{"id":4254,"date":"2017-07-07T16:19:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T15:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybersmart.co.uk\/?p=4254"},"modified":"2017-07-07T16:19:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T15:19:18","slug":"cyber-101-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cybersmart.com\/2017\/07\/cyber-101-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Security 101 &#8211; Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-hero-blog b-hero-blog has-color-night-100-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--section-spacing);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--section-spacing)\"><div class=\"b-hero-blog__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-hero-blog-text b-hero-blog-text\"><div class=\"b-hero-blog-text__inner\"><h1 style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--size-20);\" class=\"has-text-color has-color-porcelain-100-color wp-block-post-title\">Cyber Security 101 &#8211; Updates<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--size-16);\" class=\"has-text-color has-color-porcelain-100-color wp-block-post-date has-20-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2017-07-07T16:19:18+00:00\">July 7, 2017<\/time><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"has-text-color has-color-porcelain-80-color wp-block-post-author-name\">Jamie<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-hero-blog-media b-hero-blog-media\"><div class=\"b-hero-blog-media__inner\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/cybersmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Untitled-design-26-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cybersecurity 101\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cybersmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Untitled-design-26-1.png 885w, https:\/\/cybersmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Untitled-design-26-1-768x345.png 768w, https:\/\/cybersmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Untitled-design-26-1-200x90.png 200w, https:\/\/cybersmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Untitled-design-26-1-578x259.png 578w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<section class=\"wp-block-wombat-blog-post-content-container b-blog-post-content-container\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--section-spacing)\"><div class=\"b-blog-post-content-container__inner l-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-blog-post-sidebar b-blog-post-content-container__sidebar sidebar\"><div class=\"sidebar__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-blog-post-sidebar-col-1 sidebar__col-1\"><div class=\"sidebar__col-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-secondary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/blog\/\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--size-16)\">Back to blog<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-20-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--size-16)\"><strong>Table of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-blog-post-toc b-toc b-toc--1\" data-nest=\"1\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-blog-post-sidebar-col-1 sidebar__col-1\"><div class=\"sidebar__col-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-resource-box-container-box b-resource-box-container-box swiper-slide has-color-night-100-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"b-resource-box-container-box__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-3 has-color-porcelain-100-color has-text-color\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--size-16)\">Want to speak with sales?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-text-blue-2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/sales_cs\/book-a-discovery-call-v2?utm_source=blogglobal\">Book a call<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" class=\"wp-image-769\" style=\"width: 24px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cybersmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/arrow-right.svg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wombat-blog-post-content b-blog-post-content-container__content content\"><div class=\"content__inner\">\n<p><em>Simple controls your company can implement today to stay protected tomorrow!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cybersecurity and data protection can be overwhelming. There is an enormous amount of advice on the Internet, but it is quite difficult to know where to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/cybersmart.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CyberSmart<\/a>, we believe cybersecurity should be accessible and easy for everyone. Therefore we have compiled a series of actionable steps to help you protect your data. Each week we focus on one control, provide some background information and answer common questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 2: Updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Patches or updates are fundamental to system integrity and security. In May 2017 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-41753022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS was hit by a ransomware attack<\/a>, encrypting the files stored on more than 100,000 devices and causing temporary chaos in the health sector. But the attack went even further and disabled devices of major corporations in Germany, USA and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of us think that an attack of this scale only succeeded because of its high level of sophistication. Contrary to this widespread belief the attack was a nontargeted, relatively simple commodity attack, which used a known weakness in Windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why did it&nbsp;happen?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Because operating systems were not up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regular updating or patching is crucial because new vulnerabilities and attack vectors are discovered daily. In other words, developers work around the clock to make operating systems and software more secure. That implies that the Windows you have installed today is secured against attacks that are known at that date. However, after a couple of months, new threats and weaknesses are discovered. Through regular updates, security-related issues are patched as they arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The safest thing to do is to turn on automatic updates which allow the system to receive fixes as soon as they become available and install automatically. Another important thing to do is to disable all unused services and their respective ports, reducing the size of the attack surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions around Updates or Cyber Security in general or just want to have a chat, drop us a line at hello@cybersmart.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking to improve your cybersecurity but not sure where to begin? Start by getting certified in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cybersmart.co.uk\/solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cyber Essentials<\/a>, the UK government scheme that covers all the fundamentals of cyber hygiene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cybersmart.co.uk\/solutions\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cybersmart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CTA-button-2.png\" alt=\"CTA button\" class=\"wp-image-6308\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,26],"tags":[22,23,99,100,101],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cyber Security 101 - Updates - CyberSmart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our cybersecurity 101 series continues. 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