All week I watch out for what I am going to talk about on a Friday to ease you into the weekend, amid the regular cyber security bad news stories I have to post. Some weeks I just come across the unexpected – like milk bottles or marble runs… Marble …
Buy new hardware!
This is always a difficult conversation with clients – when we come across redundant hardware or hardware that is reaching or reached it’s EOL – “you need to replace it”. It is always the cost! However sometimes you just have to do it – especially if it causes a security …
A Timely reminder… but not cyber security…
It is Father’s Day a week this Sunday. If you are stumped for present ideas – there is still time to order these from Amazon or use them as inspiration. Geek Father’s Day 2023 | Octagon Technology
MOVEit flaw – Excellent cyber advice from the BBC
This is a follow-up article to the one I posted about the compromise of MOVEit software: MOVEit secure file transfer compromised. I could paraphrase the following article – it covers many of the points I have written about here on Smart Thinking before – but my advice is take a …
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Authentication – Who Do You Let In?
Authentication, Authorisation and Accountability. This is the first part of a three-part series looking at the basics of the cyber security principle of “AAA”. Today we will start with Authentication It seems the easiest of principles. Everyone needs a username and password (credentials) to access any of your organisation’s systems. …
