The COVID-19 outbreak is promoting remote working. Here’s how to minimise cyber risk when working from home 1. Use company-approved devices Mental blueprints dictate how we behave in any given situation. Our blueprints might prompt us to use personal laptops...
Here’s how to spot and stop the attacks Criminals are using COVID-19 stories to convince people to do things they’d never normally do. In one deplorable scam, cyber criminals email elderly targets. The criminals claim they represent medical organisations. They ask for...
To make a difference as a security professional today, you need board support. You need resources. You need directors to trust and back you. You need organizational leaders to promote security. So whenever you have the board’s attention – or the attention of those who...
aGet your people interested in cyber security and you become more resilient. Here’s how to go about it, starting with the potential end of the world. Uranium centrifuges facilitate either nuclear power or nuclear weapons. They’re powerful, valuable and extremely...
Why do some organizations often use two or more security awareness training solutions at once? That’s a question that grabbed our attention when it popped up on social recently. The comment highlighted the following cyber security oddity… Increasing numbers of...
There is a big, hairy elephant in the room when it comes to phishing: Many organisations believe that it’s okay, or right, or that they have no choice other than to punish people who repeatedly fail phishing simulations. Are they right? Before we answer that, let’s...
