Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
There is an article here: Baby’s Death Alleged to Be Linked to Ransomware | Threatpost Looking at the case being brought against Springhill Medical Centre, Mobile, Alabama following a death of a baby due to problems caused in delivering life saving care because the hospital had suffered a ransomware attack. …
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A zero-day attack refers to the gap between the “secret” launch of a cyber attack and the subsequent discovery of the attack and mitigation being available. In this gap your defences have not yet been updated because your security vendor is unaware there is problem. Your systems a laid bare …
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I have written an article for Octagon Technology looking at the risk and the cost of cyber security. So you want cheap Cyber Security? – Octagon Technology
Bristol City Council has distributed the details of families with disabled children without their permission. This was not really a data breach more a data giveaway as the Council simply sent out an email to people asking for comments on their services and all the email details were readable to …
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The latest report from the National Cyber Security Centre shows that the number of incidents related to Covid-19 are on the rise. UK cyber-threat agency confronts Covid-19 attacks: BBC News This is a wake up call to us all to be more vigilant – and for businesses working away from …
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