Jul 31, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft has published details of the data Windows 10 exfiltrates from users as part of its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. The details provide insight into the various endpoints the operating system connects with, and forms part of a 438-page...
Jul 30, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
When Google boasted that none of its 85,000-plus employees had their accounts hacked since early 2017, it was all thanks to an early version of a security key the company was testing. And now the latest version of that security key will be available for the world to...
Jul 27, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Google has been hit with a record-breaking €4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine by EU regulators for breaking antitrust laws. The European Commission says Google has abused its Android market dominance in three key areas. Google has been bundling its search engine and...
Jul 26, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Anyone who has tried to hire an IT expert knows that the shortage of qualified people is real. We’re not just talking about IT security jobs, either. Almost every area of tech faces a skills shortage that threatens to sap productivity and presents challenges to IT...
Jul 25, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Enterprise Password Managers Since secure passwords are practically impossible to remember, the use of a password manager such as Lastpass Enterprise or Roboform Enterprise can make secure passwords much easier for staff to handle. Essentially a password manager...
Jul 24, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Cloud-Based Single Sign-On Tools One solution is to use a cloud-based single sign-on service. What services like OneLogin and Okta do is become the authentication provider for a cloud application like Salesforce.com. The cloud single sign-on service then links to...
Jul 23, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Recent corporate security breaches have taught us something important: The average computer user is spectacularly bad at choosing good passwords. The most popular passwords turn out to be simple, easy-to-remember ones, like “password,”...
Jul 20, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Making employee security training engaging If you want employee security awareness training to work, you need to learn how to engage your audience. Here’s how. Know your audience Messaging matters, and effective training programs tailor their content to their...
Jul 19, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Employee security awareness tactics that work It may seem like an uphill battle, but there are ways businesses can arm their employees against these and other devious methods attackers use to scam businesses out of sensitive information or their cash. Here’s...
Jul 18, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Phishing and ransomware top employee security concerns As a productivity tool, the email inbox has proven to be both a blessing and a curse. Among the types of attacks that workers often fall for, “phishing, spear-phishing and/or whaling” is number one,...
Jul 17, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
The maritime industry forms an integral part of our critical national infrastructure as our daily life depends on it to function properly. It is one of the core channels for global trade, with a staggering 80 per cent of goods by volume transported between countries...
Jul 16, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft Teams can now compete directly with Slack with a free tier that startups not in Microsoft’s ecosystem can use for any user. This means you don’t need an Office 365 login to use Teams. With the free access tier, Microsoft Teams is now positioned...
Jul 13, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Businesses are too busy fighting current cyber-threats to focus on what might be around the corner, new research has claimed. Findings from Accenture discovered that 51 per cent of businesses and their CSOs are under increasing pressure. Half of them are saying they...
Jul 12, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Many companies are embracing the GDPR as an opportunity to improve privacy, security, and data management, by cutting down on the amount of personal data they keep, ditching data that is no longer needed, and reducing the number of people who have access to it....
Jul 11, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
The UK government has published its first attempt at setting a minimum cyber security standard for public sector organisations: the inventively-named Minimum Cyber Security Standard (MCSS), which will be incorporated into the Government Functional Standard for...
Jul 10, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
The unified communications market is increasingly shrinking, as acquisitions hoover up companies large and small. The latest round has seen audio solutions provider Plantronics buy out UCC giant Polycom. Plantronics said that the acquisition would ‘accelerate’...
Jul 9, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Google has posted a defense of Gmail’s privacy protections after a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report found the service was allowing third-party companies to read personal emails. The WSJ reported that employees at firms offering personalised services, such as...
Jul 6, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
What makes it so easy to fall prey to phishing emails is that they look perfectly legitimate–official-looking emails from reputable companies getting in touch for seemingly reasonable purposes. It could be Apple, PayPal, or your bank. No matter how shrewd you are, it...
Jul 5, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Aside from all previous articles in this series, there are many more online scams to look out for. Here are some of the most popular plays making the rounds right now. Fake antivirus software popup We mentioned popups in the tech support scam. A common one you might...
Jul 4, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
With bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exploding in terms of popularity and market cap over the past few years, it’s no surprise that criminals want to get in on the action. Indeed, there are so many methods for scammers to choose from, and scams and hacks involving...
Jul 3, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
As if tax season isn’t already dreaded enough without scammers making life more difficult! Criminals look to exploit both taxpayers and the government using a range of tax-related scams. Fake audit In a fake audit scam, targets are contacted by someone claiming to be...
Jul 2, 2018 | Cloud Consultancy News
Many people purchase airline tickets, hotel rooms, and even entire vacation packages online these days. Scammers know this and there has been a rise in fraudulent travel sites selling fake tickets and non-existent vacations. Travel is usually a big-ticket item, which...
