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Brits Ban Bad Passwords — and Other IoT Stupid Stuff
Richi Jennings | | bad passwords, blank password, Consumer IoT, gchq, gov.uk, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, iot, National Cyber Security Centre, NCSC, Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure act (PSTI), SB Blogwatch, The ‘S’ in IoT stands for Security, uk, United Kingdom
Nice Cup of IoTea? The UK’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act aims to improve the security of net-connected consumer gear ...
Security Boulevard

NSA Wants To Help you Lock Down MS Windows in PowerShell
Richi Jennings | | Best command to secure Windows machines? FORMAT C:, cisa, gchq, GCSB, NCSC, New Zealand, nsa, powershell, SB Blogwatch, uk, Windows
A new cheatsheet from four infosec agencies tells us how to use PowerShell for good, rather than let scrotes misuse it to “live off the land.” ...
Security Boulevard
5 Things to know about the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
#1 The history of the National Cyber Security Centre The UK’s first cybersecurity strategy was launched in 2009 and outlined that whatever the shape of the cybersecurity mission, it made no sense ...

CISA Warns CISOs to Brace for Attacks
Nik Hewitt | | Application Security, cisa, Data Security, Digest, Malware, man in the middle attacks, NCSC, Website Supply Chain Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a United States federal agency under the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, is urging business leaders and those responsible for digital security ...
Building Cyber Resilience in a heightened alert environment
There has been a lot of talk about cyber weapons and the cyber dimension of global politics after the NotPetya and WannaCry attacks of 2017 and the Stuxnet worm, first discovered in ...
Government agencies warn of sophisticated, high-impact ransomware
Graham Cluley | | cisa, CSC, Featured Articles, IT Security and Data Protection, NCSC, Ransomware, security warning
A surge in “sophisticated, high impact” ransomware attacks has prompted the United States’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the Australian Cyber Security Center ...
The State of Security in the UK: Lessons from the NCSC Report
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently released its fifth annual review of the state of cybersecurity in the United Kingdom. The report is presented under five headings including an analysis of and ...
The UK pushes for better supply chain cybersecurity
Graham Cluley | | Cyber Assessment Framework, Cyber Security, NCSC, Regulatory Compliance, supply chain
If the UK Government gets its way, IT service vendors and other cloud-based service providers may soon be required to adopt new measures to strengthen their cybersecurity, amid rising concerns about supply ...
Top 5 NCSC Cloud Security Principles for Compliance
There are many important factors to consider when choosing a cloud provider for your cloud use cases. For organizations in heavily regulated industries, compliance with relevant regulations is one of the most ...
United Kingdom’s Lindy Cameron, CEO of the NCSC Speaking At The RUSI Annual Security Lecture 2021
The full speech is available at the RUSI Annual Security Lecture. Permalink ...