Just like the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), last week, I took a break from posting the Smart Thinking weekly round-up here at Octagon – although over Easter I posted some things which were a bit more fun and/or a longer read:
Vending machines – Absolutely Fabulous – Smart Thinking Solutions
Crypto for the weekend – Smart Thinking Solutions (reader discretion advised)
Is old tech unhackable? – Smart Thinking Solutions
This weekend I am posting a couple of stories to give business owners, directors and senior managers some background information into the current threat landscape. Hopefully these stories will give you some help in evaluating your current cyber security and business continuity readiness. If you spot any issues, it will give you time to fix them.
If you have a Lenovo laptop then you need to scroll down and look at the issues you may be facing!
The biggest story from last week was that a Canadian investigation team announced that they had traced Pegasus spyware to No. 10 Downing Street and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The UK Government and the NCSC with its international cybersecurity allies, in the Five Eyes, released updated advice this week about the Russia Ukraine conflict – you can find that link and the original NCSC post about what everyone should be doing to strengthen their cyber security in this post:
This is a weekly round-up of the articles from Smart Thinking Solutions, our specialist cybersecurity, governance and compliance web site.
The articles are mostly quick reads to give you an overview of the cybersecurity threat landscape facing businesses today, with links to the sources. Many of the posts have action points or top tips to help you navigate these threats to your organisations.
Sometimes they are just there to make you smile!
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
