In a recent article we looked at human error and the need for policies and training to help your staff protect your business from cyber-attack and data breach. These issues are significant and important steps in the process of building a secure infrastructure, one element of the multi layered defence that businesses and […]
Cookies, a guide to these often mysterious objects
More and more often we hear people talking about cookies, how to block them, how to use them… But what are they? Chocolate biscuits? Sweets? Well, they are much less sweet and a bit more complicated than that! The term cookie was first used back in 1994, by the computer programmer Lou Montulli. He […]
A deviation from intention, expectation or desirability
That is a definition of human error and in the context of cyber security human error is certainly not desirable! Even the most careful and diligent of us make errors in life, in the workplace it’s normally because we are under pressure to complete tasks or projects against tight deadlines and we lose sight […]
Have your emergency contact available even when your smartphone is locked
Up to a few years ago most of us had our emergency contacts saved on our mobile phone under the name ICE (in case of emergency), this would allow anyone who needed to contact our loved ones to quickly find the details on our phone. However, with improved security measures, nowadays most smartphones are […]