South West Cyber Beat

Dr Emma Philpott is director and CEO of IASME.  A material scientist by training, Emma spent time working in the UK Ministry of Defence and QinetiQ followed by 5 years working in Singapore. She joined the organisation in 2013.  IASME work alongside a network of over 280 Certification Bodies across the UK and Crown Dependencies to help certify organisations of all sizes in both cyber security and counter fraud. IASME are also a diversity champion with  40% of their workforce are neuro diverse.

In this podcast we talk at length about the need for Cyber Essentials (CE) and how it benefits UK cyber security as well businesses in particular. Emma although a champion for micro and SME's so explains that CE is equally applicable to larger businesses. 

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Ross talks to Craig Wooldridge from the IASME Consortium Ltd about the place of Cyber Security in the Maritime arena.
Craig is the Maritime Cyber Baseline & Counter Fraud Fundamentals Certifications Manager for IASME Consortium Ltd  IASME work alongside a network of over 280 Certification Bodies across the UK and Crown Dependencies to help certify organisations of all sizes in both cyber security and counter fraud.
We discuss the Maritime Security Baseline assessment and how it will help keep vessels safer whilst at sea. A must for anyone operating in the maritime arena.


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This Episode of the South West Cyber Beat is all about supply Chains.  What is a supply chain, how they are vulnerable to Cyber Attack and how you can secure your Supply Chains. 
We stress the importance of how everyone in a supply is potentially vulnerable so it is not just you who may suffer and therefore it is important that everyone plays their part in securing them. 
We refer to the case study of Kaseya, an IT solutions developer that was the victim of a cyberattack in 2021 over the American Independence Day weekend. The attack was carried out as a supply chain ransomware attack by leveraging a vulnerability in Kaseya's VSA software against multiple managed service providers and their customers.

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We are once again Joined by Olly Jones. Thanks go to Olly who is a Senior Cyber Security Consultant with  Protection Group International, they are a Digital Risk Management Consultancy who specialise in digital security, capacity building and digital investigations.
 The Podcast will help you to understand the balance to be had between human and technology security awareness. He stressed that one shouldnt inhibit the other and how businesses should carry out staff awareness training 
In conclusion Olly gives you some easily applied and practical ways to keep your business safer online. 

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Ed Renwick is a Partner Manager at Redstor he has over 24 years experience in Data Protection. Redstor provide backup and recovery services for your data. Ed tells you everything you need to know about backing up data and the risks to SME's if you dont backup your data. These include compliance issues as well as reputational risks. Well worth a listen.



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In 2021, over £57M was lost to scams that involved criminals remotely connecting to a victim's computer. This episode is all Remote Access Trojans (RAT's) timed to coincide with a National Campaign from  the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau to highlight Remote Access Tool Scams. 
RAT's are stealthy programmes that allow an attacker to carry out a range of remote functions on a network, including installing backdoors and exfiltrating data. Sam P our guest speaker this week is a Cyber Protect and Prepare Officer form the South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit. She tells us what RAT's are and how to maintain vigilance and how to protect  against them.
Don't forget Never allow remote access to your computer following an unsolicited call, text message or browser pop-up. It’s probably a scam.

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Ross Brown this week talks to Keith Buzzard CTO of Protection Group International about Penetration Testing (PT) and Vulnerability Assessments(VA).  We discuss amongst other things when is the right time to conduct a VA as well as the merits of black box versus white box PT. In conclusion Keith discusses what good PT systems look like and what you should look for.


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In episode 9 of the SW Cyber Beat Ross Brown SWCRC is joined by Olly Jones. Olly is a  Senior Cyber Security Consultant with Protection Group  International who are a Digital Risk Management Consultancy who specialise in digital security, capacity building and digital investigations.
 The Podcast will help you to understand what Cyber threat actors are, how they attack vulnerabilities  in systems, networks, domains and devices. We examine the types of threat actors, their motivation, and the reasons behind this.
In conclusion Olly gives you some easily applied and practical ways to keep your business safer online. 

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As so many of us are still working form home Lucy from C3iA Solutions Ltd joins us to talk about the threats when working from home. She introduces social engineering, which is how criminals deceive you into divulging confidential details. She also tells us how to detect suspicious emails and concludes with top tips on how to stay secure when working from home.
C3iA Solutions are  a leading provider of secure ICT, technical programme management and information security services and solutions for small to medium businesses.



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Ross Brown this week talks to Keith Buzzard CTO of Protection Group International about the different types of Cyber Attack. With the current situation developing between Russia nd Ukraine and with a heightened threat of Cyber Attacks as a result this Podcast has never been more relevant. Keith gives practical advice on the attacks themselves, how to mitigate them and most importantly staff awareness. 


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