particular order. 📲Book a FREE 10-Minute Discovery Call with our team of experts to get started – https://lnkd.in/egfmDQUk #smallbusiness #business #techtips

2 of my top rated books are there which is -Effective Threat Investigation for SOC Analysts by Mostafa Yahia -Practical Threat Intelligence and Data Driven Threat Hunting by Valentina Costa-Gazcón This bundle is pretty powerful, thanks to Humble Bundle and Packt for these magnificent bundles ❤️

Take a look below at some of our recent E&O-led package policy successes here at CFC. Competitive options for E&O, GL and Cyber and Cybercrime, each with it's own tower. All the protection your insureds need in one comprehensive policy! If you have any questions (or submissions!) email me @ jgutteridge@cfc.com #cfc #professionalliability #errorsandommissions #cyberliability

The SRA’s reminder on their expectations should your law firm be subject to a cyber attack highlights the importance of managing and mitigating your cyber exposures. Cyber policies could become part of the process of managing your response in the event of a breach. Our recent article highlights how a cyber policy would respond and assist when a breach happens. Contact us for more information.

I've decided that one needs an on-going Master's Degree (one that never ends) to keep up with all of the cyber-attacks. MOAB being the most recent (yea, MOAB stands for Mother of all Breaches)! Cyber best practices everyone - change password frequently, make sure that Multi or dual authentication is in place, delete old data and old accounts....I could go on. Question: How does everyone keep track of these breaches?