Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
…ask the UK Government, HMRC and the UK taxpayer who will ultimately pay the bill. Here is Faarea Masud’s report on the HMRC cyber-attack: Scammers stole £47m from HMRC in phishing attack – BBC News Your Takeaway Here is what I have to say on phishing attacks and how to …
The secure messaging app Signal has made the news recently with various members of the US Government using it to avoid accountability (possibly) and to inappropriately share their thoughts on secret operations with journalists and then the rest of the world (accually). I am a Signal user – I like …
I use, and recommend to clients, the secure messaging app Signal, for those communications that do not require accountability but do require good cyber security. However, it is not an app suitable for government communications that usually require a higher level of security and should always include accountability to the …
The UK Governement wanted privacy for their courhearing with Apple – ironic as they want to reduce our privacy as part of this case: Privacy hearing in Private | Smart Thinking Solutions However a judge disagreed with the Home Office that national security would be damaged by facts revealed in …
Continue reading “Apple Encryption and the UK Government the next move.”
First the UK Government demanded that Apple include a backdoor into their encrypted services for UK law enforcement and other official UK agencies to use (see below), now both Sweden and Denmark are wanting similar access: More Countries are Demanding Backdoors to Encrypted Apps – Schneier on Security If you …
