Included on this list from the BBC is the WannaCry ransomware, that hit the NHS in 2017 – so we all know how much chaos that can spread. Since 2017 the sophistication of the cyber criminal gangs and the malware they are using has increased.
The three Russian cyber-attacks the West most fears – BBC News
Your first defence – as you have to get your defences correct 100% of the time and the cyber criminal only has to sneak past them once – is to have an effective back-up with an incident response plan.
Then step two is to have the staff training in place for them to understand phishing emails and social engineering – as your most exposed attack vector is likely to be your incoming emails.
That is a very simplified two-step programme for better cyber security – that you could check and implement as soon as you finish reading this blog post.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
