The cyber consultancy Bridewell has hosted a first cyber crime day, as an event with the Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales (WCRC), Microsoft, the National Crime Agency, UK police and the National Cyber Resilience Group.
The venue was Bridewell’s Security Operations Centre (SOC) in south Wales. Representatives from law enforcement, public bodies, and cyber security practitioners, discussed how to respond to ransomware attacks, the barriers to reporting cyber crime and what support is available to them in the event of an attack.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) ran a simulated cyber response exercise; Chainalysis, and the data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) gave presentations; and South Wales Police gave real-life examples of ransomware attacks.
With 34pc of UK CNI reporting a rise in cyber crime, according to Bridewell research, sharing knowledge within the cyber security community is essential to defending from attacks, the firm says. The company hopes to run similar events .
Scott Nicholson, Co-CEO at Bridewell, pictured, said: “We were delighted to host what was a first-of-its-kind event at our office in Cardiff, and to bring together the senior cyber community, law enforcement agencies and industry bodies, to discuss the challenges and best practice in dealing with ransomware incidents. We hope this will be the start of a series of events which can provide real, practical help to organisations to improve their ability to deal with ransomware attacks.”
