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Are people your largest untapped resource?

01 April 2021

By NCC Group

From unknowingly downloading a suspicious file in an email to insider threats from disgruntled staff members, there are several ways that people can expose their organizations to cyber risks. In this issue, explore how the pandemic has put employees under the microscope and highlighted their increasingly vital contribution to cyber resilience. 

Technical viewpoint

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Three actions to reduce your cyber security skills gap during COVID-19

In this blog we outline the three key steps that your organization can take to tackle your cyber security skills gap and build resilience against the changing threat landscape.

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Over the course of a 12-month engagement, NCC Group provided a spectrum of services including data loss prevention, vendor analysis, and supply chain management.

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Three actions to reduce insider threats while working remotely

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