Adviser software is offering a series of Cyber Security Guides to help businesses become more aware of cybersecurity threats and what they can do to minimise them.
The guides, free to download for advisers, have been created to coincide with ‘Cyber Security Awareness’ month, with information to help raise businesses knowledge and understanding without being too technical in nature.
Published weekly throughout October, the booklets include a one-page ‘Best Practice’ guide, distilling the content into a bullet point list of actions and suggestions that a business can employ in a practical way to members of their organisation.
They break down relevant areas so businesses not only understand what they are, but what they can do about them:
- Week 1: Internet security, Cloud, Devices and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
- Week 2: Secure Encrypted Communication – passwords, secure mail, webmail accounts
- Week 3: Physical security, storage, control, breaches, ransomware, phishing, smishing
- Week 4: Training, audits/reviews, insurance, processes
Ian McKenna, founder of AdviserSoftware.com, commented: “Although across the world October is dedicated to ‘Cyber Security Awareness Month’, it is still relatively unknown and low key in the UK. The FCA reported a 52% increase in reported attack in the year 2021, and as the financial services sector deals not only in personal data but also personal sensitive data, the need to prevent attacks continues year on year. Our aim to help advice firms understand some of the actions that can be employed to minimise any future cyber threat.”
All the material is published on FTRC’s Advisersoftware.com site, access to the site is free for adviser firms but users have to register as the content is designed for adviser firms not the general public. Firms with Unipass Certificates can use these to access the services or there is an individual logon facility. By registering for this service advisers will also have access to FTRC’s ProtectionGuru.co.uk and BenefitsGuru.co.uk sites.
