Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Microsoft has announced that of 16 September 2024, basic authentication (using an email address + password) will no longer be an option for personal Microsoft accounts, i.e. Outlook.com, Hotmail.co.uk and Live.com. Microsoft: New Outlook security changes coming to personal accounts (bleepingcomputer.com) To access these accounts users will need to set …
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We have been regularly visiting the US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), it is one of our go-to sources for cyber security information. However it is a while since we have looked at CISA and the security patches and advice they supply – the week of Microsoft’s Patch …
Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month that means our support team have been reviewing our client monitoring reports and the SOC to check that the Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates have been completed. Our team will keep an eye on the reports for the next day or two to check there …
Well it was pretty obvious that the outcry by cyber security and privacy experts around the world, against Microsoft’s proposal to include an automatic function to screenshot your computer every few seconds, to produce a searchable record of EVERYTHING you have done on your computer, was a bad idea. Don’t …
If you follow effective privacy principles such as UKGDPR, it can help any organisation create better cyber security. However Bruce Schneier has an interesting essay out this week, where he looks at our degraded expectations of privacy because of modern technology. Online Privacy and Overfishing – Schneier on Security I …
