Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
There are hundreds of reasons organisations, lobbyists and some politicians will quote for not reporting a cyber-security breach – most will have to do with money. The one reason the rest of us should be in favour of reporting rules is that it is our data that these organisations have …
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What is your incident response plan if a hurricane is going to cross where you live and/or work? Johannes Ullrich who writes for SANS has written about his preparations. I am not going to say much about them – they are a description of a technical response to a serious …
Because It’s Friday is all about finding something interesting to ease all of us into the weekend, following a week of usually stressful cyber security news. I have been away on leave for the last few weeks and space has taken centre stage whilst I have been away, with some …
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The NCSC in collaboration with allies from around the world have released a list of those cyber vulnerabilities that were the most exploited by threat actors last year. NCSC and allies reveal most common cyber vulnerabilities exploited in 2022 – NCSC There are two main trends in the report: Defend …
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Microsoft has reported to the US government that it has monitored Chinese threat actors gaining access to the email of various organisations including US government departments. Microsoft: China accused of hacking US government emails – BBC News Microsoft alleges China behind attack on Exchange Online • The Register China denied …
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Ransomware will not go away but to keep it under some type of restraint, law enforcement and government have to take dramatic action: Russia’s Ransomware Gangs Are Being Named and Shamed | WIRED UK Is time for you to have a look at my ongoing ransomware advice series? The Ransomware …
Clients are nearly always surprised, when I start to talk about paper when discussing their cyber security projects. But losing track of the paperwork can have an equally bad impact on your organisation as getting infected by ransomware or losing an unencrypted USB stick. Here is an article I wrote …
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