Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
A look back at one of the innovators of computing and with a stretch an original enabler of modern day hackers! (As Clive says we cannot always be serious here!) Ada Lovelace was born Augusta Ada Byron, the daughter of Lord Byron the poet. Her parents’ marriage was short-lived and …
Whenever you are online, it pays to be vigilant. This is especially true when you need to hand over personal information such as your email address via a website contact form. The first thing to look out for is the URL of the website, which should start with https:// This …
Continuing my friendly look at jargon this month… Know the jargon – #BeCyberSmart – Smart Thinking Solutions …here are six words you must be thinking about – we do. The best way to define a system as secure is that attackers are prevented from using unauthorised access to or use …
A story of cybersecurity and privacy from 1903 The image above: British Post Office engineers inspect Marconi’s wireless telegraphy equipment, during a demonstration on Flat Holm island (Source: Cardiff Council Flat Holm Project via Wikimedia Commons) Guglielmo Marconi developed the wireless telegraph machine and in May 1897 he transmitted the …
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