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era is over – inventor of the ZX spectrum gone
Sir Clive Sinclair has died on the 16/09/2021, Sir Clive created many innovative products over his lifetime including Calculators, Electric Vehicles, Micro TV’s etc and while I only used his computers briefly, it very sad to see him gone, another pioneer has moved on from this world. As I grew up in the 1970s and…
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Michael Brooke
17/09/2021
Articles, Data Protection
Anonymous?
Anonymising data is not anonymous data, nowadays many data providers are claiming that our data will be used anonymously by removing uniquely identifiable markers from the details they collect from us. Unfortunately to de-anonymise data all that is needed is pointers that make you unique, take for example your GPS data which shows you travel…
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Michael Brooke
17/09/2021
Articles, Managed Detection Response, Ransomware
How to: Thwarting ransomware according to Cert NZ
Ransomware at its most basic prevents a user or an organisation from accessing their data.
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Michael Brooke
15/09/2021
Articles, Artificial Intelligence, Endpoint Detection Response, Managed Detection Response
Artificial Intelligence – Managed Detection and Response
Two buzzwords applied to almost all Cyber Security companies products today are: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning or AI and ML. What exactly the AI or ML technology in these solutions and managed service offerings we consume are providing, is open to debate; as is the depth of implementation and integration. However there are great…
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Michael Brooke
14/09/2021
Articles, Business Email Compromise, Phishing
shutting down a phishing site
Phishing is one of if not the highest success rate cyber security attacks that we are likely to suffer. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3), phishing accounted for 30,48% of all received complaints in 2020, making it the area with the highest victim count. https://www.techradar.com/author/fernando-cassia Being that most of my readers have an…
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Michael Brooke
14/09/2021
Articles, Breach
Human error, human error, ho hum…
Do the easiest(cheapest) thing first that give your the biggest benefit or the first 80% of a job takes 20% of the time, both statements lead to a conclusion that it is most efficient to work on what is going to be most affordable and easy first. The article I have linked reports that the…
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Michael Brooke
13/09/2021
Cyber Security Framework, Single Sign On, WTH
Single Sign On (sso)
CSF framework: 1. Identify; 2. Protect. Cyber Maturity Level:⭐️⭐️
redentials, that credential is able to be used by each system querying a central system (Authentication service) to provide the user access to a service or system. This is different from a Password manager or “Screen Scraping” where a user name and password is “replayed” into the session.
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CSF framework: 1. Identify; 2. Protect. Cyber Maturity Level:⭐️⭐️
Michael Brooke
13/09/2021
ASD essential 8, ACSC, ACSC essential 8, ASD, ASD 8, Australian cyber security centre, Cyber Security Framework
101 Cyber security primer
Cyber Security assessments are critical to understanding where your organisation is maturity wise.
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Michael Brooke
13/09/2021
Data Loss Prevention, Data Protection, DLP, WTH
Data Leakage Protection, preventing loss of data
CSF framework: 1. Identify; 2. Protect; 3. Detect; Cyber Maturity Level:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Who owns the Data? does the business expect SecOps or IT to manage? (Hint: very often “yes”) Where is the budget for managing the DLP solution coming from after implementation? Is the business going to accept the inconvenience of DLP rules “upsetting” their daily workflows” Will the business get sufficient value from the ongoing investment…
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CSF framework: 1. Identify; 2. Protect; 3. Detect; Cyber Maturity Level:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Michael Brooke
13/09/2021
Cyber Security Framework
Starting out – New Security officer
Starting out with an organisation and don’t know where to start?
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Michael Brooke
12/09/2021