Cyber threats were already rising up risk registers, but with Russian attacks on Ukraine the threat level is currently heightened. So what can businesses do to protect themselves?
10 Mar 2022, 2 min read
Speaking on the latest CBI @10am webinar, Paul Maddison, Director for National Resilience and Strategy at the National Cyber Security Centre, urged businesses to look at two pieces of guidance on the NCSC website.
- On ransomware – the main threat to UK businesses, which could get worse if Russia fails to clamp down on criminal gangs
- On how businesses can respond to the current heightened risk, with specific short-term measures people can take to protect themselves.
Firms can also sign up to NCSC’s early warning service through its website.
While Maddison said there was a low likelihood of a direct, deliberate disruptive attack from Russia on the UK in response to sanctions, he warned of “spill over” because of the complexity of supply chains. Russia has deployed both distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and wiper malware (designed to destroy information on computers) in Ukraine. These are aimed at disruption and can’t be contained within geo
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