March 2017

WARWICKSHIRE MEANS BUSINESS

Business urged: Be wifi savvy

Businesses are being offered free wifi to encourage them to review their wifi security in a new campaign by Warwickshire County Council’s Community Safety Team and the Office of Warwickshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner

The campaign, under the #wifisavvy banner, enables businesses to demonstrate their commitment to customers’ security by displaying a poster and window-sticker showing that they have considered the following:

  • They have changed the admin password of their router from its default setting
  • They have disabled remote management to the router completely
  • They are committed to using reliable encryption (WPA2 as minimum) and
  • They ensure that their router is regularly updated with the latest software

In addition to this, all customers will be advised:

  • to be aware of their surroundings, to make sure no one is watching them type when using wifi in public locations
  • to get the correct Identification for public wifi to ensure that they do not inadvertently access spoofed or insecure wifi connections
  • to keep their internet security up-to-date and to always use a firewall
  • to avoid using free, public wifi to do things like personal banking or online shopping.

If your business follows/would like to follow the above steps and display a poster promoting the safe use of wifi, please contact the Business Crime Advisor at alexcharleswilliams@warwickshire.gov.uk.

Warwickshire Business Watch Update

The Warwickshire Business Watch website now has 24 advice sheets on a range of topics from traditional crime to cyber crime. News, events and incidents are also added daily. The Community Messaging Service continues to be used to send out multiple messages to specific areas of Warwickshire immediately when required.

The Keep Me Posted system, which is the national government messaging system and enables the subscriber to receive any information that in this case is added to the Business Watch website, continues to be used frequently. Information added to the website is sent directly into the subscriber’s inbox and includes incidents, events and important news on a range of topics from the local area.

To sign up to the Keep Me Posted Business Watch alerts, please visit the link below.

https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKWARWICKSHIRE/subscriber/new?topic_id=UKWARWICKSHIRE_22

To access the Warwickshire Business Watch website and sign up to either of the Alerts visit: www.warwickshirebusinesswatch.co.uk or use the Twitter address @WarksBusiness.

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