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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 3 April 20244 April 2024

USB cyber-attack – Device Security (Pt. 4)

A USB CYBER-ATTACK

I thought I was done with device security for the time being – but then, of course, I got a question from a client. “What about USB drives?” Rather than write a completely new article let me reprint an article I wrote for CyberAwake looking at USB storage security – …

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Posted on 2 April 202411 April 2024

Just how much data could you leak?

Probably not the information belonging to 73 million customers: AT&T data breach: Millions of customers caught up in major dark web leak – BBC News The type of data stolen is just the type that threat actors wish for, names, dates of birth (because we are always asked that as …

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Posted on 1 April 20242 April 2024

Magic Security Dust

Because it’s not Friday. Shostack + Associates > Magic Security Dust

Posted on 28 March 202428 March 2024

Because It’s Friday on a Thursday!

risk on a white board

No Because It’s Friday tomorrow – here is something to amuse you today. It is especially for those of you who have to deal with people at work, or at home, or at work and at home, who take a more relaxed approach to their handwriting: xkcd: Cursive Letters Smart Thinking will …

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Posted on 28 March 202428 March 2024

The NHS are back in the cyber security news

NHS cyber security breaches always have a severe impact on someone – it is the nature of the information they need to keep secure. NHS data breaches also have the potential to impact large numbers of people. The problem is do they spend the money on cyber security, clinical care …

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