If you read the above headline and know your company has an online shop, but you are unsure what platform your website managers are using, or even who has the responsibility for the cyber security of that website, then you have an even bigger problem. If your customer’s personal information …
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Before we start: At Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology we think protecting children and vulnerable people from threat actors on the internet is extremely important – but the action taken need to be technically and securely effective and not impact the privacy of law abiding citizens. Now onto the post… …
The Online Safety Bill is delayed until the Conservatives can make their minds ups!
The passing of the Online Safety Bill is going to be delayed (along with other legislation) until the Conservatives choose a new Prime Minister for the country. Online Safety Bill put on hold until new prime minister in place – BBC News
Information leaks because of messaging apps – does it impact you?
This is a very interesting report from the ICO about the use of messaging apps, in particular WhatsApp, during the pandemic and the issue of information being lost or unaccountable because “backed-up”, “approved” channels were not used. Behind the Screens (ico.org.uk) We have an issue at the moment similar to …
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The Online Safety Bill is still going through parliament and we are back to the question of end-to-end encryption
I quite like the UK government’s Online Safety Bill. It compels the Big Tech companies to take action over child sex abuse material (CSAM) and promises huge fines if they fail to do so. However, the requirement to monitor communication apps with end-to-end encryption (E2EE), for CSAM causes me a …
