Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I have two “Because It’s Friday” things for you today. The first is the continuing search for intelligent extra-terrestrial life: How gravitational waves could help detect Star Trek-style warp drive spaceships – The Conversation The second is from xkcd and is another maths joke. An occasional series I started because my son is …
Regular readers will know I like a good sci-fi story and especially a time-travel story. At the moment I am reading the classic Rainbow Mars by Larry Niven and I am part way through the more modern series Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor. However, there are two main …
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I have a couple of quick things today from the mind of Randall Munroe. An “old” look at the Periodic Table showing how revising was for a chemistry exam was so much easier back in Ancient Greece: xkcd: Classical Periodic Table And one about simple mechanics: xkcd: Ferris Wheels Have …
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This is a relaxing “Because It’s Friday”. Get a coffee* and find somewhere quiet to watch and listen to this video. Have a good weekend. Clive * Other drinks are available – you choose. Photo by Anthony ?
The Port of Tyne has confirmed it has been a victim of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attack. Port of Tyne website hit by cyber attack – BBC News Your takeaway This type of attack is mainly targeted to disrupt the operation of an organisation’s online services – denying access to …
