Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I have written about “going passwordless” and using passkeys before, but it looks like 2024 is going to be the year of the passkey. Here is an excellent explanation from the BBC – take just two and a half minutes and find out why you and your organisation need to …
I am going back to little green men this week with a story about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) – but now according to the US military we have to call them unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). The article is written by Beatriz Villarroel an Assistant professor of Physics, Stockholm University, who has …
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Public/Private Key encryption and security is one of the most powerful tools when it comes to building great cyber security – it is the security that the internet runs on. So when Microsoft reported a breach on a number of high profile Exchange Online mailboxes, no one expected that the …
I am going to quote the article here: There is a very large scientific leap from observing a fireball to claiming it is an alien spaceship. What is the evidence on which Loeb bases the claim? And how likely is it to be true? Monica Grady – Professor of Planetary …
This is an interesting follow on to the story we included in “Because It’s Friday” a couple of weeks back where a cipher created by Mary Queen of Scots was decrypted having been a secret since the 16th century. Rupert Goodwins fits Mary’s life and political activities into modern day …
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Well actually one story and one video. After five centuries these secrets are finally revealed Modern day computer technology got a kick start in World War II when it was developed to crack codes. Google Bletchley Park, where one of these crypto computers and Alan Turing were based, and watch …
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In the future when computing power increases our current cryptography will become useless. This is important. I read this when it was first published and it was one of those articles that got me reading more and more linked articles, when I should have been working. Well in my job …
