Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here are a couple of connected articles about how easy it is for even inexperienced threat actors, let alone state sponsored ones, to access the raw materials they need to carry out cyber security attacks. The Dark Web is a market like any other – well almost… If you need …
Mega is a popular cloud storage service – with over 250million users. A minimum requirement for any cloud storage service is that the data at rest in their data centres must be encrypted. It seems that Mega’s is not, even though their own publicity states your data will be safely …
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So the Indian government issued a confidential document to it’s employees on how to keep things secure and secret. It sounds like a great idea and something you should be doing in your organisation – Octagon Technology has such a document. Our document is version controlled, and I, as CISO, …
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Normally my cyber security posts are business orientated, but occasionally there is cyber security news that could have an impact on your and your friends and family. Microsoft has announced a step-up to it’s personal/family Microsoft 365 by adding a more advanced version of Microsoft Defender to the apps included …
Here are two reports you should catch up with to start to understand the threat ransomware poses to your organisation: Ransomware The True Cost to Business 2022 | Report (cybereason.com) The Active Adversary Playbook 2022 – Sophos News Once you see what the problem is – you can check that …
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