Cyber Security News and Advice
Making sense of Cyber Security for business owners
Cyber Essentials for St James’s Place Partners
In today’s hyper-connected world, cybersecurity is no longer optional—it’s an essential foundation for business resilience and trust. Recognizing this, St. James’s Place (SJP) has mandated its partners to obtain Cyber Essentials certification, reinforcing their commitment to safeguarding sensitive information and ensuring regulatory compliance.
New Cyber Security obligations for Colleges
This summer the EFSA announced new Cyber Security rules that will apply to colleges and special post-16 institutions (SPIs) in England from the 2024-2025 funding year.
Compliance-as-a-Service: How Cool Waters Cyber Helps Businesses Achieve ISO 27001 Certification
In this case study, we will look at how Cool Waters Cyber helped two of its customers, MindCraft and Zappit, achieve ISO 27001 certification, and how this benefited their businesses.
Avoid death by PowerPoint! Try Cyber Coach instead
The Cyber Coach recording studio is up and running again this week to record new security awareness training videos for 2024. These videos are available to our clients on our bespoke Cyber Coach training platform
Firewalls: The ins and outs of this essential security control
Most people have heard of a Firewall, but what exactly is one, and what do they do?
Secure your success in 2024
Investing in cybersecurity with the Cyber Essentials scheme is not just about protecting your business; it's about positioning your small business for growth and success in the digital age. As you make your business resolutions for the New Year, consider adding Cyber Essentials to your list. It’s an affordable, effective way to ensure your business is secure, reputable, and ready for the opportunities ahead.
Breakdown of a scam
Here’s a breakdown of a type of complicated telephone scam used against vulnerable people
How Safe is LinkedIn? Be Aware What You Share
LinkedIn have a Sales Navigator feature called LinkedIn Smart Links, that cyber criminals have been abusing to bypass security features and provide malicious links to their targets in phishing messages.
ISO 27001 – Why should you want it?
ISO 27001 is the gold standard for information security frameworks and is increasingly becoming required as a part of contracts with large businesses. That being said, what exactly is it? And why would you want it? I’m here to tell you exactly that!
Cyber Criminals Are Constantly Adapting ... Are you?
Cyber criminals quickly react to changes in situation. How can you be sure that your business is protected, especially when the risks you’re facing could change suddenly due to a change in how the cyber criminals are operating?
What is a Cyber Advisor?
We are Cyber Advisors - helping small-medium sized firms improve their cyber security.
Responding to a Cyber Incident
Only 21% of businesses have a formal incident response plan for how to act when a cyber incident does occur. It’s all well and good to say you will take action following a cyber incident, but what actions will you take?
We’re recruiting
Doughnuts on your birthday is just one of the many benefits of working at Cool Waters Cyber as an apprentice
How to secure your charity
How to secure your charity and pick the right level of cyber security based on your size and the types of risk unique to your charity’s work
Solving the Cyber Skills Gap
Half of all UK organisations lack the basic cyber security skills to protect themselves according to a new government survey.
How to prove to your customers that you can be trusted
How can you prove to your potential clients that you can be trusted with their most previous commodities - their data and their reputation?
How to build a secure business
Business and start-up owners often ask me what are the right tools and systems to use to build a secure business - this is what I tell them.
Certification Body status
We’re excited to share that we have achieved Cyber Essentials and Cyber Assurance Certification Body status - which means we can help clients to gain and retain these valuable certifications. We’re Cornwall’s only Certification Body!
What is Endpoint Protection?
An Endpoint is any device that is connected to a network. This can include desktop computer, laptops, and mobile devices like phones and tablets. Endpoint Protection systems, also called Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions, take a holistic approach to your cyber security, offering security to the whole network and all connected endpoints.