A new cyber security business is launching this month to help organisations in Cumbria and south west Scotland combat the rising threat of cybercrime.
Resilience, part of Eco Group, launches in Carlisle and pledges to bring a new approach to protect businesses and organisations from the fast-changing and ever more complex techniques used by cyber criminals.
Without the latest protection businesses who fall prey to cyber criminals can at best have their operations suspended costing them thousands, and sometimes millions of pounds. At worst they can be shut down and put out of business completely.
Resilience is also keen to highlight that it was SMEs which are among the most vulnerable, and stressed how important it was for those businesses to get up to speed with the latest protection.
Ryan Moffat, head of Resilience, said: “Russia, China and North Korea want to disrupt operations in the UK. They will target any business with thousands of automated attacks in the hope of one getting through and giving them access into an organisation and all their data.
“I know of cases where businesses are receiving 10,000 phishing attacks every day.
“We are not talking big corporate organisations. We are talking small and medium sized operations because cyber criminals know these organisations are likely to have more weak spots in their defences.
“The criminals want to access as much information about you and your business as possible. Who your customers are, who your suppliers are, they want to disrupt your entire operations.
“It only takes one person to click on a link and they are into your data and your systems with access to information on all your people and all your business connections.
“Every single person has a part to play in maintaining cyber security. It’s vital that everyone in an organisation knows what is safe and what isn’t.”
A graduate of one of the UK’s leading cyber security courses at Abertay University in Dundee – Ryan keeps up to date with all there is to know about the fast-evolving world of cybercrime from every angle – the criminal, the police, the business owner – and knows how best to defend businesses against it.
Resilience’s official launch takes place at Carlisle United Football Club on January 24, at 7pm.
Places are limited, register to attend via email at [email protected]
