It looks like I cannot get away from articles about passwords, which is not really a bad thing as passwords are still fundamental to everyone’s cyber security. I often read in the cyber security technical press that cyber attacks on even the biggest organisations start with the compromise of a …
We have done passwords, now let’s do MFA
Following on from the Back-to-Basics Password Primer mini-series – my latest article on CyberAwake is discussing the basics of multi-factor authentication (MFA): Back to Basics – MFA – CyberAwake In the next part I am going to discuss some of the weaknesses in MFA as a cyber security tool. Back …
Where Do You Keep Your Passwords?
I was wondering what to write about this week for “The Wednesday Bit” – I knew it was not going to be passwords. I have had enough of that! I got started on a spin-off topic from an IT and Cyber Security Audit I am running at the moment about …
Again let’s start the week with Ransomware
Ransomware you need a plan and to get you started I have written a Ransomware Primer for those of you with no plan or those of you who want to check your plan against my advice. Ransomware – A Primer My Ransomware Mini-series came to an end yesterday, with the …
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On the day I run a password primer this is in the news…
Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use ‘admin’ as a password It seems even administrators need to read my password primer. Back to Basics – A Password Primer