{"id":839,"date":"2017-10-12T15:27:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T14:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/?p=839"},"modified":"2017-10-12T15:27:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T14:27:03","slug":"ncscs-small-business-cyber-security-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/ncscs-small-business-cyber-security-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"NCSC&#8217;s Small Business Cyber Security Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TITANROCU\">TITAN\/NWROCU<\/a> for reposting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/\">NCSC&#8217;s<\/a> guides targetted at small businesses today, aimed at raising awareness and assisting in securing your applications, networks, services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/smallbusiness\">https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/smallbusiness<\/a> &#8211; is a great place to check out their current guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/guidance\/cyber-security-small-business-guide-infographic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"842\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/ncscs-small-business-cyber-security-guide\/cyber-security\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cyber-Security.png\" data-orig-size=\"1077,760\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cyber Security\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cyber-Security-300x212.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cyber-Security-1024x723.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-842 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cyber-Security-1024x723.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cyber-Security-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cyber-Security-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cyber-Security-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cyber-Security.png 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other items in the series cover the following topics:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/guidance\/backing-your-data\">Backing up your data;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/guidance\/protecting-your-organisation-malware\">Protecting your organisation from malware;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/guidance\/keeping-your-smartphones-and-tablets-safe\">Keeping your smartphones (and tablets) safe;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/guidance\/using-passwords-protect-your-data\">Using passwords to protect your data;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/guidance\/avoiding-phishing-attacks\">Avoiding phishing attacks;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take ten minutes and look over what they have to say, how you scale up, and should you have any further concerns regarding the services we deliver to you &#8211; do not hesitate to get in contact with <a href=\"mailto:support@hostinguk.net\">support@hostinguk.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to TITAN\/NWROCU for reposting the NCSC&#8217;s guides targetted at small businesses today, aimed at raising awareness and assisting in securing your applications, networks, services. https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/smallbusiness &#8211; is a great place to check out their current guidelines. &nbsp; Other items in the series cover the following topics: Backing up your data; Protecting your organisation&#8230; <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/hostinguk.net\/blog\/ncscs-small-business-cyber-security-guide\/\">Keep Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Take a look over the NCSC's Small Business Cyber Security Guide - how do you measure up?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NCSC&#039;s Small Business Cyber Security Guide - Hosting UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our local Regional Organised Crime Unit TITAN has recently reposted the NCSC&#039;s small business cyber security guide. 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