VCG Group look at why companies of any size need a robust cyber security strategy

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Kirsty Muir

VCG helps organisations shape their next technology and IT services roadmap, with a great focus on protecting people, data and devices in the digital economy.

According to official statistics from the UK Government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021, Four in ten businesses (39%) and a quarter of charities (26%) report having cyber security breaches or attacks in the last 12 months. Like previous years, this is higher among medium business (65%), large businesses (64%) and high-income charities (51%) – but no size of organisation is immune.

Businesses of all sizes need to be able to successfully respond to and recover from cyber security threats which relies upon being prepared, having the resources to deal with those threats and the skills and capabilities to ensure that a growing range of obstacles can be overcome.

‘‘Most businesses don’t perceive cyber-attacks as a major risk, believing that only larger companies are targeted’’

Cyber security threats have been exacerbated by the need to work from home and the desire for organisations to enable an increasingly remote workforce. The speed of change has been rapid, and this has undoubtedly left many organisations reverse engineering their security. Working from anywhere on multiple devices provides the flexibility that most want to do their job, but security is too often an after-thought. The vast array of devices – both personal and corporate, presents a huge security risk.

Managing distributed devices and locations

As online threats and malware become more sophisticated, hybrid working and higher exposure to risks across distributed devices and locations are also increasing in complexity and requirements for IT departments, which can put a strain on resources and critical infrastructure. Working in partnership to bring together people, data and devices provides a single approach to the design and evolution of cyber security strategy for many fast-growing companies.

Evolving and unifying security operations

Our goal at VCG is to help organisations succeed in the digital economy by creating a safe working environment for every user on every device, from any location. Through the optimisation of security strategies and IT investments, we enable organisations to understand the areas of improvement, create a single end-to-end roadmap of technology and cyber security services, and deliver continuous improvement and capabilities across the workforce, workplace and workload environments.

‘’Our service model brings cybersecurity at the core of our portfolio. We help businesses unify their plans and strategy across people, devices and locations in a single approach: consult, design and evolve cyber security for the organisations we work with.’’ says Andy Peters-Smith, CEO of VCG.

Becoming more cyber resilient

VCG helps organisations to become cyber resilient with enhanced protection and visibility across the entire network, devices, locations and operations. By evolving cyber security strategies, mitigating cybercrime and continuously adapting to evolving malware and cyber threats we help protect your networks and cloud environments.

Our customer care model brings IT support to a next level experience: simple, scalable, reliable. With flexibility to bundle in as much or as little as your business needs, as a managed service, while keeping control of your business operations.

Shaping your next technology and IT journey

VCG is a managed service provider supporting businesses in their technology and business transformation journey with consultancy and professional services across cyber security, enterprise networking, unified communications, connectivity and cloud.

Our suite of solutions is designed to use technical capability and help organisations build more resilience, protect data and networks and future proof the hybrid workplace. VCG’s technical teams are at your disposal around the clock taking as much or as little responsibility for infrastructure as required and helping ensure that your organisation is ready for whatever comes next.