SOCIAL HOUSING & COMMUNITY FACILITIES
SAFEGUARD AGAINST CYBER CRIME
A red flag was raised over the public sector’s cyber security recently,
with the Wannacry global ransomware attack on the NHS. For the public sector specifically, cyber security is emerging as a significant issue, Ross Macmillan, Head of Research and Intelligence at allpay Limited explains.
Extended data protection, and a renewed sector regulatory regime, will increase the responsibilities and requirements on housing associations to protect themselves from breaches. However, the extent of cyber threats, and attacks, is little known to the sector, with some local authorities and housing associations potentially not even knowing their systems have been compromised –
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only discovering they have fallen prey to an attack once consultants have been called in.
Such organisations face being specifically targeted by fraudsters, with the primary risk being in accessing personal data and payment processes. Fraudsters are believed to penetrate phone systems first, if only to gauge potential for access.
It’s understandable that many public sector bodies are not yet ready to implement the necessary cyber- protection controls.
CYBER SECURITY Organisations should therefore
ensure their chosen suppliers meet high standards for cyber security through government- supported and industry-backed
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