Inside a Real Cyber Attack: What Every Irish Business Owner Needs to Know

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Inside a Real Cyber Attack: What Every Irish Business Owner Needs to Know 

You don’t have to be a big company to be a target. Automated attack tools don’t pick victims by size. They scan the internet for weak points, at any hour, at huge scale. If your business has a website, a login page or a help desk, it applies to you. 

In this 30-minute session, Rick Williams, Head of Digital Transformation at Kinore, will walk you through a real attack on Kinore’s own IT help desk: what happened, why businesses like yours get targeted, and the warning signs to look out for. You’ll leave knowing the practical steps to protect your business, whatever size you are. 

Why Join?

See what an automated attack really looks like: Around 95,000 requests hit Kinore’s IT help desk in under an hour, with no warning and no human at the keyboard. Walk through the timeline of a real attack and see how quickly it escalates. 

Understand why SMEs are targeted: Attackers don’t choose you, their tools do. Learn what these tools are looking for, why smaller businesses are attractive targets, and what an attacker could gain from even a basic foothold. 

Know what to look out for: Spikes in failed logins, unexpected password-reset emails, unusual traffic and alerts you’ve been ignoring can all be early signs. Learn which warning signs matter and what they look like in practice. 

Protect your business: Security tools are only part of the answer. Learn why detection, alerting, monitoring and a clear response plan matter just as much, and the simple first steps any business can take. 

Know what to do when it happens: Who gets alerted? Who investigates? What do you tell staff and customers? Learn how to build a calm, clear response process before you need it. 

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