Lindy Cameron (photo above from NCSC website), the head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has made a strong speech emphasising the devastating threat ransomware poses to businesses and organisations.
Lindy Cameron at Cyber 2021, Chatham House – NCSC.GOV.UK
UK cyber head says Russia responsible for ‘devastating’ ransomware attacks – BBC News
These are “must reads” and then take action for every board member and senior manager in any business or organisation.
If you are unsure if you have everything in place to defend your data and systems against a cybersecurity ransomware attack then that is where we can help.
If you are a small company wanting an excellent back-up solution that exceeds the NCSC’s requirements and IT support to advise you on other cybersecurity tools and processes – then contact our team at Octagon and they can have something installed for you usually within 24 hours anywhere in the country.
However if you are a larger organisation, with a more complex situation, Smart Thinking have a well tested and internationally recognised framework and subsequent action plans that is designed to tackle the ransomware problem from the board room and throughout your business. It is designed for us to work with your board, IT department. management and users to guide them through the process – and has supporting documentation for good governance and compliance.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
