Cyber Security

Highlights from our live cyber incident simulation workshop

2025-04-10T11:48:47+01:00April 3rd, 2025|Accountants, Cyber Security, Financial Services, Law|

Pro Drive IT recently ran a roundtable exercise titled “How to avoid cyber annihilation of your firm”, which as the name suggest was designed to educate the attendees on the cyber security risks to their business and to give them some practical advice and tips on how to respond if (when!) an incident occurs [...]

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How to avoid cyber annihilation of your firm

2025-04-01T14:23:11+01:00April 1st, 2025|, |

    REGISTER FOR THE EVENT If spending a morning actually reducing the risk of cyber annihilation for your firm is of value, this is the event for you! Being a director or partner of a firm means carrying responsibility for your wellbeing of your staff and protecting your [...]

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How to avoid cyber annihilation of your firm

2025-03-24T13:26:44+00:00March 24th, 2025|, |

    REGISTER FOR THE EVENT If spending a morning actually reducing the risk of cyber annihilation for your firm is of value, this is the event for you! Being a director or partner of a firm means carrying responsibility for your wellbeing of your staff and protecting your [...]

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Why AI voice cloning is a major threat to professional services firms

2025-01-20T14:59:30+00:00January 20th, 2025|Accountants, AI, Cyber Security, Law|

We recently wrote about the danger of impersonation scams and highlighted how generative AI is making these scams more convincing, in particular ‘Vishing’ which usually centres around telephone based scams. A more recent development, particularly worrying for professional and financial services firms, is voice cloning. This might sound like something from the Terminator but [...]

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Impersonation Scams and the Threat to Professional Services Firms – What You Need to Know

2025-01-06T17:18:58+00:00December 31st, 2024|Accountants, Cyber Security, Law, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

The last couple of years have seen a significant increase in digital impersonation scams specifically targeting professional services, accountancy, and law firms, and their clients. These scams exploit human error and IT related vulnerabilities, and their impacts can be devastating, ranging from financial loss to reputational damage. Why Law and Accountancy Firms Are Prime [...]

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Data highlights worrying cyber security trends in the accountancy sector

2024-12-10T21:44:18+00:00December 9th, 2024|Accountants, Cyber Security|

Accountancy firms have good reason to ensure they are reviewing and mitigating cyber security risks in their practices. They are prime targets for cyber criminals, in part due to the valuable financial data they hold on other companies and the significant payments they make on behalf of clients, for example, for payroll activities. The [...]

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Beware of ‘Quishing’, the latest cyber threat targeting you and your business

2024-12-09T17:05:56+00:00December 9th, 2024|Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

‘Quishing’ is a relatively new form of cyber scam, which is based on the familiar ‘phishing’ technique but instead uses fake QR codes to trick victims into disclosing confidential details to waiting cyber criminals. Why are so many people falling victim to Quishing? In recent years QR codes have become prolific both in consumer [...]

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How to avoid cyber annihilation of your firm

2025-01-24T16:33:51+00:00December 4th, 2024|, |

    REGISTER FOR THE EVENT If spending a morning actually reducing the risk of cyber annihilation for your firm is of value, this is the event for you! Being a director or partner of a firm means carrying responsibility for your wellbeing of your staff and protecting your [...]

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Safeguard your firm from cyber annihilation

2024-11-10T09:40:05+00:00November 5th, 2024|, |

    REGISTER FOR THE EVENT If spending a morning actually reducing the risk of cyber annihilation for your firm is of value, this is the event for you! Being a director or partner of a firm means carrying responsibility for your wellbeing of your staff and protecting your [...]

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Whose multifactor authentication is it anyway?

2024-10-24T09:03:43+01:00October 24th, 2024|Cyber Security, Security and Threats|

Everyone knows that all online accounts should be protected by “Multi Factor Authentication”, known as multifactor authentication for short, or sometimes as 2FA which stands for “Two Factor Authentication”. It’s the simplest thing you can do to increase the security of your online accounts no matter which method you use. Recent studies indicate that [...]

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