{"id":17298,"date":"2025-01-16T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberinsights.iainfraser.net\/?p=17298"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:26:57","slug":"protect-your-small-business-from-cyber-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/16\/protect-your-small-business-from-cyber-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"PROTECTING YOUR SME: Protect your Small Business from Cybercriminals &#8211; Free"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17298\" class=\"elementor elementor-17298\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53bfe3d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53bfe3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72051e8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"72051e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;image_spacing_custom&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;image_spacing_custom_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"CYBERPartners\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Partners1_NordVPN.png\" alt=\"Partners1_NordVPN\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Partners3_R3.png\" alt=\"Partners3_R3\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Partners2_Zoho.png\" alt=\"Partners2_Zoho\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Partners4_Plesk.png\" alt=\"Partners4_Plesk\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Partners7_Passware.png\" alt=\"Partners7_Passware\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Red_Button_Slider.png\" alt=\"Red_Button_Slider\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ogo2.png\" alt=\"ogo2\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Securus_Working_300x250-e1765538235404.png\" alt=\"Detection. 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Protection: Why Securus Belongs at the Core of Every Modern SME Security Strategy\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab428a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ab428a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227d96f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"227d96f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a75af77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a75af77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-Credit-Pete-LinforthPixabay.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17231\" alt=\"Image Credit: Pete Linforth\/Pixabay\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-Credit-Pete-LinforthPixabay.jpg 720w, https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-Credit-Pete-LinforthPixabay-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Pete Linforth\/Pixabay<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed88e26 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ed88e26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63b9e5b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"63b9e5b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Helping Keep Small Business CYBERSafe!<br \/>\n<\/strong>Gibraltar: Thursday 16 January 2025 at 11:00 CET<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROTECTING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS FREE! Protect your Small Business from Cyber criminals &#8211; For free<\/strong>.<br \/>\nBy: Iain Fraser &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=cybersecurity+journalist&amp;client=opera&amp;hs=J2J&amp;sca_esv=4b48ab93829afc9b&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIJJxCdzfo9XXGpMHq8BhsB4jkM6-g%3A1725554192279&amp;ei=EN7ZZu7sELiikdUPj53AsAs&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjutK-lnqyIAxU4UaQEHY8OELYQ4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=cybersecurity+journalist&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGGN5YmVyc2VjdXJpdHkgam91cm5hbGlzdDIKECMYgAQYJxiKBTIKECMYgAQYJxiKBTIEECMYJzIFEAAYgAQyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCBAAGIAEGKIESNpQUKMIWPRCcAJ4AJABBJgB7AGgAd4mqgEGMC4zMi4xuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIboALHH6gCCsICBxAjGLADGCfCAgcQABiwAxgewgIOEAAYgAQYsAMYhgMYigXCAgsQABiABBiwAxiiBMICBxAjGCcY6gLCAhEQLhiABBiRAhjRAxjHARiKBcICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICEBAuGIAEGNEDGEMYxwEYigXCAgoQLhiABBhDGIoFwgILEC4YgAQY0QMYxwHCAgUQLhiABJgDB4gGAZAGCJIHBjIuMjMuMqAHgM8C&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cybersecurity Journalist<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberinsights.iainfraser.net\/index.php\/inner-sanctum-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CYBERInsights<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=sme+cybersecurity+news&amp;client=opera&amp;hs=QsT&amp;sca_esv=cd08aac0b4846c63&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIIaZwnvuQfvJpPCaga2UcqJmvux4A%3A1719554579183&amp;ei=E1J-Zu30Cqbpi-gPva6Q6A8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwityvT-z_2GAxWm9AIHHT0XBP0Q4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=sme+cybersecurity+news&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFnNtZSBjeWJlcnNlY3VyaXR5IG5ld3MyBBAjGCcyBBAjGCcyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTIIEAAYgAQYogRI0hpQuwdYtBJwAXgBkAEAmAHBAaABkAiqAQMwLja4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgagApcHwgIHECMYsAMYJ8ICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAgUQABiABJgDAIgGAZAGCZIHBTEuNC4xoAerMw&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First for SME Cybersecurity News<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"font-style: italic\">#CyberInsights\u00a0 #CyberAwareness\u00a0 #CyberThreatIntel<\/span><em> #SMECybersecurity #NCSC #CybersecurityToolkit<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7340ed4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7340ed4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d869d2b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d869d2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546210ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"546210ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100loHrP\/creativeref:1011l114166\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/creative.prf.hn\/source\/camref:1100loHrP\/creativeref:1011l114166\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53bf1256 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53bf1256\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3ceaa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"3b3ceaa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>According to the <strong>Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2024<\/strong>\u00a0 over half of <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberinsights.iainfraser.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/definition-of-an-sme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UK Small Businesses<\/strong><\/a> identified a Cyber attack last year with around 1 in 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberinsights.iainfraser.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/definition-of-an-sme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UK Small Businesses<\/strong><\/a> experiencing a Cyber crime. To help better protect your <strong>Small Business<\/strong> in 2025 the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncsc.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NCSC<\/strong><\/a> (National Cyber Security Centre)\u00a0 has worked with Small Businesses to create the <a href=\"https:\/\/cybertoolkit.service.ncsc.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cyber Security Toolkit<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 a beta toolkit specifically designed to meet the needs of <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberinsights.iainfraser.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/definition-of-an-sme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UK Small Businesse<\/strong><\/a>s. While the service is currently offering invite-only beta access the <strong>Cyber Security Toolkit<\/strong> includes quick and actionable guidance to keep your money and reputation safe. It&#8217;s totally free, It&#8217;s simple and easy to follow &amp; No prior cyber security knowledge is required. After a few short questions, you&#8217;ll get a list of personalised actions handpicked for Small Businesses by the government&#8217;s cyber security experts. Complete the tasks at your own pace. Starting with low-effort, high-impact actions, the guidance walks you through each phase step-by-step. You can then mark them as done and keep track of your progress at the same time building layers of protection around your business that prevent common cyber threats such as email hacking, data breaches and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberinsights.iainfraser.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/08\/special-feature-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ransomware<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Post Impressions:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44050480 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"44050480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/cybertoolkit.service.ncsc.gov.uk\/personalise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More \/...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa8a340 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fa8a340\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aec8a5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aec8a5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d216b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72d216b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.r3datarecovery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/r3-data-recovery-logo_compressed-e1769599134245.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-16341\" alt=\"Been the Victim of a Ransomware Attack or Lost Valuable Data?\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5434a30e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5434a30e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33755a25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"33755a25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Lost your data? 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