Held for Ransom. In this week's episode Phil and Kimberly discuss some of the high profile ransom ware and data breach incidents affecting industry and commerce; including WH Smith and The Post Office, with Iqra Haq from Celerity. 

Note: Apologies to listeners, due to some technical difficulties the video version of this episode is not available.

Her next job could be in Cyber. In this week's episode Phil Jackman talks to Danielle Philips from Inside Out Consulting about the development of the Cyber Security skills base in the north East and the opportunities for business to develop and share their own expertise as well as education and apprenticeships within the sector. 

NCSC Sanction Ransomware Actors as threat levels rise internationally; Phil and Kimberly discuss with Stuart Smiles the latest ransomware issues affecting The Post Office and others as the National Cyber Security Centre sanctions the major threat actors and ransomware as a service providers.

Full Wikipedia article

NCSC:– Ransomware actors sanctioned

Press release:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-cracks-down-on-ransomware-actors

Reporting:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/where-to-report-a-cyber-incident

Who to report ransoms to:

https://signpost-cyber-incident.service.gov.uk/signposting/y/Business/Yes/England/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/DontKnow

Incident responders:

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/products-services/verify-suppliers?scheme=Cyber+Incident+Response+%28CIR%29  [ Tier 1 list ]

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/cir-cyber-incident-response

Sanctions:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-cyber-sanctions

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135587/Ransomware___Sanctions_guidance__Feb_2023_.pdf

Fintech and Cyber Security go hand in hand, in this week's episode Phil Jackman and Kimberley Hendry talk to Wayne Bryant from Dynamo North East and the North of Tyne Combined Authority and James Thwaites from Whitecap Consulting about the symbiotic relationship of Cyber Security and Fintech and how the North East is playing a huge part in its development.

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Is this the last chance saloon for Password Managers? In this week's episode Phil Jackman and Kimberley Hendry talk to Andi Pannell about password managers and the implications of the LastPass data leak as well as making some scary predictions for trends in risks for the forthcoming year in Cyber Security.

Happy New Year; Phil and Kymberly introduce the plans for the forthcoming year of podcasts and events from CyberNorth. Please don't forget to subscribe wherever you get your audio so you don't miss any episodes.

CyberNorth's Phil Jackman and Kimberly Hendry talk to Mads Howard from SAGE about the Empower initiatives and events focussed on getting  young women and girls into STEM and IT Cyber Security.