Over the past couple of weeks, I have been writing a short series looking at the basics of encryption, how you can use it to improve your cyber security and some of the issues you need to address if you are using it. As I have done with other mini-series …
Keep It Simple… Encryption (pt. 4)
You use encryption to keep your information secret from unauthorised people – not from everyone. I am going to skip the basics of encryption here as I have covered it in parts 1-3, there are links to those articles at the end of this article. Today, having spent time telling …
More cyber security for Google
Google has announced two excellent cyber security tools for organisations that use Google Chrome and/or Google WorldSpace. The first one for Chrome is for Chrome Enterprise and comes at a cost, but for an organisation that runs on Chrome it offers extra security steps around updates, extensions, third-party integration and …
Keep It Simple… Encryption (pt. 1)
Today we are going to look at one of the quickest ways any organisation (that uses Microsoft 365) can enhance its cyber security – encryption. Why encryption? I was leading a Cyber Security Awareness course last week and one of the first things we discussed was best practice when it …
Is Microsoft and New Outlook being “reasonable”?
Here is an interesting story about the new Microsoft Outlook app spying on you – well not on me I do not use it. It comes from a source that I am unfamiliar with, but it was referenced by Bruce Schneier, a source I respect. Outlook is Microsoft’s new data …
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