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Businesses face a constant barrage of potential cyber-attacks, aiming to compromise data, applications, and other crucial assets. The backbone of an effective, modern-day cyber security strategy? The Security Operation Centre (SOC).

A Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) is a dedicated group of highly skilled and qualified IT professionals who are trained to respond to cyber security threats and incidents quickly. These teams are equipped with specific skills to identify, manage, and neutralise cyber threats effectively.

In part 2 of our series on the major cyberattacks of 2023 we'll be examining the attacks on Royal Mail and JD Sports. We'll also take a closer look at one of the largest DDoS attacks ever documented and delve into the havoc caused by the Black Basta ransomware spree.

We’re already at the midway point of 2023 and so far there plenty of cyber incidents have hit the headlines. In this blog we take a look at some of the biggest cyber attacks of 2023 (so far).

In today’s world there is an ever-present risk of cyber incidents. These can range from simple malware attacks to sophisticated state-sponsored cyber-espionage. Given the potential for severe impacts on businesses, national security, and personal privacy, understanding incident response – what it is, its significance, and when it's needed – becomes crucial.

This week saw the release of a number of reports showing that payments to ransomware gangs fell in 2022. Our Incident response team offers some insight as to why that might be happening. 

Our Incident Response Team has had another busy year as organisations fell victim to a wide range of cyber attacks and incidents. In this blog we cover the top 3 things our team thinks organisations need to consider as we head into 2023. 

After years of increased threat complexity, most organisations simply don’t have the resources necessary to build an in-house cyber security strategy that’s equipped to deal with modern threats.  

Panicked responses to a cyber-attack can often result in a race against risk that leads to rash and costly actions. 

Modern enterprises don’t exist in a closed on-site ecosystem. Today’s organisations depend on an entire digital ecosystem of tools, provided by third party providers and cloud platforms, that ensure users can access the data they need to do their jobs no matter where they’re located. 

Digital risks are all around modern organisations, from common phishing scams, to data exfiltration and leakage, copycat web pages and mobile applications, impersonating social media profiles, targeted Dark Web criminal activity, and exploitable vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

However, many companies don’t have the visibility, expertise, or resources to manage and prioritise the mitigation of these threats.

As a result, many security teams are turning to managed threat intelligence and digital risk protection services to help them work alongside analysts with specialist skills they might lack, to optimise their ability to detect and respond to these external threats, and to keep up with the evolving threat landscape. 

This article will look at some of the main reasons why organisations are turning to managed threat intelligence and digital risk protection service.

A couple of weeks ago, London’s ExCel brought together all corners of the information security industry for Europe’s largest gathering, InfoSec 2022 hosted from June 21st to 23^rd, 2022. The event hosted a wealth of security vendor booths spread out across the exhibition halls, nearby hotels and even on a yacht, with day two finally bringing in the crowds of delegates.