Whilst also writing my dissertation this week, I have been carrying out a security and privacy review for Octagon Technology. Normally I do it in January each year (during my holiday in Aviemore away from distractions) but three things have happened this month to cause me to look now rather than later: We have taken …
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At the moment I am working on my Master’s degree dissertation which has a long and complicated title but essentially is about how small businesses use Microsoft 365. As part of the background work I have been looking at privacy and security and how the two relate, and how business understands them, and how decisions …
Every business, no matter its size, relies on its data. Whether it is financial data, identity data or digital data, it plays a crucial role in business well-being and its success. It’s every business’ responsibility to keep it safe and protected by implementing a data safety strategy and employing all necessary tools which will help …
Amongst IT professionals it’s a recognised fact that a backup is not a backup unless it is automated. Left to human responsibility and intervention reliability becomes the issue, often because of time constraints. And WordPress websites are no different – they need backing up regularly, preferably on a daily basis, with a rolling 30 day …
Recently it seems almost every week we hear reports about cyber-attacks in mainstream news, and they’re just the big ones that are discovered or reported. Malwarebytes, the well-known cyber security experts have said, “compared to the same time last year, business detections of ransomware have risen more than 500%”. But it can be said that …
If you ever think about this, you would probably think an “in-house” IT team or a big supplier would give you the best reaction time if you have an issue. So is that true? Maybe! Let me tell you a story about Octagon Technology: One of our clients had a break-in overnight, and a laptop …
It’s almost a year since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect and we are running a free seminar to help you think about your business data – is it private and secure? This interactive and practical seminar will be run by our CIO Clive Catton who has a special responsibility for data …
Data Privacy and Security Seminar – the one that you cannot miss this year Read More »
“So I can’t win then, can I? It sounds like you want my passwords to be 25 letters long and look like the cat danced on my keyboard. How on earth do I win?” You ( now frustrated!) Fear not, there is hope. Combine what you have learned and consider the following. Use many words …
In our previous blog I introduced three factors that result in a password strength. Here are the first two I mentioned: Factor 1. Number of symbols Symbols here mean any character typically used or usable by the computer, for example numbers consist of ten symbols 0 to 9. Lower case letters a to z are …
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