Software vulnerabilities are an unfortunate part of working with technology. A developer puts out a software release with millions of lines of code. Then, hackers look for loopholes that allow them to breach a system through that code. The developer issues a patch to fix the...
Phishing. It seems you can’t read an article on cybersecurity without it coming up. That’s because phishing is still the number one delivery vehicle for cyberattacks. A cybercriminal may want to steal employee login credentials. Or wish to launch a ransomware attack for a payout. Or...
How would you feel if one day your printer whirred into motion and printed out a 5-step list on how to avoid being hacked, but you hadn’t asked it to print anything? This is exactly what happened to 28,000 printers which were targeted by Cybernews...
What is phishing? Phishing is a common and increasingly sophisticated form of cybercrime, designed to lure target individuals into disclosing sensitive information, such as bank details, passwords or other confidential data. The attacks take the form of emails, website content, phone calls or text messages and include...
Cyber Essentials – a reminder As covered in our recent series of blogs on the subject, and as you are no doubt aware, Cyber Essentials is a scheme from the government agency the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that aims to support organisations to protect themselves...
What is Multi-factor Authentication? Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is a cyber-security method that asks users to provide multiple pieces of information to access accounts, networks, apps or any other secure online resource. Asking for more forms of verification has key benefits for safeguarding against cyber-attacks and other...
We’ve made it! We have discussed four of the five controls as required by Cyber Essentials to achieve their accreditation. In the remainder of this article we will explore Patch Management – the last of the five controls that will get you on your way...
We have already covered four of the five controls as required by Cyber Essentials to achieve their accreditation. In the following article we will explore Access Controls, the fourth control in our walkthrough to a successful certification. The aim of Access Controls The objective of implementing access...
The Cyber Essentials accreditation has five key controls that need to be implemented and maintained in order to guarantee successful certification. We have explored two of the five controls already (Firewalls and a Secure Configuration) and will now delve deeply into the third – Malware...
As we have explored, the Cyber Essentials accreditation has five key controls that need implementing and maintaining to a high standard to make a successful certification possible. We have already looked at Firewalls and the role they play in your cyber security and the quest...
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