July 2024 saw a wave of sophisticated cyber attacks, from ransomware to data breaches. It also saw the Crowdstrike outage which affected 8.5 million systems. It has been called the largest outage in the history of information technology.

Here’s the other top stories you need to read:

Global IT outage implications

Following the global IT outage on Friday 19 July, affected organisations should put in place vendor mitigations. The NCSC is also warning about an increase in related phishing.

Cyber security best practice

Cyber security should be on every employee’s radar but how do you make it part of their every day? Six practical tips for making cyber security everyone’s responsibility.

Pooling cyber knowledge

Why sharing lessons learned from cyber security incidents and ‘near misses’ will help everyone to improve.

The biggest risks to your business

Over a third (34%) of UK retailers view cyber and data threats as the biggest risks to business, with 70% ranking them among the top three risks over the next 12 months, according to new research from Barclays Corporate Banking and Retail Economics.

Lack of preparation for cyber attacks

A new Cloudflare study reveals that 70% of UK businesses expect a cyberattack within the next twelve months, but only 35% feel prepared to deal with one.

  • Almost half (48%) of UK organisations have experienced at least one cybersecurity incident over the past year.
  • 60% of businesses anticipate this figure to continue increasing over the next year.
  • One in 10 (11%) businesses expect the number of incidents to ‘increase significantly’, highlighting an overall need for preparedness


Is your sector ‘cyber mature’?

Financial services players are the most mature in terms of their cyber-security infrastructure, according to a new study from Wavestone.

 Security trends for 2024 and beyond

From ransomware to AI, a new report has shared security trends for 2024 and beyond.

Protecting your customers

Check your email security, and protect your customers. Use the free online tool from the NCSC to prevent cyber criminals using your email to conduct cyber attacks.

Cyber security compliance

An expert explains the regulatory requirements for businesses and how to protect against cyber threats.

But what cyber security laws and regulations do UK businesses need to be aware of?