’Trust Issues’ Cyber Insights for 27th July from The National Cyber Skills Centre
By Damon Ankers. December 20, 2018
I was recently discussing with West Mercia Police the current state of cyber security awareness amongst the general public. West Mercia, like many other Police forces, are currently undertaking an outreach campaign of education and online crime prevention. The two highly experienced officers I spoke with were very open on how much work there is to do in order to help the public understand that they are at risk.
As ‘traditional’ crime falls, online crime is soaring. The ONS recently published figures stating that 6,000,000 crimes were committed in the UK last year that related to cyber crime or online fraud. That means we are now living in an era where 1 in 10 people have suffered at the hands of cyber criminals.
In order to reduce the likelihood of becoming a cyber crime statistic just ask yourself a couple of questions.
Read the rest over at Cyber Insights, brought to you by the National Cyber Skills Centre.
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