For information - Cyber Resilience Free Support Available for SMEs

<p><strong>Free support available to support SME organisations with the risk of cyber crime.</strong></p>
<p>You&rsquo;ll be aware from regular headlines that cyber security is a constant risk to the business community, with 40% of incidents managed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) over the last year targeting the public sector.</p>
<p>Within the North West region, there is a Cyber Resilience Centre whose purpose is to provide a free basic level of support for companies like yours, which will provide you with the basic guidance that you need to stay safe online: everything from how to manage password security, through to the questions that your board should be asking of their technical team to check on contingency plans.</p>
<p>Cyber resilience is important, because 2 in 5 businesses each year spot an attempt to breach their systems and 1 in 3 businesses experience some form of cyber breach at least once a week.</p>
<p>The North West Centre is led by a serving senior police officer and is directly funded by the Home Office. The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) Heads of Procurement Group* would strongly encourage you to sign up for their free membership and indeed to recommend those in your network to do likewise. The link below takes you to the NW centre:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nwcrc.co.uk/">Home | North West Cyber Resilience Centre | England (nwcrc.co.uk)</a></p>
<p>The link below should be used if a different region may be more apply:</p>
<p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalcrcgroup.co.uk%2Fregional-centres%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlison.Harper%40gmp.police.uk%7Cd1d7a7e9c67e476b9e4d08da31cdf7c4%7Cdcb8a542c40d46ab8f73e6023f45c7c5%7C0%7C0%7C637877057930363486%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9e6IWF4VZoS5ulUcZYP06XYR6PkcFishOr9gc47cbjM%3D&amp;reserved=0">Regional Centres - National CRC Group</a></p>
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<p><em>*AGMA Heads of Procurement Group consists of ten local authorities within Greater Manchester (Bolton Council; Bury Council; Manchester CC; Oldham Council; Rochdale MBC; Salford CC; Stockport MBC; Tameside MBC; Trafford Council; Wigan Council), Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Police, Blackburn with<strong> </strong>Darwen BC, Blackpool Council, and Warrington BC</em></p>