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In 2017, Aberdeen City and Shire was top region in Scotland for new business start-ups after breaking the record for a second year.

Delivering Business Gateway services across Aberdeen City and Shire, Elevator helped a total of 1,302 start-ups in that financial year with around 70 new businesses having been set up by those who have faced redundancy from the oil and gas sector.

It’s great to see this level of innovation and business confidence but as well as thinking about first premises, new employees and customers, cybersecurity should be a priority righty from the start among start-ups.

So you have your own company cybersecurity in order, but what about the people you do business with – and could their attitude impact on your own cyber health?

It’s being reported that some UK businesses are overlooking vulnerabilities in their supply chain.

They may be confident in their own protections, yet some professionals are concerned that the due diligence security audits performed when taking on suppliers are insufficient.

Supply chain hacking is nothing new. Sometimes known as value-chain or third-party attacks, a supply chain attack occurs when someone infiltrates your system through an outside partner or provider with access to your systems and data.

There can’t be anyone unaware of the of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) changes which came into effect in May 2018.

Some businesses were proactive and prepared for the changes months ago and we’re still offering guidance and support to firms to help get their house in order.

Among those, we’ve seen recruitment agencies seek out our expertise to assist and shore up their policies and procedures around GDPR compliance.

So, May 25 was the date that General Data Protection Regulation – better known as GDPR – came into force.