Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I use Amazon – the world uses Amazon. The company has come a long way since it began just selling books to the role it played in the pandemic. But to fuel the growth of one of the world’s biggest companies requires huge amounts of data about you and me. …
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So you are going to upgrade your computers – and what do you do with the old ones? What are your options? Pass the machine onto a junior in the organisation Donate the machine to good cause Sell or give it away to a member of staff or to someone …
We need to make companies realise they must take our privacy seriously I know, as Bruce Schneier says – “read the small print”. However there comes a point where a company with integrity would just not sell on COVID 19 swabs, even if they state they will do so in …
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I have written about Apple AirTags a number of times as they have the potential to seriously threaten a person’s privacy and security. Even though that was never the intention when Apple produced the very useful devices. But it does leave the question floating that why did not the richest …
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The Israeli government, following an enquiry, has found that the use of Pegasus against it’s own citizens, who were not suspects in any criminal case, was not illegal. I wonder how many other countries, in that situation would return the same result? Police use of Pegasus malware not illegal, Israeli …
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