Avacote Limited

Can you imagine what it's like to be a Lawyer, an Accountant or a Professional Services company when you're hacked. You're normal world changes radically to one where you're forced to confront the sobering realities of what it feels like to be a victim of Cyber Crime. You're thrown into a crisis situation, firefighting for survival. Clients walk out the door with their revenue, as their trust in you is shattered. Data breach lawyers persistently threaten millions of pounds in data-loss claims and GDPR looms with fines of 4% of turnover or €20 million, whichever is higher. You're forced to pay for a forensic examination of what happened and learn how much data was stolen. The more that's stolen the higher and higher the fines become, £5,000 to £10,000 per person is normal. And to top it off you have to publicly disclose it all to the ICO. Competitors leverage the news to lure your customers away promoting the attack to all who'll listen. And desperate calls to insurers confirms your fears, that data breach losses are not covered. Helpless to retaliate against a hacker you cannot see and labelled as Guilty of Losing Client Data, instead of the victim. This is the world we live in, and why we developed the HALT Framework. HALT is an acronym for, Harden, Automate, Limit & Train, and is a Technological and Psychological solution to the ever-growing threat of Cyber Crime. Designed to mitigate the Financial Exposure to Data Loss Prosecution and protect your Business, your Reputation and your Credibility, and get your Bank, your Insurance Company and your Professional body to support you with money, insurance pay-outs and help even if you do get attacked. Some of our clients are: Imperial College NHS Trust, King's College NHS Trust, Clifford Chance LLP, Allen & Overy LLP, Ashurst LLP, Dentons SNR (now Dentons), Pinsent Masons LLP, Olswangs LLP (now CMS), UTB Bank, Citygroup, Diamond Bank, Eton College, Eltham College, Colfe’s School & City of Copenhagen.