With the cost of cybercrime in Europe rising to an average of €50,000 per incident – up from €10,000 the previous year – an attack can be very expensive for small to medium-sized businesses with limited resources. However, thanks to a digital hub creating a highly-skilled cyber workforce through the first-ever Cybersecurity Professional Register, staff based in universities and SMEs across the world have learned how to protect themselves against sophisticated online attacks with its new cybersecurity training programme – free of charge.