Month: August 2020

A morning in the life of a Cyber Essentials assessor

Post author By Charlotte King
Post date August 24, 2020
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Grabbing my morning coffee, I log in to the Jisc Cyber Essentials Pervade portal and see I have 3 Cyber Essentials assessments to mark today https://www.jisc.ac.uk/cyber-essentials. That shouldn’t take me too long, if the applicants have been clear and detailed in their responses. I need to have a good understanding of their estate to award […]

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Hitting DMARC! Phishing emails can easily spoof University and College domains: DMARC and NCSC Mail Check are here to help

Post author By John Chapman
Post date August 10, 2020
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Guest post by Tom S Academia lead – The Mail Check Team NCSC Active Cyber Defence Cyber security is improving in many areas, but the adoption of DMARC anti-spoofing is still too low. NCSC tools and tips gathered from around the community can help as this guest post from Tom S, Academia lead in NCSC’s Active […]

Tags Cyber security, DKIM, DMARC, SPF