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The North East Business Resilience Centre is a police-led, not-for-profit organisation that provides 24/7 cyber security support to SMEs. Our trusted cyber security services have developed an ethical reputation and formed a partnership network with the Cyber Essentials Certification to protect businesses from cyber risks. We offer a free membership, as well as many other cyber security services.
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On Friday 3rd May, the NEBRC was subject to a cyber incident.
A NEBRC email account was compromised, and a phishing email purporting to be from the NEBRC was sent to some contacts. The compromise was quickly identified and mitigation put in place disabling the account and preventing any further access. NEBRC immediately instigated their incident response plan.
The contacts who were sent the email have been informed and the incident was reported to Action Fraud, and the Information Commissioner’s Office.
NEBRC are working with a trusted cyber security partner and police to determine how the incident happened.
NEBRC CEO Rebecca Chapman said “Unfortunately, SMEs are regularly targeted by cyber criminals, and the NEBRC is no different. What this incident demonstrates is how important it is for businesses to have an incident response plan in place to quickly mitigate the risks and take steps to prevent any further compromise. Everyone in a business needs to know what to do if a cyber incident happens. We are fortunate to have access to a range of expertise via our trusted partners, as do all of our members.”
“As an organisation we understand the impact such cyber attacks can have, and as such we are here to support SMEs in assessing and improving their defences and response plans, should they also be targeted by cyber criminals.”
“Thank you to all our members and stakeholders for their continued support.”
Our free core membership is designed to provide the necessary support and resources to SMEs and help you to mitigate business cyber risks. From a monthly newsletter containing information on recent threats, to up-to-date versions of guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre, our free core membership is your natural next step towards stronger small business cyber security.
Our internet investigation service involves our ethical hackers gathering and analysing publicly available information from you/ your employees’ searches or posts. This helps them to determine online weaknesses and potential threats you may be vulnerable to.
Our vulnerability assessment service is designed to determine whether any of internal systems or networks are at risk of cyber vulnerability. Examples can include unsecured WiFi networks, poorly designed systems or unreliable access controls.
Our cyber business continuity exercise involves us providing you with a detailed report on your business continuity planning as well as the resilience of your organisation to cyber attacks.
Our security awareness training services are specifically designed for those with little or no cyber security or technical knowledge. It is delivered in small, succinct modules using real world examples to make it easy to understand.
Our security policy review service offers a review of your current security policy, how it is written and how it is implemented. This can help you to determine the aspects that need improving to help you avoid cyber attacks.
Our web application assessment service assesses your website and web services for weaknesses. This in turn will help you to understand the potential cyber threats you are under.
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