Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patch Tuesday. The day the cyber security world thinks about Microsoft patches and vulnerabilities. But remember other vendors also release cyber security and functionality updates and patches on or around the same time – check those as well. Our support team has …
It is a while since I have written about passwords – although I did do a deep dive into them and produced this Back-to-Basics primer: Most people would have got the message, by now, that a password has to be complex. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has an opinion …
I spend a lot of time here talking about hybrid working and working from anywhere, but we have to remember for hybrid working there will be an office somewhere and that office will have cyber security requirements. This is something I am going to looking at in my next Back-to-Basics …
Johannes Ullrich who writes for Sans Internet Storm – I often quote his work here on Smart Thinking – lives in a part of America which recently has suffered several hurricanes. We talk about preparing for business continuity here – Johannes has written about it when you have to cope …
The quote comes from an article by Johannes Ullrich on SANS Internet Storm that gives some excellent advice for anyone or any organisation about online cybercrime around natural and manmade disasters that are in the news. Hurricane Helene Aftermath – Cyber Security Awareness Month – SANS Internet Storm Center In …
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