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THE UK’S cyber security experts have urged small businesses in Manchester to make use of its latest online services after data released today (Tuesday) revealed that almost half suffered an online attack in 2022.
The National Cyber Security Centre – a part of GCHQ – urged small businesses to take action after the data – which was collected as part of the 政府ernment’s 2022 Cyber Breaches Survey - revealed that 44% of small businesses in Manchester suffered a cyber incident. 相比之下，整个英国的这一比例为39%.
The survey also found that small businesses in Manchester are less likely than those in the rest of the UK to have a cyber incident response plan in place and are also less likely to have conducted staff training on cyber security.
针对小企业的攻击范围可能差别很大, 从商业电子邮件攻击到拒绝服务和勒索软件攻击.
帮助小企业, microbusinesses and sole traders improve their defences the NCSC has launched the 网络行动计划, which they can complete online in under 5 minutes to get tailored advice on how they can improve their cyber security.
A second service called Check your Cyber Security – which is accessible via the 网络行动计划 – can be used by any small organisation including schools and charities and enables non-tech users to identify and fix cyber security issues within their businesses.
NCSC首席执行官Lindy Cameron说:
“全球最大的博彩平台有一个蓬勃发展的小企业社区, 但我们知道，网络罪犯对他们构成了严重威胁.
“That’s why the NCSC has created the 网络行动计划 and Check Your Cyber Security to help them boost their online defences in a matter of minutes.
“I strongly encourage all the city’s small businesses to use these tools today to keep the cyber criminals out and their operations on track.”
The 网络行动计划 and Check Your Cyber Security are among the tools within the NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence services, 帮助保护英国免受每年数百万次的网络攻击.
NCSC继续为小型企业提供广泛的支持，包括其 小型企业指南.
案例研究
“这是我现在看到很多商界人士在谈论的事情, 我真的希望人们能考虑一下.” Aiden Ryan of Loaf Manchester – who himself suffered a cyber attack – discusses the importance of raising cyber security awareness among the city’s small business community.
用我的蛋糕和咖啡牌子, 面包Mcr, 我是全球最大的博彩平台蓬勃发展的小企业社区的活跃分子. The business grew during lockdown from making cakes to raise money for the NHS to supplying his bakes to Selfridges and 13 different cafes cross Manchester.
Over the course of lockdown I began to notice that more fellow small business owners seemed to be falling victim to cyber attacks. Lots of businesses across Manchester were having their social media accounts hacked and I spotted that the small business community was rallying together to promote cyber security advice.
In lockdown there seemed to be a heightened awareness of the importance of cyber security as a result of some prolific Manchester accounts in the food business sharing stories about being hacked. 你经常会看到Instagram上的故事，你知道账户被泄露了, 或者大型社交媒体账户会分享被攻击企业的故事, 解释说他们失去了账户和粉丝. 这产生了很大的影响. 在那之后, I know that lots of businesses starting to use 2SV (2-Step Verification) and think about their cyber security.
开始面包前, 我的个人推特账户被黑了，完全被接管了, 在登录和电子邮件地址被泄露到一个黑客分享网站之后. The hacker cleared all evidence of me off the account and changed my password and the account email address so I couldn’t get back in.
几年后我创业的时候, 我考虑到了这一事件，从一开始就把网络安全放在首位. From the start I used 2-Step Verification on all my social media accounts and set up an entirely new email address.
这是一个教训. 当我创立这个品牌时，我立即采取了网络安全措施. It's one thing when it happens to your personal accounts where you speak to friends and family, and quite another when it’s a business account with following of 14 K and two to three years of work behind it.
经常, people have paid money to grow those followings; they’ve spent on social media marketing tools, 以及机构建议. So, when something happens they lose the money they've invested as well as the future business.
我看到现在很多商界人士都在谈论这个问题, 我真的希望人们能考虑一下.
我想自从我开始使用2SV，我感觉更自信了. 我不害怕这种事会发生在我身上，但我知道你总能做得更多.
面包是通过社区建立起来的. 这是一个不受欢迎的故事——人们希望看到好事发生. Which is why I feel so passionate about this too; I want to help others in the business community recognise that this matters. 企业是通过社区建立起来的，也通过社区繁荣起来.
给编辑的说明
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