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...

Sunburst – A New Dawn

  On Monday 19th April 2021, CIISec Nottingham, Derby and Leicester branch collaborated with BCS Nottingham and Derby to host a virtual event, “Sunburst – A New Dawn”. The event was well attended by nearly 100 security professionals from both organisations....

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...

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...

Does SolarWinds Mean Cyber Essentials is Dead?

The King is Dead, Long Live the King! For the last few years, the cyber security commentary has been if you focus on the basics, and do the basics well, you will prevent 90% plus of cyber security attacks. To many this has been interpreted as doing the “Cyber...

Christmas Card Competition 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, we would like to send our Season’s Greetings and wish a very Happy New Year to all our customers. This year has turned out very different to how we all imagined it and there have been massive changes in the way we work. To bring some fun and...