Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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 …
Part of how we, at Smart Thinking, help clients towards secure compliant systems is that we understand that this can only be achieved if everyone from the top down in an organisation understands how their parts in the jigsaw of cybersecurity works. This excerpt, from a longer article by Roger …
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The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge has apologised to customers for a website database breach that has left customer email addresses, but no financial data, in the hands of active phishing spammers. Centre for Computing History apologises for data breach • The Register The website error has now been …
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This is another attack on the infrastructure we are all dependent on. At least 13 phone firms hit by suspected Chinese hackers since 2019, say experts | Hacking | The Guardian Chinese hackers get the headlines and the blame, and there is evidence, but the attribution is not definitive. Assumptions …
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I read this article by Nathaniel Tkacz from The Conversation a few days ago: New government app will provide access to public services but questions around privacy and design remain (theconversation.com) It discusses the drive by the UK government to “appify” about 300 government services into a single app with …
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