The City of London Police’s Cyber Crime Unit has held its first Cyber Griffin briefing after the initiative was launched in May this year.

The briefing session, on 29^th June 2018, was attended by 40 people from numerous companies based in the Square Mile and comes at a time when cybercrime offences in the City have increased by 30% compared to this time last year.

At the event, specially-trained officers provided information on real-time cyber threats, the most prolific attacks happening now, and gave expert advice on how businesses could defend themselves.

Current police intelligence was shared with attendees and the topics of phishing, ransomware, and insider threats were covered. Protection advice provided by the officers explained how companies and individuals could use encryption to protect themselves online. People can also use specific encryption services for sensitive information that will be passed globally or locally so that it does not get hacked in transit. Using such things as phantom secure as well as other software features, those that are in need of a strong level of security can send and receive messages without the worry that they may be in danger of a hack that could lead to other nefarious activity.

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