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ADS and NCSC to host Ransomware Awareness Briefing

As part of the UK Government’s efforts to combat the threat and spread of ransomware attacks to public and private institutions, ADS is hosting a webinar with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - at 2pm on Thursday 28th October - to raise awareness of this challenge and how best to protect your company against the threat of ransomware.

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This webinar will be of relevance to all ADS members across the four sectors; aerospace, defence, security and space and ADS is encouraging as many members to attend as possible.
 
The topics covered by the NCSC will be:

  • Ransomware in the news
  • Ransomware trends
  • The anatomy of a ransomware attack
  • Ransomware as a service
  • The new Ransomware Task Force


To register for the Ransomware Awareness Briefing, click
here .
 

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