Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I have written about three of the ways ransomware hackers can extort you in my Ransomware Primer Mini-Series: Now the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang has come up with yet another method to get organisations to pay their ransoms. In the US there is a legal obligation for publicly traded companies to …
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I am always pushing the necessity of keeping up with patches and updates – they are everyone’s essential step for good cyber security. However here is the warning tale for when things go wrong at the vendor end: HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware update (bleepingcomputer.com) When …
Following the pandemic, I thought everyone would have a written business continuity plan. Of course, I was proven wrong! Do You have a plan for the unexpected? Are you a business owner? If so, this is for you as having a business continuity plan is super important for a few …
I have a couple of articles this week looking at an unannounced cyber security incident response exercise I ran earlier this week. It’s Tuesday and I think I have a computer virus… Incident Response Communications – Have You Got It Covered? I chose the day I did as some of …
…or is it ransomware? Today is the Tuesday after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and we should have had our weekly staff meeting – I thought we should have incident response training. Because of work commitments, the CEO being in Spain and two of our team on leave and driving …
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