Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This ban is about cyber security concerns with using WhatsApp to conduct official US government business in the U.S. House of Representatives The House’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) has classified WhatsApp “as a “high-risk” communication platform” and suggests staff pick an alternative app such as Microsoft Teams or Signal. US …
On the one hand – Meta gets caught exploiting privacy loopholes in browsers: Your Privacy is important | Smart Thinking Solutions But on the other hand they want to join the BBC and Apple contesting the UK Government’s privacy laws. WhatsApp backs Apple in its legal row with the UK …
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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 …
I am an advocate of using encryption to improve the cyber security posture of our clients. This week I submitted a “draft for discussion” IT and Cyber Security Audit report to a client in which there are several recommendations to use encryption to improve their cyber security stance. Is encryption …
