Stay safe – the cyber criminals are watching
More than half (52%) of British businesses fell victim to cyber crime in 2016, at a cost of nearly £30 billion, according to a recent survey from Beaming. The specialist internet service provider also recorded a fivefold increase in the number of unique IP addresses used to launch attacks against UK businesses during 2016. More than 98% originated from outside of the UK.
Cyber security is important for all our members, whatever an agency’s size and focus. Larger organisations are more likely to become a victim of cyber crime due to being more valuable targets, but cyber attacks on smaller businesses can cause disproportionately more harm. A single attack could break a small agency.