“I am too busy for cyber security.”  “It will never happen to me.”  “My organisation is too small for the hackers to bother with.”  “HMRC hacked for £42M because someone’s login was compromised.” FAKE NEWS!!!!  “Cyber security is hard – when I remember, I will get someone else to fix it for us.”  “We pay […]

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If your Outlook inbox looks more like a digital jungle than a tidy workspace, you’re not alone. Between newsletters you never signed up for, meeting invites you’d rather avoid, and email chains that won’t die, it’s easy to feel like you’re losing the inbox battle. Fortunately, Outlook Rules are here to restore order — like […]

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This article was previously published a part of “The Wednesday Bit” series on Smart Thinking Solutions. I was working at my desk the other day, thinking about stopping for lunch, when I got the following text message:  Now I was waiting for a delivery, I had ordered a camping kettle from AliExpress, but the last […]

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…written because your Mum does not want that Mother’s Day compilation CD that is constantly advertised on TV! She also wants something different to flowers and chocolates… Bad planning on my behalf was part of the reason I missed out writing a Geek Mother’s article last year – something I am going to correct this […]

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Having done Groundhog Day and Cyber Security, it looks like it is me who is going to have to squeeze IT Support into Valentine’s Day as part of Diana’s February newsletter theme. I really thought it was someone else’s turn!  Then I had an idea!  I am part way through creating my Geek Mother’s Day […]

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As part of my cyber security process here at Octagon, I regularly review the policies and procedures related to my responsibilities. One of those jobs is keeping the Incident Response Plan up to date. Here is one result from our incident response plan review: Incident Response Plan – “WHAT IF” Incident Response An incident response […]

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It is that time of year again, my annual list of present ideas for that geeky relation, friend or significant other. Completely gender irrelevant, the only requirement is a certain level of cult obsessiveness, geekiness or nerdism. (I am pretty sure some of those words are made up! ed.) I held out until November 1 […]

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What is Ada Lovelace day? I asked Google’s AI for a simple explanation of Ada Lovelace Day, I thought Ada would have appreciated that. “Ada Lovelace Day is an annual event that takes place on the second Tuesday of October to recognise and celebrate women’s contributions to STEM fields. The day is named after Ada Lovelace, a Victorian […]

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Martin and Ben are the Octagon Technology newsletter editors this month and they have chosen artificial intelligence (Copilot AI) as their theme. They asked me to write the first article. Copilot AI and Word I had thought to write about how I use Copilot in Microsoft Edge, to help me with parts of the articles […]

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