Word of the Week “Black Friday and Cyber Monday” 1. Watch out for fake websites 2. Only use secure sites 3. Use a credit card for shopping online 4. Beware of phishing emails 5. Avoid deals that are too good to be true 6. Use strong passwords / passphrases and 2 factor authentication 7. Watch….
Word of the Week “Building Effective security Objectives and Key Results” Define the mission with high-level security objectives: Make sure security objectives make sense outside the security team and make it clear how security supports the organisational mission Create balanced security objectives: Balance things like reducing actual risk vs perceived risk, improving security posture vs reducing development velocity, etc…..
Word of the Week “Cyber Security Macro Themes for the 2020’s” There will be 6 major themes that differentiate great security programs, products, features and processes. These are different from overall risk and control trends, rather, they are more about the way to develop and deploy controls – and represent a unified theme of….
Word of the Week Cyber month October 2020 – Week 3 & 4: Oct. 17-31 – “Digital Skills” The second theme, ‘Digital Skills’, presents educational activities that inform the general public on Internet security. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the digitalisation of everyday life. This new hyperconnected world requires an awareness of current skills for….
Word of the Week Cyber month October 2020 – “ThinkB4Uclick” Links HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE Word of the Week Special “Is passwordless authentication actually the future?” While going passwordless can provide a more secure authentication method, there are challenges in the deployment of a passwordless model. Respondents report….