It has been a tough year or so for everyone, and whilst it is still uncertain how many of us can jet off somewhere, certainly everyone is looking forward to a break over the summer.  But before we all slow down, or even close up for a couple of weeks, we need to make sure that we are leaving businesses secure from cyber crime.

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We highlighted in a recent blog that a Hiscox report had discovered that the energy sector is the industry most at risk from cybercriminals.  In this blog we look at why energy and utility companies are the number one target and what those in the sector can do to protect themselves.

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations find themselves rushing to meet the sudden increase in Remote Access VPN (RA-VPN) traffic as many employees are choosing to (or have been asked to) work from home. Unfortunately, this also offers opportunities for malicious attackers to launch attacks on the VPN infrastructure at a time when they know the impact will be most felt.

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We have always advocated DDoS testing your systems on a regular basis on the premise that it is no good waiting until you experience a DDoS attack to find out that the mitigation that you so diligently put in place doesn’t provide the protection you need.  But we know that many companies struggle to find the time to be able to run such tests.

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This month we are sharing a blog from our partner Radware who explain why DDoS protection is so important.

DDoS protection can easily be compared to a car’s airbag system: it’s hard to appreciate its true value until it’s needed. Like airbags, DDoS protection provides invaluable peace-of-mind and a constant safeguard against the lurking threats that no one wants to think about, but must always prepare for.

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This month we are sharing a blog from our partner Radware who explain why DDoS is just as much as threat today as it always has been.

The nature of DDoS attacks is shifting, and while some organizations might believe that DDoS is a thing of the past, this is not the case.

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Protecting UK energy and utility companies from cyber and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is a top priority for the government. Organizations responsible for critical national infrastructure have become a prime target for denial-of-service events; a DDoS attack is designed to overwhelm networks with bogus traffic and has the potential to cause massive utility outages and service disruption.

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This month we are sharing a blog from our security partner Oracle Dyn that takes a look at dealing with DDoS attacks.

If a DDoS attack hasn’t happened to your organization yet, odds are one will eventually. So it’s crucial to familiarize yourself with DDoS attack mitigation best practices.

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