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March 19, 2024 70 mins

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Join our special guest DCI Chris Maddocks, the head of Economic and Cyber teams in the North West and our very own Chris Piggott, Synextra CEO.
Our Cyber Security webinar is where we’ll be sharing the most common mistakes that we see in businesses and organisations when it comes to Cyber Security and Phishing. 
We will explore how these mishaps can be avoided and examine the real impacts and repercussions on real organisations that members of the police force such as DCI Chris Maddocks have experienced and investigated firsthand.

From easy-to-implement VPN systems to staff training we discuss the best practices for businesses and individuals to stay safe against cyber criminals and phishing attacks.

Useful links:
Northwest regional crime unit 
https://www.nwrocu.police.uk

Northwest Cyber resilience centre 
https://www.nwcrc.co.uk

Report Phishing 
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/phishing-scams/report-scam-email
report@phishing.gov.uk

Report to Action Fraud 24-hour City of London police 
https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/fa2/fraud/action-fraud/

Have I been pwnd 
https://haveibeenpwned.com


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00:00 Introduction
02:00 Protecting Businesses-2FA
03:01 Risks Of Ransomware
05:28 Social Media Compromises
07:30 The Cyber Security Skills Gap
13:19 Phishing Attack Vectors-Email
15:30 Crypto Currency And Crime
16:38 Exchange Web Proxy Exploits
18:03 Phishing Awareness
20:59 Turning The Tide On Ransomware 
26:36 What Can People Do To Protect Themselves
33:30 Password Advice
41:15 Advice For Small Businesses And Charities 
44:13 Distributed Denial-Of-Service DDoS
45:48 Police Cyber Investigation Process
47:42 Security Of Public Wifi
52:29 Other Attack Vectors
53:14 Disgruntled Employees
57:21 DDoS Analogy
58:28  Laws Around Cyber Crime
1:03:59 Conclusions

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