A free-to-attend ‘Sensitive Data Leaks’ workshop is a new scenario facilitated by the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) as part of the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) ‘Exercise in a Box’.
You can attend virtually or in person in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee. The first session will be online on November 10. For further dates visit the SBRC website: https://www.sbrcentre.co.uk/events.
Sessions will explore how organisations should handle a threat as a result of a data leak, securely off-boarding an unhappy employee and the steps that should be taken when escalating a security incident internally. The workshop will also include guidance on what (if any) legal action may be needed following such an incident.
‘Sensitive Data Leaks’ is the fifth scenario that the SBRC has brought to Scotland as part of Exercise in a Box, beside ‘Working from Home’, ‘Digital Supply Chain’, ‘Ransomware’ and ‘Micro Exercises’.
The 90-minute sessions provide organisations with real-world scenarios to find out how resilient they are to cyber attacks and practise their response in safety. As with all Exercise in a Box workshops, these sessions require no previous cyber experience and are open to public, health and social care, housing associations and other charity sector groups.
Jude McCorry, CEO of the SBRC, pictured, said: “Data leaks can be a significant threat for organisations – particularly if they come from a disgruntled employee, who might have insider information on how to access sensitive files. As so many organisations operate online, nearly every company will hold personal or sensitive data that must be kept safe.
“No business is immune to the threat of a cyber attack; Exercise in a Box workshops are designed to give organisations the support needed to start their cyber journey in a safe environment. We have seen a huge demand for these free sessions and encourage all organisations to take every available step to prevent or limit the fallout of a cyber attack.”
The NCSC describes Exercise in a Box as providing crucial support to organisations across the globe, encompassing a number of challenging exercises for organisations to practice their response to a cyber incident in a safe and private environment. Using the Sensitive Data Leak scenario from the Exercise in a Box toolkit, SBRC’s Ethical Hackers will challenge data protection policies and processes in a discussion based exercise aimed at improving your organisation’s resilience to extortion and sensitive data leaks.
