Nothing is true, everything is a scam. While this is not terrible advice for the internet and life generally, in this case I am referring to electronic mail. Given the negligible cost of sending email and its ability to target millions, it is of course the perfect tool to trick, scam, steal and be downright […]

The post Nothing is true, everything is a scam (Email Phishing Primer pt.7) first appeared on Octagon Technology.

Encryption is the process of encoding information, converting it from plaintext into ciphertext, to protect it from unauthorised access. This process ensures that only those with the appropriate decryption key can access the original information, thereby maintaining confidentiality. Modern encryption techniques utilise complex algorithms and keys, making unauthorised decryption extremely difficult without the correct key. […]

The post Keep It Simple… Encryption (pt. 3) first appeared on Octagon Technology.

I am on holiday for the next two weeks – some cold weather walking in the Lake District and the Cairngorms, whilst Diana stays back in the warm office – so it must be time to discuss VPN usage again. The photo above is the view whilst I write this article. A VPN – your […]

The post Let’s Talk About Your VPN first appeared on Octagon Technology.

Yesterday I wrote the opening chapter of this defence-in-depth article – I looked at how anti-virus protection can be side-stepped by threat actors and that staff cyber awareness training is needed to provide another layer to your defences. That was a human addition to your defence-in-depth and today we are going to look at more […]

The post Defence-in-depth – Your Move first appeared on Octagon Technology.

Authentication, Authorisation and Accountability. This is the third part of a three-part series looking at the basics of the cyber security principle of “AAA”. Day Three – Accountability Accountability is probably the least enforced part of our Triple A principle in most organisations. But if you do embrace it, it can have a powerful impact […]

The post Accountability – It Shows You are Watching. first appeared on Octagon Technology.

In response to Clive’s Blog on Smart Thinking about incident response – he couldn’t have picked a worse time. Right in the middle of putting together and planning some of the largest projects we have in the pipeline and organising the day-to-day support work – I did not want to play! (Clive said he wouldn’t […]

The post Incident Response – Talk about bad timing! first appeared on Octagon Technology.

Restarting  – Welcome to our new blog Our blog is changing – more of our team, including our excellent support team, will be regularly contributing articles. Sharing their IT support advice and technology stories with you. However, the support team (and everyone else it seems) are busy this week moving a large office and launching […]

The post Don’t Skip That Restart first appeared on Octagon Technology.