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Digital safety and safeguarding children and young people from harmful influences online - 10 Aug, 2020

By Home Office Prevent Team

The impact of COVID-19 means that most of us will be at home for an extended period and are likely to be spending increasing amounts of time online. The online world is also a necessity for many children in accessing schoolwork and it delivers huge benefits, not least in enabling us to stay connected to family and friends during this period....

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Lock down on burglaries this summer - 27 Jul, 2020

By Tim Mitchell

As lockdown eases in the UK, a rise in burglaries is expected. Neighbourhood Watch has partnered with the Home Office to create a new social media campaign that alerts those most at risk, with practical tools that are proven to prevent burglary by nearly 50 times. 

Life’s safer when you know your neighbours. With more people looking out for...

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Cyber security update for all health and social care staff - 02 Jul, 2020

By Tim Mitchell

The current global health crisis has unfortunately led to an increase in cyber-attacks on the health care systems globally.

The recent blog by the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at the Imperial College London highlights some the cyber threats to healthcare systems and what can be done to mitigate them.

They have also produced...

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Security-by-design: the inside-out approach to combat IOT breaches - 09 Jun, 2020

By Hajra Khan

The world is fast moving towards an era of constant and seamless connectivity led by technologies like 5G and IoT networks. There are already billions of IoT devices that are online around the world, while new devices are being connected every single day. This is a network that’s growing fast and rather furiously. A study by the UK thinktank...

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Online safety advice for parents during lockdown - 01 Jun, 2020

By Tony Neate

As the country (and, indeed most of the world) continues to endure, weeks of lockdown, digital living has become the norm. With the vast majority still children off school and spending more time on screens than ever, what concerns do parents have with this new way of life on the internet?

Here, our CEO Tony Neate shares some of the questions...

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Three things popular culture can teach us about cybersecurity - 20 May, 2020

By Tim Mullahy

Maybe someday, Hollywood will understand cybersecurity.

I'm not holding my breath, though. Outside of a few rare properties and occasions, the majority of popular culture inevitably resorts to a set of sensationalized, borderline absurd ideas about information technology.

Flashy hackers in dimly-lit rooms, desperate, real-time attempts to...

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Keeping kids safe online - there’s an app for that (or 5!) - 30 Apr, 2020

By Child Rescue Coalition

The risks that children face today look different from how they did in the past.

With easy access to the internet, there are endless opportunities for learning and connection, but those opportunities also come with risks. Children can quickly and easily connect with adults who don’t have their best interests at heart, or could take in damaging...

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Join our Facebook Live Q&A on COVID-19 scams: starts Thursday - 24 Apr, 2020

By Tim Mitchell

If you're like most people at the moment, you're probably living online more than ever. Whether it’s shopping, schooling, chatting to family or having business meetings, never before have so many of us spent so much time on the internet. But do you know how to make sure you’re as safe as you can be?

Why not join the CEO of Get Safe Online,...

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Get Safe Online joins new group to help protect older individuals from abuse during lockdown - 22 Apr, 2020

By Tim Mitchell

As lockdown continues, and the threat of abuse both online and in the home for older people is ever present, Get Safe Online has today teamed up with a number of organisations in Wales to form a group to specifically cater for taking care of the older generation in Wales. The Welsh government, Public Health Wales and Neighbourhood Watch are just...

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Get Safe Online podcast: Working from home and dealing with scams during the Coronavirus pandemic - 09 Apr, 2020

By Tim Mitchell

In this podcast, Get Safe Online Content Director Tim Mitchell talks with Olivia Wolfheart from BCS (Chartered Institute of IT) about how to work online safely and securely from home, and also some of the scams spawned by the Coronavirus pandemic.

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