Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Such is the sophistication of the bad actors on the web that it is easy to get caught out and let people steal your credentials. Have you seen those games on Facebook, where for example you are asked to give the name of your first pet and the road you …
In 2017 an academic paper1 about printer security highlighted open ports on many different types of printer. The paper was published on Monday 30 January and the following weekend a hacker using the pseudonym Stackoverflowin searched the internet to find vulnerable printers. The hacker then made his way into over …
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Thinking you are sufficiently protected against security threats is not good enough. You need to know! Governance and management are a major part of getting security right. How do you measure up? Without the right policies and processes in place and adhered to, you are not truly secure. We can …
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This infographic sets out the similarities and differences between privacy and security, and illustrates some of the issues around making data available whilst maintaining all the protections. Again another balancing act you need to understand.
We all love to make fun of politicians and other people in the public eye, don’t we? Personally, I am very partial to some digging via Spitting Image puppets, or a clever impersonator, but things tipped over for me when shows featured look-a-likes up to nefarious deeds being filmed by a “hidden” camera. It was only one step …
