This month’s roundup includes government guidance on supply chain resilience, useful updates from the National Cyber Security Centre, a company fined £100,000 for a data breach, and details of the Amazon Web Services outage.
UK leads global fight to stop ransomware attacks on supply chains
UK businesses will be better protected from ransomware threats under new global guidance launched by the UK government and international partners.
Social media: protecting what you publish
This guidance published by the NCSC offers strategies to help you minimise the likelihood of harmful content appearing on your social media channels.
NCSC Annual Review 2025
The National Cyber Security Centre has published their annual review, which celebrates key developments and milestones from 1st September 2024 to 31st August 2025.
Emergency medical services provider fined £100,000 following significant data breach
Thousands of emails, including confidential health data, were stolen from the Medical Specialist Group (MSG) in Guernsey and subsequently used in phishing campaigns targeting patients.
Why are cyber attacks increasing in the UK?
As the number of serious cyber incidents rises, this BBC Newscast delves into the reasons behind this surge and explores potential solutions.
Major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outages takes out a large portion of the internet
The outage took lots of business services offline including Canva, Zoom, Xero, Asana and HM Revenue & Customs, as well as several banks such as Lloyds Banking Group and Halifax.
Enhance your capabilities to detect and discover cyber threats
In a recent blog, the NCSC emphasises the importance for organisations and their partners to develop or optimise both observability and threat hunting capabilities.
Guardians of Tomorrow event summary: a powerful day of school safeguarding insights
Find out about our recent event which empowered educators and safeguarding leads through actionable tools and advice from safeguarding experts.
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