With millions of employees working from home rather than the office, it is critical that businesses do not lose sight of the risk of hacking and fraud.
The UK's official cybersecurity agency has this week (July 13) launched a tool to practise being cyber attacked for employees currently working from home, some of whom will be using their own personal internet connections and computers.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s report on Cyber Security Breaches 2020 shows that 46% of businesses reported a cyber-attack in the previous 12 months. Of these businesses – 19% have experiences a material outcome – losing money or data as a result.
Lockdown hasn’t stopped the achievements for the team here at Clark Integrated Technologies. We’ve reached the finals of the Scottish Rural Awards 2020.
We’ve been recognised for our work helping rural businesses stay on top of the technology challenges which non city-based firms can face due to their location.
The Scottish Rural Awards are designed to celebrate the best businesses delivering solutions to rural areas, ensuring they remain competitive whilst still retaining their place within the countryside of Scotland.
Shocking statistics have been unveiled by Darktrace showing that the proportion of attacks on those working from home rose from 12% pre lockdown to 60% during lockdown. This is in part due to workers having to work from home using systems which are unfamiliar to them. The attacks range from preying on anxieties around coronavirus, malicious attempt to reset VPN accounts and fake chat on corporate messaging systems as well as phishing and spoofing scams.
Thanks for all your support during this period, we want to reassure all our clients and our partners that the whole team at Clark Integrated Technologies are fully operational and working remotely at this time to help and support your IT needs as usual. We have had full remote working capability for many years, delivering over 90% of all support to you with virtual hands. Many of you have told us that the ability to work remotely has been embraced and are keen to make this part of your ongoing operations. it has been invaluable to meet the challenges of modern day working. We provide continuity of service to all our clients across all our business throughout the current challenges and are looking beyond as we come out of Lockdown to a New Normal economy to Revive and Prosper post COVID-19.
