Posts about Cyber Security

From 26th April 2026, a significant update to the Cyber Essentials scheme known as the Danzell update will come into effect. While the standard remains a vital benchmark for cyber hygiene, the update introduces stricter controls, deeper validation, and greater clarity in how requirements must be demonstrated.

Passwords remain one of the most common entry points for cyber attacks. Despite advances in authentication technologies, compromised credentials continue to play a major role in data breaches, ransomware incidents, and account takeovers. This article explains what you can do to help, and includes the top 10 tips for creating secure passwords and a password strength checker so this page can be shared with your users to help them understand and adopt good practices.

The UK legal sector faces some of the most serious cyber threats of any industry. Law firms handle large volumes of sensitive, high-value information - including client data, case files, financial transactions, evidence bundles and privileged communications. This makes legal practices exceptionally attractive targets for cybercriminals, organised crime groups, and nation‑state threat actors.

Cyber attacks targeting UK organisations have reached an all-time high. With AI-enhanced phishing, cloud-based attacks, credential theft, and compromised passwords driving the majority of breaches, password-only login is no longer enough to protect your systems and data.

Understand modern cyber threats and how CrowdStrike XDR helps you detect and stop them earlier In this video, Cyber Security Specialist Tom Harris walks through how CrowdStrike’s XDR platform helps organisations stay ahead of modern cyber threats.

Artificial intelligence has redefined the cyber threat landscape. What once required coordinated teams of skilled attackers can now be executed at machine speed, with AI automating everything from reconnaissance to exploitation. In 2026, UK businesses face a level of cyber risk that is faster, more adaptive, and harder to detect than at any time in the past decade.

For NHS Trust leaders, meeting the demands of cyber security assurance has never been more urgent. With the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) now aligned to the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF), NHS organisations now need to demonstrate not only whether controls are in place, but how effective they are in practice.

The UK financial services sector entered 2026 as one of the most digitally advanced industries in the world. Mobile banking dominates customer interactions, neobanks (a bank that only operates online and has no network of physical locations) continue to disrupt traditional models, and AI is rapidly expanding across fraud prevention, analytics, and customer experience. But with rapid digital acceleration comes increased cyber risk, regulatory pressure, and infrastructure demands. Financial institutions now require advanced connectivity and robust security to stay operational, competitive, and compliant.

Choosing a Managed Service Provider (MSP) is one of the most important technology decisions a UK business will make in 2026. With MSPs now responsible for cyber security, cloud management, remote working, data protection, and everyday IT operations, selecting the wrong partner can create major business, financial, and regulatory risks.