In the week when we heard that Colonial Pipeline had paid a $4.4million ransom to hackers who instigated a ransomware attack that shut down the pipeline carrying 45% of the US east coasts diesel, petrol and jet fuel, and a ransomware attack on the Irish Health Service led to the cancelling of 4 out of 5 hospital appointments, the devastating effects of cyber attacks are all too clear.
If you are thinking that it couldn’t happen to your organisation, perhaps ask yourself if your confidence is well founded?
Two of the most common ways that hackers can access our systems are by phishing emails, and in cases where operating systems do not have the latest patches applied.
NCSC, the National CYber Security Centre, has some very sound advice for organisations of all sizes, and you might want to look here as a starting point.