Our annual Cyber Security Conference took place on 9 December 2021. We were joined by John Greenwood from the Cybercrime Unit for Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary, George Cochrane from Datto and tech expert, author, and presenter Jamie Bartlett. Here are some of our key takeaways from the event:
- Look out for personalised attacks in the coming weeks including ‘Plan B’ and ‘Omicron’.
- Use strong, separate passwords with three random words and a character mix password: “longer is stronger is better.”
- Use a password manager and two-factor authentication. A two-factor authentication app is more secure than text codes.
- Have backups in place and test them regularly.
- Think about your approach to an incident. Employers need to set a no-blame culture otherwise staff won’t come forward.
- “Cyber Security needs to be that balance between security and ease of use, otherwise our staff just aren’t going to use it and they won’t go on that journey with us.” – John Greenwood from the Cybercrime Unit for Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary
You can download slides and watch content from the event below.
John Greenwood, Cybercrime Unit for Norfolk and Suffolk Police
John Greenwood opened our Cyber Security Conference with an insightful talk, highlighting current cyber security trends. John shared stories of recent real-life incidents and gave tips on how to keep individuals and businesses safe from cyber-attacks.
George Cochrane, Datto
George Cochrane of Datto joined us for a live talk and demo of the Datto backup and recovery service. During the demo, a laptop was placed into liquid nitrogen to destroy the machine and its data.
Jamie Bartlett
Tech expert, author and presenter Jamie Bartlett joined us as our keynote speaker. Jamie’s talk dived into the dark net, his podcast on The Missing Cryptoqueen and what he thinks the future of cyber frauds looks like.
A very interesting, thought-provoking conference. Having speakers from different industries and professions provided a really good dynamic and it was excellent, and I was pleased to attend.
