Future Ready.
Cyber.

The extensive list of recent cyber incidents is well documented. 2022 saw a high-profile ransomware attack, which caused a major outage of multiple health and care systems, showcasing the clever ways that adversaries use to breach intended targets. Together with new legislation, intensive audits, a rapidly evolving threat and limited budgets, this all creates a troubling landscape of amplified risk.

This increased risk, coupled with a rise in demand for digital services, means that cyber security is no longer just a concern for the IT department, but can pose a serious threat to a company’s performance and brand reputation. Information security is now a Board priority.

Effective cyber security practices are no longer a bolt-on or an afterthought, but an imperative.

Effective cyber security is the bedrock of digital transformation

Cyber security is an iterative, responsive, evolutionary journey, not a set destination.

The NHS has come a long way with its cyber security posture, however adversaries have also been honing their skills and adapting their tactics and, compared to organisations in other sectors, healthcare organisations have the added disadvantage of dealing with a constantly expanding attack surface fuelled by the increased digitisation of services, a rise in IoMT and legacy devices. This means new approaches will be needed to secure more distributed IT systems and the data flowing through them. It’s time to focus on security as a vital pre-requisite of lasting digital success.

Yesterday

Traditional antivirus and semi-frequent patching was considered good cyber security. Security posture and infrastructure maturity was by no means a priority. Security teams worked in isolation.

Today

Defence in depth has a deeper meaning. Network visibility means knowing your assets and securing them with effective controls. Organisation culture is still evolving to position cyber security and GRC (governance, risk and compliance) as an essential ‘team sport’.

Tomorrow

A new world where we trust nothing and no one, instead verifying everything. Deeper insights and real-time intelligence bridge the divide between digital and cyber maturity. Greater emphasis on business risk, assurance and accountability.

Security. Reimagined.

We are all familiar with Einstein’s characterisation of insanity as doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results. This holds especially true in cyber security. Simply investing in an ever-larger arsenal of new tools and expensive technologies is not an effective strategy.

Block’s Future Ready Cyber solutions provide you with information security leadership and strategy to reduce risk and increase compliance, we also provide the tools, expertise and services that you need to effectively detect and respond to the threats of today, and the future.

Strategy

Block is passionate about mapping and delivering an ever-evolving cyber journey, and the path to effective governance, risk management and compliance is underpinned by sound strategy. Intimate knowledge of both our clients’ environments and the emerging threat landscape allows us to plan and deliver effective assurance.

Operations

We’re here to help make the digital world a safer place; changing the way organisations think about cyber security through a dynamic, innovative and, above all, human-centred approach. Our forward-thinking services help organisations not only to detect advanced threats and targeted attacks, but contain them too.

Defence in Depth

A spotlight has been placed on tooling, to deliver more value and meaningful context for cyber threats, alerts and incidents. It’s about finding the best tools and the partnerships that provide real value. Block is always looking to remove the strain of product or service selection to enhance cyber posture and improve assurance.

Mark Walton
Cyber security is arguably the fastest growing sector in the world right now. However, it is relatively immature in relation to the explosive and unpredictable threat landscape. Addressing this disparity between digital maturity and cyber maturity remains a focus for Block. We are passionate about cyber and we relish the opportunity to understand our clients' challenges, working to mitigate inherent and systematic risk. Cyber is a team sport and we're ready to play. Mark Walton, Chief Technology Officer

The future is
here now

Future Ready Cyber Security delivers an effective cyber programme and is a key enabler for organisations to transform their IT services, allowing them to maintain effective operations and:

  • Prioritise endpoint security for home workers
  • Gain full visibility of the ‘Internet of Things’
  • Tackle escalating ‘social engineering’
  • Establish transparent supply chains
  • Clearly define shared responsibilities in the Cloud
  • Apply optimal automation alongside human analysis, adding human context and intelligence to decision making
  • Respond faster to threats and reduce attacker dwell time
  • Align with regulatory needs
  • Reduce corporate/reputational risk

On the Air with Matthew Mahoney and Adam Casey

Block’s Director of Digital Transformation. Matthew Mahoney and Cyber Security Lead, Adam Casey, discuss the challenges and changes they have seen within cyber security, both as consultants, and during their time as CTO and CISO respectively. They focus on the key challenges the NHS is facing, from governance to skill shortages, and how Block is helping to address these.

So what’s
stopping you?

Now is the time to do things differently. Security Operations Centres, Security Orchestration Automation and Response, Zero Trust, Supply Chain Assurance, Micro-segmentation and IoT/OT are now all key tactical and strategic opportunities to address an imbalance in strategy. But where do you begin?

The need for cyber security professionals across various disciplines has soared. Many of these roles have been newly created, and training is failing to catch up with the surge in demand. Where organisations do have cyber security professionals in post, they are often struggling in the face of rising threat levels and remote working visibility challenges.

Tool sprawl is a major industry problem that saps productivity and overwhelms teams. Just choosing the right security software can be problematic, with overlapping solutions often adding to complexity and coverage gaps. Not to mention the additional complexities of all of your other software potentially being in the Cloud – is it configured correctly, do you understand the risks, what is the Cloud provider securing, and what you are responsible for?

We’re here to help. We’re driven by a belief in better, we’re determined to deliver faster time to value, and we’re dedicated to making smarter technology work for you – as it can, as it should, and as you and your stakeholders deserve. When we apply the Block Approach to your operation, we know that lasting transformation is not only possible, but well within reach. So call us and start down the path to faster, smarter, simply better systems, enabling transformational change.

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68%
of business leaders feel their cyber security risks are increasing.

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