Free Remote Working E-Learning
During this uncertain time, companies are forced to embrace remote working by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working from home is a concept, not everyone is used […]
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Working From Home Securely – Top Tips
As many businesses prepare to utilise remote working to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, it is of the utmost importance that you
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CREST receives $1.4M grant to help build cyber security capacity in Africa and Asia to help increase safe access to digital financial services for the poor
CREST, the not-for-profit accreditation and certification body for the technical security industry, has received a grant of $1.4 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Phish of the Month – Coronavirus Scams
At least 3.4 billion phishing emails are sent worldwide each day and unfortunately, this includes the utilisation of international tragedies. Cyber criminals are cashing in
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What effect does Windows 7 have on the Cyber Essentials Certification?
Windows 7 End of Life On 14th January 2020, Microsoft ended all support for the widely used Windows 7 operating system, despite this, a large number of
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How to Engage your Employees with Cyber Security
Overview When it comes to cyber security, the biggest threat to most companies is a lack of understanding, usually stemming from a lack of enthusiasm
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FAQ’s in Cyber Security
We have put together some Frequently Asked Questions to help you understand what Cyber security is and just how important it is to be aware
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Mitigate listed on HM Government’s G-Cloud 11
Mitigate, Mitigate’s internal security monitoring and GCHQ-certified training delivery package, has been accepted for listing on the UK Government’s G-Cloud 11 framework.
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Mitigate co-host successful executive roundtable
Mitigate Cyber Security co-hosted an exective roundtable to discuss pressing cyber security concerns on June 13th in Manchester, alongside IT service provider summ.it and insurance broker A&B. Attending were subject matter experts such as Det Ch Supt Neil J. Jones, Police Lead at the Manchester Digital Security Centre, alongside SME owners and IT professionals representing sectors ranging from legal to retail.
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‘BlueKeep’ Critical Windows Remote Desktop Vulnerability
Please ensure that all Internet-facing devices running vulnerable Windows OS versions are fully-up-to-date.
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Mitigate at CyberUK 2019 – Hosted by (NCSC)
Event details When: 24 –25 April 2019 Where: Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow CYBERUK is the UK government’s flagship cyber security event. Hosted by the National Cyber Security
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Misuse of Multi-Factor Authentication
When it comes to authentication, multi-factor authentication is the name of the game. We’ve spilled a lot of digital ink on the topic previously, and using a combination of some things that you know, are or have can help massively to secure your online accounts. However, mishandling multiple methods of authentication can actually make you more vulnerable than if you were just using the one method—you can end up with ‘below-one’-factor authentication, and nobody wants that.
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How to Handle SaaSS: Part 2
In the first part of this series, we talked about the ideas behind Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings and the distinction between such products and what the Free Software Foundation calls Service-as-a-Software-Substitute (SaaSS) products—i.e., software that does not necessarily have to be hosted remotely, but is.
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The Unified Kill Chain: Part 3
In this series, we are looking through the Unified Kill Chain. In the first part, we looked at what came before the current model. In the second, we looked briefly at the entire chain. In this part, we will look in-depth at the first stage: Initial Foothold.
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RIP Passwords
Passwords are as naff as they are incredibly prevalent. The death of passwords has been predicted many times over the years, for example by some guy called Bill Gates way back in 2004. Clearly, predictions are a risky game, but recent developments suggest that we may, actually, honestly, finally be about to see the death of passwords—they shall certainly not be missed, if so. In this article, we will look at the newly-minted WebAuthn standard for Web authentication, and what it may mean for authentication.
