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Posted on 3 February 20254 February 2025

Get Organised – A Primer

get organised

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 …

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Posted on 29 January 202530 January 2025

Get Organised – Business Continuity and Recovery

after an incident a business continuity plan is a must

As the first month of 2025 draws to a close I am going to add one more article to Diana’s “Get Organised” project, this time looking briefly at business continuity. This is a companion piece to: Get Organised – Incident Response | Octagon Technology It is probably best if you …

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Posted on 23 January 202523 January 2025

Ransomware never goes away

Social Engineering

For a successful ransomware attack the threat actors have to get their malware onto a user’s computer inside the secure network. Posing as your IT support is one way to get in: Ransomware gangs pose as IT support in Microsoft Teams phishing attacks – BleepingComputer Social Engineering In this attack …

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Posted on 22 January 202522 January 2025

“I have a Mac – I’m secure!”

I am sure I am not alone in having heard this one from clients in the past. It was not true then and fortunately now Mac users now they are at as much risk of a cyber attack as a Windows, Linux, Android, etc. user. This malware attack uses a …

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Posted on 22 January 202521 January 2025

Email Encryption

Email encryption is like scrabble tiles in a bag

Today’s Wednesday Bit is a guest article by Martin from Octagon Technology, looking at email encryption and Microsoft 365. Ever thought about why you would need to encrypt an email? Well here is a scenario. If I am sending an email that has proprietary information in it and I don’t …

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