Well it is that time of year again, when I email my blog to my children before sending it to Kamila to be published. Father’s Day is Sunday 20 June and here are a few ideas for presents for your Geek Dad. No affiliate links here and in no particular order. Buy him a computer! Not a Windows or Apple machine but a […]
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If you own and use a computing device, either for work or in your personal life, then it is vulnerable to malicious misuse by unknown third parties. Please note I used the term, “computing device”. This will obviously include a computer running Microsoft Windows, probably one of the most targeted platforms by attackers. And why
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Today data storage is cheap. When I bought my first laptop in 1991, I splashed out and bought the 40 megabyte hard drive model (Computing History, 2021) – for a similar price to the 500 gigabyte SSD Laptop I bought last summer (Dell, 2020). Sitting here writing this blog on my iPhone, when I come
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Today the threat to our digital security is high – with the pandemic causing a rush to online services the hackers know there are many prime targets out there putting their credit card details and other PII into computer systems (ICO, 2021) so it is worth their effort to see who is not taking steps
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…and you must update. Not because it is offering some shiny new widgets – the best you can find for that is a news and interests widget for the Taskbar and configuration options for multiple cameras when used in conjunction with Windows Hello face recognition security (actually thinking about it, I have multiple cameras on my office laptop
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AAA = Authentication, Authorisation and Accountability AAA is a vital step in any cyber security strategy is: AAA, the first two As gives you the ability to control who has access to your information and what information they are able to see. The third A is accountability – without this the first two As are
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One of the great strengths of Microsoft 365 for Business is that collaboration was central when it was being developed. There is a prominent “Share” button in Word, Excel and PowerPoint to enable collaboration. Fig 1 – The Share button in Word I will be using Word as an example but the skills are transferable
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Google announced some time ago that they will be introducing a new set of criteria for SERP (Search Engine Results Page), those listings of mainly organic results that everyone wants to be at the top of. And the name for this new set of criteria is Core Web Vitals, due to be introduced in May
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Here is the full story – they started off simple. 50 years of malware? Not really. 50 years of computer worms? That’s a different story… (sans.edu) The takeaway from this is: Update your software Use effective defences across your systems – for example anti-virus and anti-malware software, secure Wi-Fi, firewalls, staff training Have professional monitoring
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