L’Oréal UK and Ireland (UKI) has been appointed as the first beauty company to become a National Ambassador for the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG).
The strategic collaboration between the Home Office, policing, academia and Ambassador partners is said to strengthen cyber resilience across the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) community.
Together with NCRCG, the Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC) network is made up of nine police-led CRCs which offer free, high-quality cyber guidance and advice to SMEs in their regions.
They are a trusted place where SMEs can go to take proportionate steps to strengthen their cyber resilience.
Jason O’Hare, Cybersecurity CISO, L’Oréal Northern Europe said: “As time passes, we all become more reliant on technology to drive our businesses forward.
“While large companies like ours invest heavily in tech to enhance our productivity as well as protect our business, it is often much more of a challenge for small and medium sized companies.
“These include the suppliers we work with and the thousands of hairdressing salons our Professional Products Division partners with.
“As part of our role as National Ambassador, we will be working with NCRCG to raise awareness of cyber resilience amongst our SME customers and suppliers and pointing them towards the support offered by the Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC) network.
“By raising general awareness and signposting to the valuable resources provided by the National CRC Group, we are helping our partners protect sensitive data, maintain customer trust and avoid costly disruptions, whilst contributing to closing the national skills gap in cybersecurity.”
Alan Greig, interim CEO, NCRCG said: “We are so pleased and proud that L’Oréal UK & Ireland is joining us as a National Ambassador.
“Our ambition at NCRCG is to build an Ambassador programme that represents a broad range of sectors, ensuring we can benefit from key insights from within these sectors and importantly spread our message of cyber resilience across them.
“Welcoming L’Oréal UK & Ireland on board is a fantastic step forward and provides us with important inroads to SMEs in the beauty and cosmetics space which, like SMEs across all other industries, have the potential to be impacted by cyber crime.”
