Author: Clive Catton

Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security)

Clive is the CISO at Octagon Technology Ltd with special responsibility for data privacy and cybersecurity. The world of business technology is constantly changing and to meet this challenge he recently graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with an MSc in Advanced Computer Security and Digital Forensics - this course is certified by the Nation Cyber Security Centre. His dissertation was on data privacy and classification in small businesses using Microsoft 365 for Business.

The degree is not the end of the studying – to keep current Clive spends some of his time at work simply reading and studying the latest technology trends and threats so our clients can benefit from this knowledge. This knowledge also shapes and supports the products and services Octagon delivers to clients.

To make full use of Clive’s Master’s degree in cybersecurity, Clive and Diana have a joint venture with an international research company to get access for our clients to up to date information, schemas, analytics, templates, actionable tools and guidance. Whatever the size of your organisation if you are not approaching IT, cybersecurity and information privacy in a way that supports and benefits you, they can help, from the boardroom to the shop floor.

Clive and Diana are also working on a project to provide flexible online cyber security training for businesses at CyberAwake - Train Your Team To Protect You Against Cyber Attacks. Clive is the cybersecurity consultant for the project.

Clive has a long running personal blog at Clive's Blog. Here he publishes articles about photography, walking, camping, technology, stuff he just likes and since January 1, 2012, he posts "a photo a day" on the blog.
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If you have an HP computer, you had better read this article – and then take action

Read the article from Bleeping Computers or just jump to HPs page to see if your organisation is using one of the affected devices – but if you know you have an HO computer do something… Firmware bugs in many HP computer models left unfixed for over a year (bleepingcomputer.com) …

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Log4shell – the vulnerability that is inside many software packages – just ask VMware – is here to stay

The SolarWinds attack, where the threat actors got inside SolarWinds’ systems and added their malicious code to a legitimate software update, so having SolarWinds distribute this malware to many of its high and low profile customers around the world, seems a long time ago now. But at least in this …

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If you are better informed on the how, what and where of ransomware attacks, you will be better equipped on what decisions you need to take to defend against it.

Here is an article from last week that is an in depth look at the Vice Society hacking gang’s operations. It was issued by the following US government agencies; the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center …

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