The National Cyber Security Centre has issued guidance on the recent ransomware attacks on businesses. There are two main pieces of guidance available, one for organisations and one for private individuals and SMEs which are applicable regardless of the age of the software being used. The full guidance is available here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/ransomware-latest-ncsc-guidance The NCSC advises the following steps to reduce the risk of attack and mitigate the impact of an attack if it does occur. The steps that can be taken are available here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/protecting-your-organisation-ransomware and are summarised below. For organisations For individuals and small businesses: Updates to the guidance and any further news will be publicised through the NCSC Twitter account (@ncsc).

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