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Strengthening Cyber Defences

October: Cyber Security Awareness Month 2024 Why Security Awareness and Training is Essential Cyber threats are growing in frequency and sophistication, making it crucial for organisations to prioritise security awareness and training. While technology such as firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion detection systems are important, they are not foolproof. Human error remains the leading cause […]

h2g2 Episode 8: It’s a Zero Trust game

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Developing a Cyber Security Roadmap for Executive Leaders In this blog series, I am looking at steps that your organisation can take to build a roadmap for navigating the complex world of cyber security and improving your cyber security posture. There’s plenty of technical advice out there for […]

h2g2 Episode 7: Known unknowns

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Developing a Cyber Security Roadmap for Executive Leaders In this blog series, I am looking at steps that your organisation can take to build a roadmap for navigating the complex world of cyber security and improving your cyber security posture. There’s plenty of technical advice out there for […]

h2g2 Episode 6: A stitch in space and time

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Developing a Cyber Security Roadmap for Executive Leaders In this blog series, I am looking at steps that your organisation can take to build a roadmap for navigating the complex world of cyber security and improving your cyber security posture. There’s plenty of technical advice out there for […]

h2g2 Episode 5: Data, data, everywhere

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Developing a Cyber Security Roadmap for Executive Leaders In this blog series, I am looking at steps that your organisation can take to build a roadmap for navigating the complex world of cyber security and improving your cyber security posture. There’s plenty of technical advice out there for […]

Progress on Jisc Security Operations Centre (SOC)

We’re excited to share an update on our journey to develop a robust Security Operations Centre (SOC) for the education and research sector!   Active Collaboration with Proof of Concept Partners: As of April, we’ve officially partnered with five HE and FE institutions for a Proof of Concept (PoC) of our Security Centre. These institutions […]

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Episode 4

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Developing a Cyber Security Roadmap for Executive Leaders In this blog series, I am looking at steps that your organisation can take to build a roadmap for navigating the complex world of cyber security and improving your cyber security posture. There’s plenty of technical advice out there for […]

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Episode 3

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Developing a Cyber Security Roadmap for Executive Leaders In this blog series, I am looking at steps that your organisation can take to build a roadmap for navigating the complex world of cyber security and improving your cyber security posture. There’s plenty of technical advice out there for […]

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MFA for Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials and Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)   What is MFA? Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication process that necessitates users to provide evidence of their identity through the submission of multiple verification methods, commonly known as “factors.” This approach ensures both the user’s identity and the legitimacy of their credential access. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is […]

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Episodes

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Developing a Cyber Security Roadmap for Executive Leaders Episode List Episode 1: It’s Dark Out There.  The threat landscape. Episode 2: Know Thyself.  Hardware, software and information asset management. Episode 3: Knock, knock, who’s there? The problem with passwords. Episode 4: Who goes there? Friend or foe? Applying […]