Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Ransomware is one of the biggest cyber security risks smaller organisations face (UK Government. 2022). It will not stop as criminals make a lot of money from it: LockBit victims in the US alone paid $90m+ since 2020 • The Register Your takeaway from this is you, your IT or …
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BitLocker is an often-overlooked cyber security tool provided by Microsoft. Why you should understand BitLocker Oh dear, you have lost your laptop, perhaps it was stolen or maybe you simply threw it away. I hope there was nothing important or sensitive on it! At best you would have coursework or …
Backups of all your important information and systems, resilient to attack, is an essential part of any incident response and business continuity plan. So anything that could impact that back-up must be a priority to solve. So if you use Veeam back-up you need a conversation: Hackers target vulnerable Veeam …
Happy World Back-up Day. Reminding people and organisations annually about backing-up is a good thing but you or someone should be thinking about your back-ups every day! Here is what I consider to be the minimum for a ransomware resilient back-up has to be: Following these guidelines for all your …
I have not been writing quite as much about ransomware recently, but it does not mean it has gone away. I have a new article here on Octagon Technology looking at the “must have” ransomware accessory! Ransomware – Part 1
