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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.
Posted on 31 July 202531 July 2025

Apple Updates Everything

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The security updates this time include patching a high-severity vulnerability that has been exploited in zero-day attacks targeting Google Chrome users. Updates are available for: Here is the link to the Apple support page, with update details: Apple security releases – Apple Support (UK) Your Takeaway Automatic updates only gets …

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Posted on 30 July 202530 July 2025

Ransomware the Next Steps (pt.2) 

ransomware the next steps

In the first part of this article on how ransomware has changed, we looked at the actual attacks, today we are going to look at ransomware payments.  Ransomware. Pay up?  In the early days of ransomware, paying for the decryption key was an option. Although back then most people who …

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Posted on 29 July 202529 July 2025

When private becomes public…

Working whilst out of your secure office use a VPN

Whatever your opinions of the Tea app are, the breach of its security has serious implications for its users. This is an ongoing story which is just getting worse as more details as to what exactly was stolen are being discovered. Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user …

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Posted on 28 July 202528 July 2025

SharePoint – A Security Mess

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I wrote briefly on the flaws discovered in Microsoft SharePoint, which have been exploited, last week: SharePoint hacks | Smart Thinking Solutions Bruce Schneier has a piece linking to a number of articles looking at the impact of this ongoing cyber security issue: Microsoft SharePoint Zero-Day – Schneier on Security …

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Posted on 25 July 202525 July 2025

Because It’s Friday – Teeth Marks

because it's Friday teeth

I think it is amazing what palaeontologists can discover from the fossils they discover and examine. In this article by Victoria Gill, on the BBC they tell a story from 13 million years ago. Teeth marks suggest ‘terror bird’ was killed by reptile 13 million years ago – BBC News …

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