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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Because It’s Friday – A guide to computer terms from 1981 and good advice for computer users in 2022

Radio Shack comic cover

Who remembers Tandy, the electronics store? There was one in the Grays shopping centre, when I was kid, as there were in many other towns around the country, and I bought stuff from them. Although the free battery card never really did work out. Radio Shack was the US parent …

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Ransomware victims in a searchable database for threat actors to access!

It gives the threat actors a chance to check on victim’s exploited vulnerabilities, see who pays when infected by ransomware and other useful bits of information if you plan to maximise your cyber criminal profits. Experts concerned about ransomware groups creating searchable databases of victim data – The Record by …

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As predicted Log4j is going to be a problem for a long time

The Cyber Safety Review Board is operated by The Department of Homeland Security and in it’s inaugural report the Log4j vulnerability, spread and exploitation is discussed: CSRB Report on Log4j – Public Report – July 11 2022_508 Compliant (cisa.gov) It makes interesting reading. I wonder just how many developers do …

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