Are passwords obsolete? Rethinking passwords on World Password Day
World Password Day A recent cyber crime and security study showed that during the fourth quarter of 2023, data breaches exposed more than eight million records worldwide. Today is World Password Day, an annual event held on the first Thursday in May dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of strong password security practices, evolving […]
Getting scammed is easier than you think
A financial columnist fell victim to a group of con artists and ended up giving them her life savings. Can this happen to you? Charlotte Cowles is not the kind of person to fall for a scam. She’s a financial writer, the financial advice columnist for New York Magazine and has worked for some of […]
VinciWorks Redefines Corporate Education with New AI Compliance eLearning Collection
Navigating the Ethics, Risks and Opportunities Today, we are meeting the challenges of the AI revolution head-on with the launch of our new AI Compliance eLearning collection. Amid the wave of AI transformation, businesses grapple with understanding both the potential advantages and risks it presents. A recent poll by VinciWorks revealed that 63% of respondents […]
What is Social Engineering?
Social engineering is another technique used by hackers to gain personal data from individuals through unauthorised access. This happens by hackers either contacting you directly and conning you into handing over your details, or through getting you to open a link/attachment that installs malware onto your device. If you have ever received an email asking […]
What is Phishing?
The concept of phishing is simple, pretend to be someone you’re not to get money/personal details out of someone through an element of trust. What is worrying is that nearly 100,000 people reported receiving phishing emails in 2015, and with this style of attack being successful (for the hackers) 50% of the time, too many […]
How to Set a Secure Password
Passwords are possibly the first thing that come to mind when we think of maintaining privacy whilst online. Whether it’s our social media profiles, online bank accounts, or our internet devices themselves – everything seems to have the same first line of defence. The number of password-protected accounts and devices we use means that the […]
Hybrid working: reduce the risk of cyber attacks
The rise of remote working since the Covid-19 pandemic has seen cybercrime skyrocket, with opportunist criminals targeting employees to access confidential data or else profit from ransomware and other scams. We designed this guide to raise awareness about cybersecurity – particularly for companies implementing hybrid working – and reduce the risks of human error for […]
How Does Cyber Security Affect Us?
Related Courses Technology is becoming more and more important to – and integrated in – our lives, leading to us become increasingly dependent on it. It may make life easier, but it also leaves us vulnerable to risk. Because of this, cyber security is top priority and affects our daily/working lives greatly. Breaches in cyber security can […]
How Cyber Security Can Be Improved
Organisations must take cyber security seriously in order to avoid becoming victims of the ever-growing cybercrime industry. Following certain steps and training employees to defend the company means that you can stay one step ahead of the hackers looking to gain unauthorised access to your networks and systems. A cyber breach can be detrimental to […]
Cyber Security Policies
A cyber security policy highlights the data you need to protect, the threats that are out there from cybercrime, and the protocol required to protect that data to result in a successfully stable organisation. The policy should create a workforce that not only knows how to reduce the chance of attack from hackers, but also prepares […]
