{"id":2310,"date":"2022-05-19T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jbrearley.co.uk\/individual-investors\/?page_id=2310"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:31:39","slug":"cyber-awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jbrearley.co.uk\/individual-investors\/cyber-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t\t<!-- START Cyber Awareness REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.7.39 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_16_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"visibility:hidden;background:transparent;padding:0;margin:0px auto;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_16_1\" style=\"\" data-version=\"6.7.39\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slides style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-35\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-anim=\"ms:1800ms;r:0;\" data-in=\"o:0;\" data-out=\"a:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.jbrearley.co.uk\/individual-investors\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Print\" width=\"1920\" height=\"400\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/www.jbrearley.co.uk\/individual-investors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cyber-Security-2-40.jpg\" data-no-retina>\n<!--\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-16-slide-35-layer-1\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:c,c,l,l;xo:0,61px,61px,41px;y:m,m,t,t;yo:0,117px,117px,37px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:nowrap,nowrap,nowrap,normal;s:49;l:22,22,22,63;ls:-1px;a:center,center,inherit,inherit;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"w:auto,auto,auto,365px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_0=\"o:1;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:1;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:5;font-family:'Lato';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Cyber Awareness \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n-->\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-36\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-anim=\"ms:1800ms;r:0;\" data-in=\"o:0;\" data-out=\"a:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.jbrearley.co.uk\/individual-investors\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Print\" width=\"1920\" height=\"400\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/www.jbrearley.co.uk\/individual-investors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cyber-Security-1-40.jpg\" data-no-retina>\n<!--\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-16-slide-36-layer-1\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:c,c,l,l;xo:0,61px,61px,41px;y:m,m,t,t;yo:0,117px,117px,37px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:nowrap,nowrap,nowrap,normal;s:49;l:22,22,22,63;ls:-1px;a:center,center,inherit,inherit;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"w:auto,auto,auto,365px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_0=\"o:1;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:1;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:5;font-family:'Lato';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Cyber Awareness \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n-->\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slides>\n\t\t\t\t<\/rs-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\tsetREVStartSize({c: 'rev_slider_16_1',rl:[1240,1024,778,480],el:[400,320,320,320],gw:[1920,1024,778,480],gh:[400,320,320,320],type:'standard',justify:'',layout:'fullwidth',mh:\"0\"});if (window.RS_MODULES!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules[\"revslider161\"]!==undefined) {window.RS_MODULES.modules[\"revslider161\"].once = false;window.revapi16 = undefined;if (window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal!==undefined) window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal()}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/rs-module-wrap>\n\t\t\t<!-- END REVOLUTION SLIDER -->\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652950320564{margin-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1773131497362{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The last 20 years has seen a number of innovations in how we run our daily lives when it comes to paying bills and transferring funds from one account to another. 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