The North West Cyber Resilience Centre understands the challenges facing charities and during this time, we're on hand to support you with the latest guidance below.
Charities by their very nature, hold a huge amount of information that is attractive to hackers. The information held by charities often includes personal, sensitive, and financial data that when in the hands of a cybercriminal can be sold, held at ransom, or used to steal funds.
The Cyber Security Breaches Survey for 2021 revealed that Phishing is the most identified cyber-attack against charities. Among the 26% identifying any breaches or attacks, 79% had phishing attacks, 23% were impersonated and 17% had malware (including ransomware).
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What should employees, charities and businesses look to work on?
We know that language within the cybersecurity sector can often appear confusing and inaccessible. Here are some explanations of the more common terms and questions.
The Charity Commission is warning trustees and donors to strengthen defences.
We outline some of the more straight forward ways to manage cyber-risk effectively.
This has been designed to assist you in taking the necessary steps to protect you against cybercriminals in 2021.
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