Britain is targeted by up to 10,000 cyber attacks per hour, making it a business imperative for organisations to strengthen their data security systems and processes.

Retail and financial services websites are at the highest risk from attack, and Christmas – with a projected online spend of £17.4bn** – is the most popular time of year for cyber criminals.

A Google study from a couple of weeks ago made an astonishing statement:

This is a particularly worrying statistic given that data security breaches carry a huge cost – both to reputation and financially.

The costs of a breach increase every year, and will inevitably continue to rise as new legislation comes in with greater powers to the ICO.

So it’s time for retailers to make sure their staff don’t fall into the 45% of successful phishing attacks, and understand how to minimise security risks to the business.

25% Christmas Discount

Data Compliant  provides data security training workshops for companies who want their employees to understand how to keep their data secure.

2-hour security workshops for up to 10 attendees per session are available from January 5th 2015.  The usual cost is £1,100*.  Within the workshop, we’ll demonstrate how to recognise and avoid phishing attacks.

Any organisation making a firm booking for a data security workshop before 23rd December will receive their 25% discount – ie a reduction in cost from £1,100 to just £825.*

For more information or to book your workshop, call 01787 277742 or email victoria@datacompliant.co.uk

* Stats taken from UK 2014 Information Security Breaches Survey – Department for Business Innovation and Skills

**stats from internetretailing.net

* Costs exclude VAT and expenses.