CYBER RESILIENCE

North West Cyber Resilience Centre

The Cyber Resilience Centre is a trusted, not-for-profit venture between North West Police forces and

Manchester Digital.

It is their ambition that every business within our region will have the skills and knowledge to protect themselves from online attacks in order to make the region one of the safest places to live, work and do business.

They achieve this by providing education, testing and training delivered by our team of trusted professionals, seconded police officers and Ethical Hacking students studying cybersecurity at local universities.

And are proud to now form part of a national network of regional Cyber Resilience Centres, featured in the HM Government National Cyber Strategy 2022.

There are a huge amount of resources of support a vailable to local business either at a subsidised low cost or no cost at all so please do take advice from these trusted experts – more information here.

New cyber incident pack

A new Cyber Incident Pack has been launched following data from the department for digital, culture, media and sport which found that only 19% of businesses and 22% of charities have a formal incident response plan in place. The new documents are “best suited” for small businesses or charities that don’t have an existing plan in place and want to create one, but they can also complement any existing plans. The five-part pack includes an emergency contact list template and covers the legal implications of a cyber incident for businesses.

The checklists included in the guide will that businesses to consider the full spectrum of possibilities – from undertaking weekly IT security checks to ensuring you are testing your staff's response to incidents.

https://www.nwcrc.co.uk/post/how-to-react-to-a-cyberattack-cyber-incident-response-pack-launched-for-northwest-businesses