Last week I had a prospective client take me up on our free 30 minute “ask me anything about your cyber security” Teams meeting. Things went well, she had some questions, I ran through my advice checklist with her – everyone was happy until I asked about their anti-virus – …
Authentication, Authorisation and Accountability – A Primer
Authentication, Authorisation and Accountability (AAA) and The Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP) come together in this primer to give you a basic understanding of the importance of knowing who is accessing your information and how much they can access. Another important idea covered here is what happens when something goes …
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The Principle of Least Privilege – A Primer
Understanding the principle of least privilege – and then applying it in your organisation – is a fundamental step towards better cyber security. To help you gain the underpinning knowledge as to why this is important, I have written the following two articles: What the “Principle of Least Privilege” does …
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Another improvement in Android security
I have written about the difference between Apple iOS cyber security and Android OS security before. In my opinion, Apple has the edge for a variety of reasons: But Android is catching up… Recently Google has taken a number of steps to improve the cyber security of Android devices: A …
Don’t Blame your Team – “Just Click Here”
Today we are talking About Links and here are a couple of questions to get us going on the topic: How realistic is the advice “don’t click on that link”? How many times in the day do you need to click on a link to do your work? Now I …
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