Cyber 321: 3rd December 2021

Cyber 3-2-1: A Cyber Security Baseline Standard has just been published in Ireland, Bank of Ireland has been fined €24m for risks that never materialised, and. Ireland’s DPC tells us that If we have a complaint about a neighbour’s use of CCTV, we need to take it up with the courts. This week’s action: Review your Incident Response Plan.

Cyber 321: 30th July 2021

Cyber 3-2-1: Plain English cybersecurity advice in 3 articles, 2 statistics and 1 action, including how ransomware is not just about backups, how Connecticut is incentivising firms to improve their cybersecurity defences, and why Human Intelligence still beats the tech. This week’s action: Hug your staff.

By |2023-03-08T15:01:20+00:00July 30th, 2021|Categories: cybersecurity|Tags: , , , , , , |

Cyber 321: 18th June 2021

Cyber 3-2-1: Plain English cybersecurity advice in 3 articles, 2 statistics and 1 action, including how a framework like NIST CSF or CIS Controls can turbo-charge your security efforts, how our teenagers are ending up with convictions for money laundering and supporting terrorism, and how the FBI fooled 800 criminals into telling them all about their drug deals and other criminal activities. This week’s action: Tell your family to protect their bank accounts.

By |2021-06-18T09:59:19+01:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: cybersecurity|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Cyber Essentials

If you have followed my guide to cybersecurity basics for small businesses, you will have basic measures in place to defend against the most likely attacks. You then consider the next step in the cybersecurity ladder. Cyber Essentials may be that step. It is a set of requirements (split across five themes) that will help any business identify the appropriate technical security measures that should be put in place to protect against common cyber attacks.

By |2021-03-04T07:41:57+00:00March 1st, 2021|Categories: cybersecurity|Tags: , , , |
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