Cyber Security Free Resources

 Dates and times:

• Tuesday, 19 January 2020, 10:00 – 10:15 am 
• Wednesday, 20 January, 12:30 – 12:45 pm
• Thursday, 21 January, 5:00 – 5:15 pm 

 Presenters: Alan Calder, Founder and Executive Chairman, IT Governance

Join this 15-minute flash briefing for a high-level run-through of and practical advice on how to address emerging cyber security and privacy threats.

Aimed at senior management, board members and heads of department, as well as cyber security and data protection professionals, this bite-sized session provides an overview of emerging threats and practical advice on how to reduce risk to keep your organisation above water as you navigate the disruption caused by the second wave of coronavirus.

The briefing will cover:

• The risks your organisation could be exposed to during the second wave of COVID-19 infections;
• Key privacy and cyber security considerations; and
• Immediate actions to mitigate emerging cyber and privacy risks.

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 Presenters: Geraint Williams, CISO, GRC International Group

According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020, it takes an average of 280 days to identify and contain a breach. The average total cost of a breach now stands at $3.86 million (about £2.96 million), but the report suggests that organisations that have implemented a cyber incident response plan to identify and contain the impact of a cyber incident within 200 days can reduce their financial damage by $1.12 million (about £860,000).

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 Presenters:

• Geraint Williams, CISO, GRC International Group
• Adriaan Baker, Technical Director, Softwerx Ltd

In a recent data analysis of 20 UK regions, the ONS (Office for National Statistics) revealed that Cambridgeshire suffered the sharpest increase in cyber crime between 2016 and 2018, with the number of cases escalating by 49% (from 2,789 to 4,155).

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the problem, with cyber crime levels rising exponentially during lockdown as criminals targeted remote workers with phishing, scams and malware.

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 Presenters:

• Geraint Williams, CISO, GRC International Group
• Stefanie Retfalvi, Principal Consultant, Learning Design, IT Governance

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as more staff transitioned to remote working, cyber security experts cautioned organisations about their reduced ability to detect and contain cyber incidents, advising them to implement further security measures. IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020 backs their claims, suggesting that where employees work from home, the cost of a data breach increases by $137,000 (about £105,000).

Addressing the human element of cyber security is key to an organisation’s survival. The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) says that more than 60% of small and medium-sized organisations globally that suffer a major cyber attack close their doors within 12 months. It’s therefore vital that organisations – and their staff – know how to recognise and respond to an incident.

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 Presenter: Geraint Williams, CISO, GRC International Group

With 60% of small and medium-sized organisations globally closing their doors within 12 months of suffering a major cyber attack, cyber security awareness is vital to their survival.

Addressing complex security issues can be challenging for SMEs. It is essential to ensure your organisation does not waste time and resources, while reducing the likelihood of underestimating or overlooking risks that could cause significant damage.

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With restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic easing and the world coming out of lockdown, many organisations are now preparing for a phased return to work.

As the lockdown comes to an end, organisations will inevitably face increased pressure to take the necessary measures to handle privacy and cyber risks – and to avoid fines for non-compliance – as they re-establish operations.

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The sudden global shift to remote working has brought unprecedented changes to social and work habits, and introduced new cyber risks and data privacy challenges that affect the way organisations need to operate.

As most employees are working from home, they may be accessing and processing information outside the organisation’s normal security perimeter, which increases the risk of a data breach. With cyber criminals employing sophisticated phishing tactics and malicious websites to target staff by impersonating credible information sources around COVID-19, organisations need to implement security measures to address these challenges.

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The multi-faceted aspects of cyber security risks and data privacy regulations have led to an increased demand for scarce cyber security skills.

With the cyber security skills gap continuing to increase, many organisations are struggling to find the expertise they need to address their cyber security challenges.

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Initiating a cyber resilience strategy requires identifying the high-value assets within your organisation and their associated risks to strategically target areas for improvement. This webinar will help you understand how to start building cyber resilience.

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Cyber attacks are increasing in frequency and severity to such an extent that it’s no longer enough to trust that you can defend against every potential attack. Statistics suggest that it is inevitable that your organisation will suffer a data breach.

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The first webinar in the series explains general incident response concepts. It focuses on the importance of incident response within the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS Directive (now transposed in UK law as the NIS Regulations 2018)) frameworks and delivers an overview of the CIRM process.

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The second webinar focuses on the incident response process itself. It explains the terminology used and presents and describes different types of cyber attacks to give a clearer understanding of how vulnerabilities are exploited and what strategies are used to minimise risk.

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The third and final webinar deals with incident response planning consideration and implementation, and the reporting requirements of the incident response system.

Planning is based on an organisation’s infrastructure topology and risk exposure, and implementation entails the development of an incident response team and test scenarios.

Report generation is the end product of the incident response process. It provides the audit trail details of an incident and is a requirement of all major regulatory frameworks and compliance standards.

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