Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This is not a political story but a cyber security story. Last year it was revealed that the UK’s Electoral Commission – a body charged with maintaining, credibility and openness in the UK’s voting system – had been hacked, about 10 months prior to them making a statement about it. …
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There you go – we cannot get away from cyber security patches and updates… Apple has issued updates for just about everything, addressing over sixty vulnerabilities, one of which is being exploited. Apple security releases – Apple Support Your Apple devices should be set to auto-update, but you should let …
I admit I write about updates a lot – but they are important, as illustrated by the chaos caused by CrowdStrike. You cannot live without them and sometimes you cannot live with them. I often use this slide, quoting Bruce Schneier, when I write about updates – you are guaranteed …
After all the “excitement” of CrowdStrike last week, let’s start this week with some good old fashioned bad news cyber security research. Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers | Ars Technica Let’s get a definition of Secure Boot from Copilot AI: “Secure Boot …
This is a quote from our promotional material about creating incident response plans. CrowdStrike If you cause a Global IT Outage you had better have a message that is better than a $10 Uber Eats voucher: CrowdStrike backlash over $10 apology voucher for IT chaos – BBC News Your Takeaway …
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