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Clive

Clive Catton MSc (Cybersecurity)



Clive is the CISO at Octagon Technology. with special responsibility for data privacy and cybersecurity. The world of business technology is constantly changing and to meet this challenge he recently graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with an MSc in Advanced Computer Security and Digital Forensics. His dissertation was on data privacy in small businesses using Microsoft 365 for Business.

The degree is not the end of the studying – to keep current Clive spends some of his time at work simply reading and studying the latest technology trends and threats so our clients can benefit from this knowledge. This knowledge also shapes and supports the products and services Octagon delivers to clients.

To make full use of Clive’s Master’s degree in cybersecurity, Clive and Diana have a joint venture with an international research company to get access for our clients to up to date information, schemas, analytics, templates, actionable tools and guidance. Whatever the size of your organisation if you are not approaching IT, cybersecurity and information privacy in a way that supports and benefits you, they can help, from the boardroom to the shop floor. See more details at Smart Thinking Soltutions.

If you have a cyber security issue and need help urgently you can contact Clive directly on 07943 537804.

Clive's personal blog can be found at Clives Blog. He posts "a photo a day", other photos and talks about photography, walking, camping, technology and other stuff he likes.

Broken Laptop

Not only do we provide support for a range of clients across Lincolnshire but we provide support for our own office systems. I had a problem at the weekend – my laptop broke down. Although this has caused me some problems and rescheduling – it was not a huge problem. My backup and recovery plan […]

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Sunday Checks

When we left yesterday afternoon we had set up and logged in all the user’s PCs – so this morning I have been running checks on the operation of the system. All is working as expected except for one small issue with BT Broadband but they have assured us that this will be fixed by

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Office Move

It was an early start today and the first job was to move the server to the new office. It was loaded into the backseat of my car, and with Martin sitting beside it and making sure it did not move, I carefully drove it across Horncastle to the new office. Here is the server

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Networks

Martin’s post about the new network infrastructure project he is working on, reminded me that I posted some photos on my blog of the job he and I did the weekend before last. We repatched the cabinets in client’s basement. The job is not yet complete as we are waiting on a delivery of cables

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