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Secure Thinking Blog: February 2011
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Friday, 18 February 2011. Protecting Your Information - Laptop Encryption. We are being asked more and more about how busy professionals can protect the business critical and often sensitive information they carry around on laptop and netbook computers. The simple solution to this problem is to encrypt the laptop disk drive so that only the owner of the computer can access the data. This can be a particular problem in the case of mobile computers, where the opportunity for loss or theft is far greater th...
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Secure Thinking Blog: May 2011
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011. Data is vital to modern businesses. Some say it's the life blood of a business. After all we live in the information age. But do we all protect data and information to the best of our abilities? Do we ensure we can recover from its loss, corruption or theft? In information security parlance are we properly protecting its CIA - Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability? But backing up your data is only half the story. Another consideration is the age and technology used. Then the...
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Secure Thinking News: June 2011
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Friday, 3 June 2011. Sony Lacks Secure Thinking. Yet again Sony is making the news for the wrong reasons - another one of their web sites has been hacked with personal details, usernames and passwords of about one million people being stolen. It certainly looks as though they are being deliberately targeted but you have to ask yourself why this might be the case? This would highlight security weaknesses in the web applications and allow Sony to focus their remediation efforts to maximum effect. And this ...
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Secure Thinking Blog: Data Backup Considerations
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011. Data is vital to modern businesses. Some say it's the life blood of a business. After all we live in the information age. But do we all protect data and information to the best of our abilities? Do we ensure we can recover from its loss, corruption or theft? In information security parlance are we properly protecting its CIA - Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability? But backing up your data is only half the story. Another consideration is the age and technology used. Then the...
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Secure Thinking News: Sony Lacks Secure Thinking
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Friday, 3 June 2011. Sony Lacks Secure Thinking. Yet again Sony is making the news for the wrong reasons - another one of their web sites has been hacked with personal details, usernames and passwords of about one million people being stolen. It certainly looks as though they are being deliberately targeted but you have to ask yourself why this might be the case? This would highlight security weaknesses in the web applications and allow Sony to focus their remediation efforts to maximum effect. And this ...
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Secure Thinking Blog: October 2010
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Friday, 1 October 2010. Mobile and Social Networking Apps. The subject of 3rd party "Apps" has raised its head again. This time on Google Android smart phones. Apps on smart phones and on social networking sites are becoming ever more popular, but are the intentions of the App developers always in the best interests of the users? Of the apps on Android mobile phones has shown that the data they access and how they use it does not always tally with what the user authorises when they install the app.
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Secure Thinking News: August 2010
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Thursday, 12 August 2010. Secure Thinking Approved Logo Now Available. The " Secure Thinking Approved. Logo indicates that when we tested the security of the website, there were no significant security vulnerabilities found. This logo provides visitors with the confidence to know that whatever interaction they have with the site, it is secure and that their data ought to be safe. The " Secure Thinking Approved. Posted by Lee Hezzlewood. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Secure Thinking News: April 2011
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011. IT Security Specialists Join Burnley Bondholder Scheme. East Lancashire based Secure Thinking. A company specialising in IT and Information Security solutions today announced that it had joined the Burnley Bondholders Scheme. To help promote the town as a place to do business. Burnley and East Lancashire region is a fantastic area with amazing countryside and warm, welcoming people. The problem is that the media typically depicts the place as run-down and deprived. Whils...Compa...
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Secure Thinking News: Law Firm Fined Over Data Breach
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011. Law Firm Fined Over Data Breach. Controversial law firm ACS:Law has been fined £1,000 over the data breach which saw personal details of 6,000 people exposed online following a hack attack by rogue activist group Anonymous. The Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham would have imposed a fine more in the region of £200,000 had ACS:Law not recently ceased trading. Security consultant Lee Hezzlewood of IT Security specialists Secure Thinking said, "Businesses need to be aware o...
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Secure Thinking Blog: November 2010
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Wednesday, 24 November 2010. 10 Information Security Tips for Businesses. Businesses are recognising the importance of the information they manage, and more companies than ever deal with sensitive information on a regular basis. So whether you are a one-man-band or a multi-national corporate entity here are Secure Thinking. S 10 Information Security Tips for Businesses. 1 Implement policies and guidelines. Implement policies, processes and guidelines. 2 Lead by example. 3 Staff education and training.
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