Did you know that the number one security risk to CEMEX in the UK, and globally, is cyber enabled crime?

Or that in the last two and a half years, attempts at cyber related fraud would have cost CEMEX in the UK alone more than £2 million?

Staying safe online is therefore vital for all staff at CEMEX – both when at work and personally.

To provide advice and insight into this important subject, the security team organised a series of free sessions at Rugby Head Office last week, led by James Squire, the Regional Organised Crime Unit rep for Cyber Security (Prevent).

Over 40 people attended the sessions, and learnt about how their actions, unwittingly or otherwise can make themselves and CEMEX vulnerable online, and the best practice for staying safe.

Colin Jones, UK Security Manager, commented: “With 19,000 cyber attacks on UK businesses reported every day, we must ensure that we are not taking unnecessary risks when working online. Businesses large and small are at risk, from national platforms such as LinkedIn through to organisations like St John’s Ambulance (which was subjjected to a ransomware attack earlier this month).

It’s scary how much information criminals can easily find about us on the internet, and then how quickly they can use this to access accounts and create real problems for people in their personal lives and also at work. Hopefully those who attended the sessions have taken away several learnings that will help them to stay secure online.”