TikTok has been in the news lately as governments and organisations around the world ban the app from official devices over security concerns and TikTok sharing information with the Chinese Government. Is TikTok a security risk? – Smart Thinking Solutions The cyber security risks of TikTok are complex, but organisations …
Live Facial Recognition and Your Privacy
This is a very interesting article by Stephen Bonner, the Information Commissioner Ofiice’s Deputy Commissioner for Regulatory Supervision, discussing the ICO’s process in it’s decisions around Facewatch’s products that use live facial recognition (LFR). Blog: Balancing people’s privacy rights with the need to prevent crime | ICO It is worth …
YouTube accused of collecting information on under 13 year olds
This issued can arise because under aged users – YouTube states its video service is not intended for anyone under 13 – can view child content on family devices logged into an adult account: YouTube accused of collecting UK children’s data – BBC News A complaint has been made to …
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What is the Insider Threat?
I could get a dictionary definition here – but instead I will simply say it is a trusted employee betraying that trust and revealing your information to an unauthorised party. Most of us would immediately think people in high positions of trust selling high value information to your competitors and …
Payments to cyber criminals are dropping
Paying cyber criminals who have either infected your systems with ransomware or are attempting to extort money from you by other methods, is not a good idea. It is not illegal to pay them, or set up a business to help facilitate and negotiate these payments. Payment encourages the problem. …
