Why does the Capita data breach have something to teach every organisation about cyber security? When a company has many clients for whom they do so many things, it stands to reason that threat actors will take an interest. One breach and the criminals get access to a wide range …
Apple’s report into how it stops App Store crimes
I choose not to call them scams but crimes. The Apple App Store is well curated, that is one of Apple’s selling points for its products – the added security this curation brings. But of course, the threat actors are always looking for ways to squeeze past this curation. Apple …
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Realistic Cyber Security
As you probably know, if you follow this blog, I was in Edinburgh last week at the 6th Intl. Conference on Big Data, Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure held at the Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University. For my post this week I wanted to share one positive thing I got from …
Catching up with the CISA security advisories
I was away at a Cyber Security Conference last week and Diana did not know to keep up with the advisories from The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – although the support team did keep up with them. So, what happened last week? Microsoft Patch Tuesday Last …
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The thing I hated from the conference last week
One of the speakers at the cyber security conference last week blamed the users when it came to cyber security. They also were concentrating on big business solutions when the most people work form small organisations. I never blame the users, I also will not get involved in a blame …
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