The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging organisations based in the UK to prepare for possible Russian cyberattacks. This comes amid growing tensions surrounding the ongoing Russia Ukraine situation, in which Ukraine has been bombarded by cyber attacks that many are attributing to the Russians.The NCSC recommend the following actions for UK companies to protect their environments: - Patch systems- Improve access controls and enable multi factor authentication- Implement an effective incident response plan- Check that backups and restore mechanisms are working- Ensure that online defenses are working as expected- Keep up to date with the latest threat and mitigation information