Over the last few months we have seen several examples of the
need for companies and their boards to take cybercrime
seriously.
From the WannaCry malware to electoral meddling, to reports that
banks are no longer refunding money to customers caught out by
hackers and scammers, cybersecurity has rarely been out of the
news. A detailed review of what company directors, IT and HR teams
should be doing to protect themselves was covered in a seminar we
ran in June: a summary is available
here.
Brand owners are often overlooked in the important role they
play in the fight against hackers and scammers. Many scams are
perpetrated through websites and email addresses that look
familiar, whereas in fact they have been created by fraudsters to
dupe consumers into believing they are communicating with a
legitimate company instead of a fraudster. Brand owners are able to
take action quickly against domain names and email addresses used
in such scams, almost anywhere in the
