Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I have written much about the Government’s latest attempts to control the internet, their Online Safety Bill. For example: Bad laws will only give a political sticky plaster to the technologically uninformed – Smart Thinking Solutions Another attack on privacy in the name of protecting children – Smart Thinking Solutions …
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When does the term “data breach” help you PR machine mitigate a cyber security data breach – especially when it involves the personal information of children? When you (The Isle of Wight Council) actually just email the data out. Isle of Wight children’s details sent out in data breach – …
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Watch out for these: Deplorable scam emails fake fundraising for Ukraine – BBC News If you want to help the victims in Ukraine then go directly through a reputable charity website.
Included on this list from the BBC is the WannaCry ransomware, that hit the NHS in 2017 – so we all know how much chaos that can spread. Since 2017 the sophistication of the cyber criminal gangs and the malware they are using has increased. The three Russian cyber-attacks the …
I highlighted an article from The Guardian recently that looked at how ransomware gangs are shaping themselves to mimic legitimate businesses: The impact of ransomware on businesses – Smart Thinking Solutions Now it looks like there is a broker for these criminal services and make it easier for less skilled …
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