Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
“This is ridiculous. Why do people continue to make their data public?” – Bruce Schneier Follow the links in Bruce’s post to see just how badly people, who are supposed to be security experts, can mess it up big time. Yet Another Strava Privacy Leak – Schneier on Security Data …
As part of this weeks summer cyber security webinar about encryption, I touched on the idea of how it can support the confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) of your information. In this article, we are going to expand on the CIA theme so you can see how encryption can help. …
Continue reading “The CIA Triad – Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (pt. 1) “
It is a while since I have written about passwords – although I did do a deep dive into them and produced this Back-to-Basics primer: Most people would have got the message, by now, that a password has to be complex. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has an opinion …
We’ve all heard it: “It won’t happen to me.” Usually said moments before it does happen to you – whether it’s locking your keys in the car, burning the toast, or falling victim to a phishing email from “Your CEO” asking for iTunes vouchers. Let’s face it – in today’s …
Continue reading “Hack Me If You Can – Think You’re Unhackable? Think Again. “
We call them scams – which brings to mind Robert Redford and Paul Newman in The Sting – but in reality, these are cyber-crimes with big pay days for the criminals and financial hardship for the victims. It can be difficult to spot the next trend in this type of …
