How experiential learning can strengthen your cybersecurity

As the risk of cyberattacks continues to grow for businesses, reaching record levels in 2020, it has never been more important to ensure that your teams stay informed about new cyber threats, as well as emerging technology and other tools that are able to enhance cybersecurity and combat online threats. Developing employee cyber awareness is […]

What is experiential learning?

Everyone knows that Investing in employee learning and development delivers countless valuable benefits to businesses, but what many forget is that in order to optimise the outputs from learning and development strategies, businesses need to deploy varied learning experiences. Learning theories have been researched for centuries, and David A. Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory is one […]

What do hackers use your data for?

You’re probably already aware that hacking is becoming a bigger and bigger problem for organisations of all sizes, despite the sophisticated cybersecurity software that is often pushed forward as a ‘cure’. 2020 was a record-breaking year for hacking attempts against UK firms, owing largely to the fact that with many of us working from home, […]

Why your business needs to build a security culture

When it comes to strengthening security within your business, there are plenty of options available. Be it installing security software as a way of protecting your systems or installing a team or individual to monitor and manage security, there are many important practices you can put in place to help protect your business. However, these […]

Health, safety and wellbeing when working from home

With more of us than ever working from home as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all had to make adaptations required to support this new working environment. As well as ensuring that the right technology is available to our teams, including digital security solutions, employee health, safety and wellbeing should always be among […]

Why every cybersecurity incident should be reported

The fight against cybercrime is a constant challenge, and even businesses that invest a large budget into security software and in-house cybersecurity teams aren’t immune to cyber attacks. There are lots of different ways that criminals try to penetrate companies’ systems, although by far the most common is through your teams. Fully 90% of breaches […]

Why your business’ cybersecurity training strategy isn’t working

Having a strong cybersecurity strategy is more important than ever for businesses, with hacking attempts and other online scams growing in frequency. In a world where technological solutions are considered first, you might well be surprised to hear that 90% of cybersecurity breaches happen due to simple human error. That’s why every good cybersecurity strategy […]

How to improve cybersecurity knowledge in the workplace

Cyberattacks have become a constant problem for businesses of all sizes. Hackers cast their net far and wide, targeting all types of businesses as they look for weaknesses that they can expose and profit from. Even small businesses are at risk because hackers often believe that they will have less sophisticated security systems in place […]