{"id":2983,"date":"2019-04-15T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T11:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2019-04-15T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T11:53:54","slug":"cyber-crimes-can-affect-any-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/cyber-crimes-can-affect-any-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber-crimes can affect any business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays every business relies on technology to some extent to perform their everyday business tasks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, as our reliance on digitalisation and computers evolves, data and privacy are becoming a primary concern, with an increased prevalence of cyber-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Figures have indicated that one in ten businesses in the UK will become the victim of cybercrime.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, businesses are naturally accessing the impact data breaches and cybercrime would have on their own businesses.<\/p>\n<p>A 2018 UK Government survey revealed that 43 per cent of businesses and 19 per cent of charities reported cybersecurity breaches in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also revealed that only 51 per cent of smaller businesses and 29 per cent of charities have installed the full five basic cybersecurity controls, which are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promptly applying software updates when released<\/li>\n<li>The latest malware protection<\/li>\n<li>Firewalls with appropriate configurations<\/li>\n<li>Restricting IT administrator and access rights to specific users<\/li>\n<li>Security controls on company-owned devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If businesses do not pay attention to the risks involved and introduce precautions against breaches, they could severely damage their business with little to no warning.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the size of your business, cybersecurity can affect you; therefore it is important to acknowledge that your digital processes, data, and client information are all exposed to the threat of cybercrime, opening you up to liability and fines.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers know that business owners rarely have time to invest in obtaining specialist advice and security measures around their data. This is why, cyber-crimes such as phishing, ransomware, and worms are ever-evolving and growing in intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>To improve a firm\u2019s cybersecurity, business owners should ensure they generate awareness and educate staff on the matter, as well as this, they could implement a cybersecurity and disaster recovery strategy.<\/p>\n<p>For further advice on how we can help protect your business against cyber-crimes, get in touch today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays every business relies on technology to some extent to perform their everyday business tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2984,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/2984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}