Get Safe Online Week 2011 (7th - 11th November 2011)

What is Get Safe Online Week?

Get Safe Online Week is an annual event to raise awareness of internet safety issues.

They reach out to consumers and small businesses through competitions, events and communications activity. And to businesses and organisations through their annual Get Safe Online Summit which kicked off on Monday in central London.

Watch this space throughout October and November to find out the latest updates or join us and follow them on Twitter @GetSafeOnline for all the latest news.

What is their objective?

The objective is to encourage everyone to take some time out of their week to learn more about internet safety and to make sure that their computer is properly protected.

The risks are serious but prevention is easy. A few hours is all you need. It's a small price to pay compared to the huge hassle of dealing with viruses, identity theft and online fraud.

SMEs - Protect Your Business Online

9th November - FREE event in Leicester for the SME community.

To find out more and register click here

To view the Get Safe Online Annual Report click here 2011 Report (1,035KB, PDF)

We at Chatback Security are friends of and proud to be associated with Get Safe on Line.

To show your support, display a get Safe on Line Friend logo on your site visit www.getsafeonline.org. or click here Link to apply online.

Be Safe....

20-26 Sept 2010 UK Home Security Week

All too often we in the corporate security arena concentrate on very high level ‘important’ security risks such as terrorism, physical, info sec and data loss to name but a few and simple security is sometimes over looked.

I recently gave a presentation to a number of senior management and asked them ‘when does security start in their day?’ All of them answered when they enter their building and surprisingly not before they leave home in the morning.

The week is designed to highlight what you can do to combat crime against your property and  the website http://www.ukhomesecurityweek.co.uk/ will show you how to make your home safer and more secure for you and your family.

For the record, ever the professional, I have shared this website with those managers. Please visit, publicise to your family, friends and colleagues. Enjoy and keeeeeeeeepp securing.

Top 5 Burglar's Deterrents

Don’t pay for Skype – It’s a scam

Action Fraud states that Internet users are being warned to watch out for a scam that charges money for what appears to be an upgrade of Skype. Check out this, other current fraud threats and how to report fraud at http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/ or read more