Cyber Essentials – Under The Bonnet

What does Cyber Essentials cover? Cyber Essentials is a UK Government backed scheme that helps protect your business against a range of the most common cyber-attacks.  Cyber-attacks can come in many forms and may be carried out against businesses of any size of...

Cyber Essentials – Frequently Asked Questions

  What is Cyber Essentials? Cyber Essentials is a Government backed scheme which provides simple but effective controls to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a range of the most common cyber-attacks.    Why should my business be interested in Cyber...

Risk Assessments – A Cats Tale

Risk Assessments, Cat Flaps and Ransomware One of the most common activities undertaken as a Security Consultant at Nexor is talking to clients about risk management and risk assessments.  There are many different methodologies that can be used to determine risk, but...

Getting the Cyber Security Basics Right

Back to the basics with Cyber Essentials Four years is a long time in cyber security; a lot can change in that time. But surprisingly, a lot also stays the same. Back in 2016, the National Cyber Security Centre released a white paper on Common Cyber Attacks: Reducing...

What Is A Cyber Threat Actor?

You may see the term ‘threat actor’ within risk assessments or other articles – but what is a threat actor? Threat actors are people or entities who are responsible for an incident that impacts the cyber security of another person or organisation. Cyber threat...