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The Gold at the End of the Rainbow?
The Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

Handley Gill summarises and comments on the government’s proposals for a targeted ban on ransomware payments in the context of a wider ransomware payment prevention and incident reporting regime in the Home Office’s consultation, raising concern that the proposals should be considered in the context of a wider programme to promote the UK’s cybersecurity and resilience.

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Nicola CainCyber Security, Cyber resilience of the UK's critical national infrastructure (CNI), Cyber Resilience, Ransomware, Ransom Payment, Cyber Attack, Incident Response, Incident Reporting, Public Sector, Critical National Infrastructure, Incident Management, Data Breach, Data Breach Response, Sanctions, Cyber Sanctions, Cyber Security & Resilience Bill, Security of Network & Information Systems Regulations, NIS Regulations, Cybersecurity & Resilience BillComment
Your money... and your life?
Your money... and your life?

New cyber sanctions imposed by the UK and US governments against Russian nationals expose victims of ransomware, and their individual directors and officers, to criminal liability in the event that ransom payments are made.

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Too Many Phish in the Sea!
Too Many Phish in the Sea!

DCMS has recently published its Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022, based on data gathered by IPSOS MORI over winter 2021/22, which reveals that businesses and charities continue to be under prepared to respond to inevitable cyber security incidents and data breaches.

In this post, we highlight some of the key findings of the survey and identify advice, guidance and free solutions to common cyber resilience shortcomings.

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