“What is the difference between a vulnerability scan and a penetration test?” It’s something we are often asked by clients who are considering their security and starting to look at ways to protect themselves and their businesses. Vulnerability scans and penetration...
If you are starting to look at cyber protection for your business, then the UK Government backed Cyber Essentials scheme is a great place to start. In fact, these are excellent standards to consider, wherever you are on your journey – at North Green, we go through...
The consequences of a ransomware attack can be utterly devastating. The mere thought of a business losing access to its computers, its networks and its data is a nightmare scenario for many – and this fear became a harsh reality for the UK logistics firm KNP Logistics...
Roughly 8.3 billion emails are sent each day in the UK and nearly half of them are spam or phishing emails. That’s a whole lot of rogue and potentially malicious emails – and a pretty frightening number too! We all know that spam is generally unwanted or irrelevant...
How can you protect yourself from malware? Written by The world has changed – and that change is only set to continue. Whether at home or in our professional lives, we are more connected than ever before and have multiple devices that we use daily, from...
How secure is your password really? Written by For years we’ve been told that the best approach to staying secure is to have a good password. Conventional wisdom says that this should be at least nine characters long and use a combination of upper and lower case...
