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60 SECOND INTERVIEW BOSS Today #41

CYBER

BIKER

Specialist OP market researcher Martin Wilde talks to Tim Beaumont, Managing Director of Nemo.

MW: Please can you give me a history of your suffered a catastrophic ransomware n 70% of cyber-attacks are
career to date? attack and lost all of their sales data deliberately focused on SMEs
TB: I have worked in several different and back-end. Part of Nemo’s remit
sectors: everything from bleeding is to find products and services MW: What else can dealers do to improve cyber
edge tech start-ups to a traditional that will help protect our members’ security?
corporate IT solution provider and businesses. TB: Take it seriously! Evaluate the risks
- most recently - in OP at Nemo, to your business. Use the tools that
mainly in business leadership, sales MW: What do these services offer to dealers? are available to properly understand
and marketing-type roles. The key TB: Nemo are working with partners your specific risks. If you outsource
for me has been to work with clever to help protect our members with your IT, challenge your provider.
people who want to innovate. I like services covering GDPR, IASME and Get cyber insurance added to your
a challenge and embrace change Cyber Essentials, plus a really clever, traditional business policy, because
well. I am now in my sixth year at inexpensive cyber security platform most don’t cover it.
Nemo and the pace of change in our (www.cyberiskchek.com) that asks
industry is accelerating. Happy days! the business 149 questions, then MW: Tell me something that few people know
gives a risk effectiveness report and about you?
MW: What new challenges are facing dealers in a plan of areas of weakness that TB: I ride motorbikes. There’s nothing
2018? need to be sorted. better than going for a blast around
TB: I’m not sure they are that new some windy roads to relieve the
but, disruption from new players MW: What has been the response from dealers so stresses of life!
and models, greater levels of price far?
transparency and the need to have TB: A good number of members have
*Figures taken from Department for Digital, Culture,
a focused approach to achieve engaged with our GDPR service Media and Sport Cyber Security Breach
much greater levels of outstanding offering and a few so far with Cyber
customer service. The biggest Essentials. We are just launching
challenge for us all is us and our the cyber security platform (www.
people: when the world around you cyberiskchek.com), but I am
changes, it’s up to you to evolve and hopeful that we will get a great
adapt to that change. response. BOSS is also adopting the
cyber security platform and will
MW: What is the background to your launching soon launch it to its members. The
the Cyber Essentials initiative? statistics show that not taking cyber
TB: Cyber security is one of the most security is risking serious damage to
important issues facing businesses your business:
of all sizes. Many businesses seem to n 43% of UK companies experienced
operate by sticking their head in the a cyber security breach or attack
sand: almost every day there is news in the last 12 months*
of high profile attacks and breaches. n 60% of SMEs go bust within six
One of our members has just months of a cyber attack

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