Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Just last week we had to intervene when a client was going to donate their redundant computers to a charity. We ran our disposal procedure over them before we let them go. Then I saw this in the tech news: Canon warns of Wi-Fi security risks when discarding inkjet printers …
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Let’s start with your takeaway from this story. You need to include your network infrastructure/hardware in your cyber security plan and updating. Check with your IT and/or Cyber Security Support that this is being done. (Our team has just completed a complete Wi-Fi infrastructure upgrade for a complex site that …
Recently we covered the issues of hardware vulnerabilities and how network devices and other hardware are often missed when it comes to cyber security patching. Here are two more examples of why you should not miss the hardware… New Condi malware builds DDoS botnet out of TP-Link AX21 routers (bleepingcomputer.com) …
Both Martin, over on Octagon and I wrote about the importance of hardware in your cyber security plan. Cyber Essentials and hardware | Octagon Technology Buy new hardware! | Smart Thinking Solutions This came about because of some serious flaws in various Barracuda Networks devices. Now Barracuda Networks has issued …
Lat week it was Barracuda this week it is Fortinet VPNs: Fortinet fixes critical RCE flaw in Fortigate SSL-VPN devices, patch now (bleepingcomputer.com) By now you should have realised that network hardware has to be on your cyber security to do list. A note on VPNs I am away this …
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