Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This post was originally published on 23 May 2023. He got three years and seven months in prison: IT worker jailed for impersonating ransomware gang to extort employer (bleepingcomputer.com) Original Post I wrote a series of articles for CyberAwake on the risks and threats to your cyber security of a …
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The insider threat – the breaking of trust by one of your team is probably the hardest cyber security incident to deal with. Without trust organisations cannot function. Here is an example from the world stage where China is accused of stealing intellectual property from computer chip manufacturer ASML : …
I have written another article on our Cyber Security Awareness Training site, CyberAwake, looking at another aspect of password – in this case how sharing credentials can seriously compromise your cyber security: Credential Sharing and Passwordless – CyberAwake
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 …
A few weeks ago, I was asked to write an article looking at the ups and downs of using USB data storage devices in businesses: If you must use portable USB drives, then you must read this… – CyberAwake One of the down sides was the Japanese man who loss …
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