Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
It all starts with a bit of paper… There has been a lot of coverage of the Conservative Government’s on and off plans for HS2 – this article is not about that, but how this whole debate started. It started with a photograph of discussion papers that should not have …
I am not sure it will be, but I think it does round off my Passwords Mini-series for the time being. Back to Basics – Passwords Passwords – Back to Basics Back to Basics – The Password Part 2 Back to Basics – The Password Keyboard Walk Part 3 Back …
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Here is a cautionary tale of redundant software. Before Macs got dark mode, many companies produced dark mode applets and many Mac users who could not live without dark mode, downloaded them and used them. Then Apple introduced dark mode and these applets became redundant. Many users uninstalled the applets …
Continue reading “Why knowing what is installed on your network is important…”
I have just written about the information leak at NHS Lanarkshire because of the use of WhatsApp and I regularly talk about rogue Android apps that get into the Google Play Store – here I bring both of them together. A rogue app that steals WhatsApp user data: Hackers steal …
I have had various discussions with various clients about the use of WhatsApp. They like it as it is often already used by their people, works on Android and iPhones and they point me to the security WhatsApp advertises. I then point out that there is no accountability and Microsoft …
