Jeff Hudson
In a world where physical is affected virtually we need to change our thinking
In Sir Isaac Newton’s time there were three laws of motion, which dominated the scientific view of the world. While he, and his scientific peers, might have had many different opinions, what they all agreed was that everything in the universe moves. However, today, it’s the way that things move that has changed - phenomenally.
Every day in an organisation users log hundreds of time consuming and expensive calls to the IT help desk with problems that need solving – fast!
Avecto’s COO Paul Kenyon has written an article on how organisations need to pinpoint the root cause of the distressed calls that the IT departments receive every day. While IT departments usually are able to fix the problem more often than not the common underlying reason goes undetected.
Young employees take more risks with software. This doesn’t have to be a problem
They have been variously described as technology’s ‘Generation Y’ or ‘Generation Tech’, an undisciplined, impulsive, entitled horde of twenty-something workers older heads are inclined to see as one of the biggest security challenges ever to hit corporate networks.
Top tips that will help prevent your workforce becoming impaled
You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a company that’s been linked to a phishing attack. Organisations such as RSA, Epsilon and the US’s Department of Energy, are just a few that have publicly held up their hands to falling victim to an attack. And it will get worse. Gartner recently stated in its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways (SEG) report that "Phishing attacks continue to oscillate, while more targeted phishing attacks increase.” Why are spear phishing attacks increasing and what can organisations do to prevent falling victim?
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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