Governance | Octagon Technology

Keep It Simple… Encryption (pt. 3)

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. […]

Keep It Simple… Encryption (pt. 3) Read More »

Defence in Depth Part 4 Overview

Cyber Security, IT Support, Octagon Technology, Privacy / By Martin

If you have been following our posts on Defence in Depth you will be gaining an understanding of some of the products and services we can provide. This article is about the layers that need to be addressed in order to meet your Cyber Security goals. At the bottom of the article there are links

Defence in Depth Part 4 Overview Read More »

use a VPN when away from your secure connections

More about your VPN

Cyber Security / By Clive

This is a follow-on article to my previous article Let’s Talk About Your VPN. You should read that article first, to save me having to explain what a VPN is and why I am talking about them now. VPN Issues I spent last week talking up the cyber security advantages of your VPN, but all

Let’s Talk About Your VPN

Cyber Security / By Clive

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

Let’s Talk About Your VPN Read More »

Photo by S J: https://www.pexels.com/photo/assorted-floppy-disks-12093423/

What is a good back-up?

Governance and Compliance / By Clive

Before we start – floppies were an acceptable small business back-up in 1995, when we started Octagon Technology. I have an IT and Cyber Security checklist for my initial meetings with clients – obviously. When I get to the part where I ask about their back-up the tone of the answer can tell me a

What is a good back-up? Read More »

Defence-in-depth – Your Move

Cyber Security / By Clive

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

Defence-in-depth – Your Move Read More »

Electronic dumpster diving – what are YOU throwing away?

IT Support / By Ben

Into the bin it goes ! It is generally recommended that when you throw away house rubbish that you do not include intact personal information. To avoid electronic dumpster diving and people getting your (PII) such as bank accounts, NI numbers, ID and such. This is because naughty people can and will look through bins

Electronic dumpster diving – what are YOU throwing away? Read More »

Authentication, Authorisation and Accountability lifecycle diagram

Accountability – It Shows You are Watching.

Cyber Security / By Clive

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

Accountability – It Shows You are Watching. Read More »

Will Robots Rule the World?

Cyber Security / By Diana

Robots? Clive did not know for sure but he gave a good answer… A couple of weeks ago we were invited to speak to a Zoom meeting and this was basically a Question and Answer session. After reassuring the group that no question was too silly to ask, just that nobody had been brave enough

Will Robots Rule the World? Read More »

Cookie	Duration	Description
CONSENT	2 years	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
_ga	2 years	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_gat_gtag_UA_141969298_1	1 minute	Set by Google to distinguish users.
_gid	1 day	Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

Cookie	Duration	Description
fr	3 months	Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months 27 days	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
YSC	session	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
yt-remote-connected-devices	never	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-device-id	never	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
_fbp	3 months	This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website.