Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Software and hardware does have a use by date. Even though the equipment or software may still appear serviceable, if the vendor stops supplying updates, then the threat actors will start looking for vulnerable unsupported targets. Martin has written about this over on the Octagon Blog this month: Older versions …
Nearly every organisation has some legacy systems somewhere – we still have both flavours of Zip Drives available and other out of date hardware just in case. Our legacy systems are because of what we do, but in most cases, it is financial considerations that means old and vulnerable systems …
Our team over at Octagon Technology have been talking about this for over a year – Microsoft is really doing away with the cyber security support for Windows 10 this year. Here is another article explaining just what it will mean to your organisation if you use computers that are …
It is a new year, so it is a good time for a new start. Over on Octagon’s blog this month the theme for the month is going to be “get organised” and I am going to start the 2025 Wednesday Bits on the same theme. Cyber Security and Get …
There are reports of some Windows 10 machines failing to correctly install the security patches from last week’s Patch Tuesday. Microsoft: October Windows 10 security updates fail to install If you still have Windows 10 machines, and you are not using some type of IT Monitoring to check that the …
