Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Shadow IT is a term that refers to the use of un-authorised or unknown hardware and software in an organisation. Often the board through the IT Department has written a policy for for what can and cannot be used in an organisation for processing their information but when someone finds …
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The politicians thought that they were safeguarding us (the citizens they were charged with protecting) when they debated and then voted in the GDPR amendments to the Data Protection Act. As citizens we have the right to believe that those MPs who lack a technical education got advice from a …
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) was very popular, until it’s vulnerabilities came to light. It’s time to disconnect RDP from the internet | WeLiveSecurity Today Sans Internet Storm is reporting an increase in probes being initiated against RDP services – even though it is a well known weak service. Remote Desktop …
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Microsoft has an article outline the activities of the hacking group Nobelium. “…we’re sharing the latest activity we’ve observed from the Russian nation-state actor Nobelium. This is the same actor behind the cyberattacks targeting SolarWinds customers in 2020…” New activity from Russian actor Nobelium – Microsoft On the Issues You …
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Thinking you are sufficiently protected against security threats is not good enough. You need to know! Governance and management are a major part of getting security right. How do you measure up? Without the right policies and processes in place and adhered to, you are not truly secure. We can …
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