by Andrew Hunt | Jun 21, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
In the old days (ie last year!!), a dodgy email had a whiff to it – there was something that triggered your subconscious. That’s because some phishing emails were really badly written with terrible English. But others just had a sniff about them- something that made...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 17, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Legal Firms, Security
“A cybercriminal only has to be lucky once, while a defender has to be lucky every minute of every day.” – Combating Ransomware – A Comprehensive Framework for Action: Key Recommendations from the Ransomware Task Force. The message we hear from...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 17, 2021 | Security
What is ‘Shadow IT’? Shadow IT refers to the various web tools informally in use within most organisations. These tools are often chosen without reference to IT or to management in general. They are often used for all the very best reasons. Your colleagues...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 16, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Some emails are more than just bad news No one likes bad news! But sometimes it can’t be helped. Sometimes it sneaks up on you. One of the most common ransomware attacks is through a compromised attachment in an email. It’s easy to say “only open stuff you expect” but...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 16, 2021 | Security
Data Leak Protection (DLP) is the name of several policies in Office 365, setting up what data can, and can’t be, shared and with whom. Imagine being able to automatically identify private information like passport numbers, Health IDs or bank account details and...
by Andrew Hunt | Jun 16, 2021 | Security
This sounds like a nightmare that could never happen. US soldiers have been putting sensitive information online in non-secure third party websites. It defies belief, yet we’re reading that it happened. The story popped up on ‘Gizmodo’ . It is alleged that US Soldiers...
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