This Back-to-Basics Primer originally started life as a theme for the Octagon Technology newsletter and evolved into a cyber security primer as it contained a range of useful articles relating to cyber security. Get Organised Month: Make a Vision Board Get Organised at Smart Thinking Solutions Organising your Files Get …
Get Organised – Cyber Security
It is a new year, so it is a good time for a new start. Over on Octagon’s blog this month the theme for the month is going to be “get organised” and I am going to start the 2025 Wednesday Bits on the same theme. Cyber Security and Get …
One last look at 2024
I had to link to this story by Lawrence Abrams over on BleepingComputer where he looks at the biggest cyber attacks of 2024. The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2024 I use BleepingComputer as trusted source of cyber security news and information. I covered a number of these stories …
Privacy and Sharing
Here is a case of trust and privacy gone very wrong. I gave my DNA to tracking company – then it vanished – BBC News Who knows what will happen. Your Takeaway This story should make you think about the information you hold and the steps you take to keep …
More on IoT and Cyber Security
On Tuesday I wrote about how unsecured and unsupported Internet of Things (IoT) device on an organisation’s network can compromise their cyber security and how an IT and Cyber Security Audit can help identify these issues before they become an “incident”. Another aspect of poor cyber security of internet connected …