I use, and recommend to clients, the secure messaging app Signal, for those communications that do not require accountability but do require good cyber security. However, it is not an app suitable for government communications that usually require a higher level of security and should always include accountability to the …
Signalgate
I am not sure anyone is actually calling it that… We have all seen and or heard of this story that is running in the US and around the world: Trump and intelligence chiefs play down Signal group chat leak – BBC News I am not going to get into …
Back to Basics – The Collection IV
As 2024 draws to a close and we all start making plans for the holiday season, I thought it would be a good idea to publish an updated list of all my Back to Basics cyber security primers as this week’s Wednesday Bit. These are easy read short series designed …
The Insider Threat Primer
Having to discuss the insider threat with clients is always difficult – they are always already trusting someone (even if they do not think so) and I am calling that trust into doubt. My reports and discussions always include the statement “monitoring what your team does with your information and …
When paperwork is paperwork!
Last week I wrote about the paperwork associated with a well-run BYOD project and policy. Although I spoke about paperwork in reality – except for that copy on the office shelf – the paperwork is probably just a collection of M365 and PDF files, saved in the cloud. However, sometimes …