Experienced a fraud or cyber incident?
Here's what to do next.
Use the UK Government dedicated reporting service to help with many different events
Whether you report it or not, the support and resources below are here for you
1. Follow an incident response plan
Download a step-by-step plan to help you take fast action to resolve an incident.
2. Need urgent help from a cyber incident responder?
The National Cyber Security Centre has assured incident response organisations who can provide immediate assistance to recover you from a cyber incident.
3. Data encrypted preventing your access?
This could be ransomware. Once malicious software infects a device, it locks the files. Without a backup recovery is difficult.​​​
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Before considering payment, review no more ransom, which is a law enforcement resource, offering free decryption tools for many different types of ransomware.
4. Looking for recommended steps, organisations can take in response to a cyber attack?
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5. Locked out of email or social media accounts?
Use this recovery guide to minimise the damage and regain control of a hacked account.
6. Involved in a Data Breach?
Follow these data breach actions to minimise the damage and reduce the risk of identity theft.
7. Police Cyber Resilience Centres provide ongoing assistance
Join the centre and we can help you get your systems into a safer position. Organisations with the Cyber Essentials certification are 92% less likely to make a cyber insurance claim.
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​Complete basic self-tests
Use this free UK government service to check your cyber security. It scans for common vulnerabilities in your IT just like criminals do to find easy targets.
Assess your Cyber Risk
Work through this toolkit to receive a personalised report on your security gaps. See what you can do right now to protect you against a cyber attack.
Worried about attackers finding weaknesses in your IT system?
A vulnerability assessment highlights where your system is exposed. See what can be exploited before the hackers take advantage.
Have a workforce and want to ensure they can only access data or areas of IT needed to undertake their roles and business objectives, and not stray into areas or access data they are not entitled to?
Consider an internal vulnerability assessment, that highlights the area an insider would often exploit for their own benefit causing you disruption and damage.
Your workforce is your first and last line of defence when it comes to a cyber attack, do you know how they will react?
Educational training helps staff spot and stop an attack. Acting fast reduces the damage and impact ​of an attack.​
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Tested those incident response plans?
The National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Incident Exercising scheme gives customers confidence these Assured Service Providers, meet the standards for high quality cyber incident exercising.
How can I improve my supply chain?
Encourage your supply chain to adopt your same standard?
​Reduce risk across your network, a few simple steps can protect the businesses you rely on.
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Strengthen your suppliers’ security, encourage them to join this cyber security program and lower the risk to your operations.
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Cyber threats don’t stop at your doorstep, make security a shared priority!