The chaos of Covid-19 ! The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and UK government levelled restrictions; saw a frantic switch by business to a reliance on staff remote working facilities over the last month. The change in operational environment opened up a multitude of potential risks to data security and compliance with legal obligations. Now …
What is Cyber Essentials ? Cyber Essentials is a government backed scheme, now under the control of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC); which sets out basic cyber security measures to help protect against some of the common cyber threats. It is also a means for organisations to demonstrate their commitment to the security of …
Windows 7 – And now it starts ! Hackers are already exploiting the withdrawal of support for Win 7. A vulnerability exposed with Internet Explorer is rated critical for versions found on Win7. Researchers believe the Chinese hacking group known as ‘Dark Hotel’ exposed the flaw and are behind a number of targeted …
Still stuck with Windows 7 ? If you are stuck still running Win 7 for whatever reason, your vulnerability to Cyber attack will increase steadily, as new flaws in the unsupported software are exposed. If you can’t upgrade to Win 10, then the following options are recommended. 1. Disconnect PCs totally from the internet if …
Many believed that the use of passwords would by now have become a thing of the past, with more secure and alternative forms of user authentication taking their place. However, despite increasing use of biometric identification such as fingerprint and facial recognition tools for some devices, the humble password still remains the common form of …
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