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Featured Article : ‘Smart’ Glasses?
Security Sep 2021

Featured Article : ‘Smart’ Glasses?

With Google and Amazon (plus soon-to-be Facebook and Apple) getting into making ‘Smart Glasses’, we take a brief look at what different types are currently bein...

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Cyber Security Top of List for Digital Transformation
Security Sep 2020

Cyber Security Top of List for Digital Transformation

A recent survey appears to have shown that changes brought by the pandemic have meant that IT buyers from companies working on digital transformation now value...

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Featured Article – The Challenge of User Access Permissions
Security Sep 2020

Featured Article – The Challenge of User Access Permissions

Employees being given too much access to privileged, sensitive company data can put an organisation in danger.  In this article, we explore the issues arou...

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Lockdown Love Scams
Security Aug 2020

Lockdown Love Scams

Details emerged this week of a scam whereby a man claiming to be on a top-secret military mission contacted a lady on a dating site and encouraged her to switch...

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Ritz Roasted
Security Aug 2020

Ritz Roasted

Some diners with bookings at the Ritz Hotel were reportedly targeted by phone scammers who posed as hotel staff to steal credit card details. What Happened? The...

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Face Masks Beat Facial Recognition
Security Jul 2020

Face Masks Beat Facial Recognition

New research has shown that even the most advanced facial recognition algorithms can only identify as little as 50 per cent of faces when masks are worn. Test A...

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UK Rejects Huawei Equipment For 5G Infrastructure
Security Jul 2020

UK Rejects Huawei Equipment For 5G Infrastructure

The UK government has gone back on its original decision to use some Huawei equipment in non-core parts of the UK’s 5G network and has opted to remove all Huawe...

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Police Crack Encrypted Network To Reach Crime Gangs
Security Jul 2020

Police Crack Encrypted Network To Reach Crime Gangs

An international law enforcement operation has led to the cracking of the EncroChat Android phone network and the arrest of criminal gangs. The Network The Fran...

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Beware Fake Contact Tracer Messages
Security Jun 2020

Beware Fake Contact Tracer Messages

Just as you thought that cybercriminals had exploited every aspect of the pandemic with phishing, vishing, smishing and more, there are now warnings to beware o...

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Featured Article – Maintaining Security on Employee Exit
Security Apr 2020

Featured Article – Maintaining Security on Employee Exit

When employees leave (or are asked to leave) or retire from businesses and organisations, those entities still have a legal responsibility to ensure that securi...

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Featured Article – Maintaining Security During The COVID-19 Health Crisis
Security Mar 2020

Featured Article – Maintaining Security During The COVID-19 Health Crisis

The current global health crisis may bring many different IT security challenges to businesses and organisations and this article highlights some of the ways th...

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