Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I wrote a lot about the UK Government’s Online Safety bill, especially the parts relating to encryption – basically I am against introducing any weakness into encryption. I know the argument for it states that the police will catch criminals easier – terrorists and offenders against children are always mentioned …
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I am an advocate of using encryption to improve the cyber security posture of our clients. This week I submitted a “draft for discussion” IT and Cyber Security Audit report to a client in which there are several recommendations to use encryption to improve their cyber security stance. Is encryption …
I recently wrote a series on the often overlooked cyber security tool encryption. Encryption – A Primer | Smart Thinking Solutions But you have to be able to rely on your encryption and you need the vendor to fix issues quickly as another word for encryption with out a working …
The idea for this article on encryption came to me whilst reading Joe Haldeman’s The Hemingway Hoax (see the disclaimer at the end of this article) – written in 1990 it was slightly ahead of the computer revolution. In the book, three people are involved in a fraud to produce …
This may seem to be a strange question but how can you be sure who is actually texting you? Your phone may show you that you are texting with your friend or company IT support but there are ways for hackers to spoof who they appear to be or even …
