Category: Cyber Security

The 5 Biggest Cyber Security Challenges For Remote Workers

Cyber Security

From the way we educate our children to how we socialise with the people around us, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on every aspect of our daily lives — especially in the world of work. Data compiled from a recent survey conducted by the Office for...

The Importance of Cyber Security and the Cloud for Remote Teams

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an inflexion point for remote work. According to data from Statista, around 4.6 million people in the UK were working remotely in 2019, growing to 5.6 million a year later. Meanwhile, Finder.com’s research shows that at the...

Quantum Cyber Security: Are Quantum Attacks a Threat to Your Business?

Cyber Security

Originally published on 25 July 2019 Updated 30 November 2021 Looking back to 2019, I’m sure some of us can remember the leaked memos from Britain’s ambassador to the USA. This diplomatic incident publicly highlighted a “new” and aggressive kind of cyber...

Information Security and the end of Risk Management

Cyber Security

Target audience This post is aimed at business Information Security professionals, Heads of department, business owners and anyone who wants to understand Cyber Security and reduce the risk of being attacked. Background Cyber. It’s everywhere. Attacks are...

Is My Hard Drive Encrypted?

Cyber Security

Originally published on 21 December 2018 Updated on 24 November 2021 An industry-wide security issue with self-encrypting drives (SEDs) has been highlighted (Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel, Netherlands Radboud University, 5/11/2018). In the research paper...

Cyber Security Basics: 5 Easy Cyber Security Fixes

Cyber Security

Originally published on 01 Feb 2019 Updated on 15 Nov 2021 When carrying out cyber review work for organisations and their supply chains in the past, we consistently found many “common” cyber threats that could be easily fixed with an understanding of cyber...

ISO 27001 Cyber Security

Originally published on 28 March 2019 Updated on 14 November 2021 With the rise of daily information security breaches, from data theft to software attacks, it’s more important than ever to protect your business and minimise your cyber security risk with an...

How to Reduce Supply Chain Risk

Cyber Security

Originally published on 13 Dec 2016 Updated on 12 Nov 2021 Our Information Security Consultant, Todd Gifford CISSP, shares his thoughts on supply chain risk here at Optimising IT. Think about what would happen to your organisation if one or more of your...

Is There a Weak Link in Your Supply Chain?

Cyber Security

Originally published on 11 Jan 2019 Updated on 10 Nov 2021 How Would You Deal With a Cyber Incident in Your Supply Chain? According to the Allianz 2021 business risk barometer, the top global threat to organisations is business interruption, at 41%. Not far...

Are All Information Security Standards Equal?

Originally published on 17 May 2017 Updated on 08 Nov 2021 Expert Todd Gifford, CISSP, Shares His Thoughts on Information Security Standards Information security standards are good news for many reasons, not least of which I believe is their primary...

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