Having a well-defined approach to managing a wide range of cyber risks is crucial for organisations cyber resilience, regardless of their size. The objective of any cyber resilience strategy is to effectively prepare for, respond to, and swiftly recover from cyber risks, enabling businesses to maintain their operations with minimal disruption to workflow and processes.

On the 31st of May 2023 a public warning was issued by MOVEit, regarding a critical SQL injection vulnerability found in in their systems. This vulnerability allowed malicious actors to gain access to the database. The flaw, known as CVE-2023-34362, was identified on the 2nd of June, but it had already been exploited four days before the alert. By the end of May, approximately 2,500 instances of MOVEit file transfers were discovered to be exposed online, primarily in the United States.

A disaster recovery plan (DPR) is essentially a roadmap designed to manage the disruptions of an unforeseen incident (such as a data breach or ransomware attack). Many small businesses may not see the value in establishing a disaster recovery plan until it’s too late, leaving their data and their client’s data at severe risk. The likelihood of your business experiencing a cyber-attack is higher than you might think.