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Nearly a third of Jersey firms 'have no cyber security plan'

BBC Radio Jersey

Nearly a third of Jersey finance businesses do not have a plan in place in case of a cyber attack, according to a survey by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).

Jersey finance firms completed the survey and from the results the commission identified five threats to finance businesses in the island.

These included:

  • Leaks of information both unintentionally and deliberately
  • Fraud
  • Malicious computer viruses
  • Staff accessing information they shouldn't
  • Staff manipulating others to divulge that information

The survey found 59% of organisations surveyed had had fraudulent emails, and 58% had been attacked using malicious software.

The JFSC is now developing its own cyber security strategy. It's also offering advice to those companies which have suffered a cyber attack.

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