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Cyber crime is not just an IT matter. The cyber criminals are by-passing the IT and going for
the ‘humans’ using clever techniques to exploit their naivety and curiosity. Each day there are
millions of clever phishing emails appearing to come from big-branded names, well-known

service providers and utility companies, even office colleagues, sent to tempt employees to
‘click’ a link or an attachment that they ought to delete.

A single lapse in concentration could infect an entire office network to compromise the

security of some or all the data held on it or even close it down altogether by denying access

to all files and facilities.

With greater cyber awareness these vulnerabilities can be avoided. In future business

owners and employees will be taught how to use their office technology safely and become
its ‘human fi rewall’.