The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport recently released
a statement on cyber security, in which it urged
businesses to take better care to protect against cyber criminals.
This statement follows publication of its Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2016, which
revealed that two-thirds of large businesses had suffered a cyber
attack in the preceding year, and that the majority of such attacks
involved viruses, spyware or malware. The survey also found
that more than half of the top FTSE350 companies regarded cyber
attacks as being the biggest threat to their business.
The costs associated with cyber attacks can be significant,
often running into millions of pounds. The government advises that
many such attacks could be avoided by implementing its cyber essentials scheme, which offers UK
businesses of all sizes guidance on protection against cyber
threats. One in four of the firms that had experienced cyber
attacks encountered an attack at least once a month, yet
