One thing I learnt very quickly whilst studying and after graduation was that my degree in cyber security was only the tool to make me think about cyber security properly and unless I kept my personal study up to date the degree would soon become useless. That is why I …
When someone writes code for you…
…do you get it checked? It may seem a strange thing to think about, surely the programmers know how to produce secure code? But recent research has shown that even the biggest organisations have coders who continuously leave valuable credentials embedded in their public facing apps. These transgressions often arise …
Fire Risk!
I get asked some strange cyber security questions. Such as “…why should I be bothered with MFA?” Find out the answer to that one this Thursday on Cyber Awake. “Do I really need to think about the paperwork my team leaves lying around our office?”. The answer to that one …
Where Do You Keep Your Passwords?
I was wondering what to write about this week for “The Wednesday Bit” – I knew it was not going to be passwords. I have had enough of that! I got started on a spin-off topic from an IT and Cyber Security Audit I am running at the moment about …
Do you have an incident response plan?
Cyber Attack on the British Library. At the moment a spokes person for the British Library is reporting this as a “cyber incident” that took place over the weekend. The authorities, including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are investigating. There are no details at the moment as to whether …