I love patches as part of a cyber security plan – but there is a problem!

Patches and Updates

If the patch is not effective or worse it breaks something else whilst fixing the vulnerability. This happened to Microsoft: Microsoft fixes Windows authentication woes • The Register But you still have to run those patches and updates as an unpatched system is a target for threat actors. Better to …

When wiping a system does not actually wipe the system – this is how data creeps out of organisations

Old computer

So you are going to upgrade your computers – and what do you do with the old ones? What are your options? Pass the machine onto a junior in the organisation Donate the machine to good cause Sell or give it away to a member of staff or to someone …