Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
It would have been difficult to miss the fact that Marks and Spencer, the Co-Op and Harrods have all suffered serious cyber-attacks recently. There has been speculation that the attacks originated from a phishing attack, as the hacking group DragonForce bragged in an email that they had hacked an employee …
Today, I want to look at one of the fundamentals of cyber security – accountability – in particular, I want to talk about email communications. Email communications Nearly thirty years ago, I sat in on a meeting of senior solicitors as they got to grips with how they were going …
I am in the process of writing our new course at the moment – more details in our newsletter – so for the Wednesday Bit this week I have an article about the out-of-office email, first published on CyberAwake. I chose this article as I have been discussing with several …
Before I start this week’s Wednesday Bit, let me send you over to read this first – you need to understand the value I put on encryption: Encryption or Not Encryption The real-world case for encryption The other week I got introduced to a new client under difficult circumstances – …
With the cyber-attacks on UK retail stores making the headlines over the last couple of weeks, I thought I would rerun this article (from CyberAwake, August 2022) on the pros and cons of paying the ransomware gangs. NCSC and the ICO say – Don’t pay the malware ransom. A couple …
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