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Cyber Essentials Explained: The Roles of Cyber Advisors, Assured Service Providers & Certification Bodies

  Cyber Essentials Explained: The Roles of Cyber Advisors, Assured Service Providers & Certification Bodies The number of organisations achieving...

5 Key Takeaways From DTX Manchester 2025

5 Key Takeaways From DTX Manchester 2025   On the 2-3rd April, we spent two exciting days exhibiting at DTX...

The Threat Landscape: 10 Insights from Data Connect’s Cyber Security Experts

The Threat Landscape: 10 Insights from Data Connect's Cyber Security Experts Drawing on extensive research and deep industry insights, Data...

What You Need to Know About the Cyber Essentials Plus Process

What You Need to Know About the Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Process All organisations with Cyber Essentials SHOULD be able...

Network Segmentation Explained: Key Concepts and Benefits 

Network Segmentation Explained: Key Concepts and Benefits    Understanding Network Segmentation  Network segmentation is a cyber security strategy that involves...

Your Guide to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Your Guide to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) As organisations increasingly embrace digital transformation, securing their networks has become paramount....

Quantifying Risk: A Look into Vulnerability Scoring Incl. CVSS & Qualys

Quantifying Risk: A Look into Vulnerability Scoring Incl. CVSS & Qualys Decoding CVSS: An Introduction to Vulnerability Scoring The Common...

Charity Cyber Essentials Awareness Month

Charity Cyber Essentials Awareness Month     Proud Certification Body and Cyber Advisor At Data Connect, we are proud to...

Exposed: Critical Vulnerabilities in Remote Access VPNs

Exposed: Critical Vulnerabilities in Remote Access VPNs   Over the last year or so we have seen an uptick in...

Identity Management

Identity management in cyber security refers to the framework of policies and technologies for ensuring that the proper people in...

Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA)

Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) is a cyber security model that operates on the principle of "never trust, always verify."...

Vulnerability Management: Why Taking a Risk-Based Approach is Important

Vulnerability Management: Why Taking a Risk-Based Approach is Important Technology and the threat landscape are constantly evolving, leaving organisations exposed...

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Do AI Tools Pose a Security Risk to Businesses?

Do AI Tools Pose a Security Risk to Businesses? With the increasing prevalence of AI (artificial intelligence)  tools for businesses,...

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Thank you for downloading the vSOC Manage (Managed Firewall Service) Datasheet

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Thank you for downloading the Cyber Essentials Self-Assessment Preparation Booklet

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Thank you for downloading the Cyber Essentials Review Toolkit Datasheet

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Why Your Business is More Susceptible to Attack Over the Festive Season

*This blog was updated in December 2024* Why Your Business is More Susceptible to Cyber Attack Over the Festive Season...

PODCAST | Working in Cyber Security: The Skills Gap, Recruitment and Diversity

PODCAST | Working in Cyber Security: The Skills Gap, Recruitment and Diversity Listen to our latest podcast episode below called...

Risk Assessment

The process identifying, analysing and evaluating cyber security risks to ensure that time, efforts and resources are being allocated correctly.

Network

A network is a collection of two or more computers that are connected with the purpose of sharing resources.

Ethical Hacker

An ethical hacker is a security expert who, with the authorisation of an organisation, penetrates their computer system, network, application...

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)

A DDoS attack goes further than a DoS attack as it uses multiple computers or machines to flood a targeted...

Denial-of-Service (DoS)

This usually occurs when a service is overloaded with requests. As a result, legitimate users are denied access to resources...

Cloud

An online service in which shared computers and storage resources can be accessed as a service. Resources can include software...

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The Benefits Of Outsourcing Your Cyber Security

In April 2025, this blog was updated to give you more up to date info and statistics.  The Benefits Of...

The 5 Critical Challenges Affecting Data Protection Officers

The 5 Critical Challenges Affecting Data Protection Officers Unlike other departmental roles, a DPO does not fit neatly within an...

Cautionary Advice: Law Firm Hit with ICO Fine Due to Cyber Security Negligence

Cautionary Advice: Law Firm Hit with ICO Fine Due to Cyber Security Negligence Tuckers Solicitors has been hit with a...

Threat Landscape: The Key Cyber Security Statistics from 2021

Threat Landscape: The Key Cyber Security Statistics from 2021 As the year winds to a close, it is important to...

NCSC Alert: Rise in cyber attacks hitting the education sector

NCSC Alert: Rise in cyber attacks hitting the education sector There has been a sharp rise in ransomware attacks for...

The Hard Truth About Security Training Your Employees

The Hard Truth About Security Training Your Employees Cyber Security training is currently a hot topic in the IT sector with...