People are the weakest link
This sounds like a nightmare too impossible to happen. US soldiers 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 were saving sensitive information on a couple of common flashcard sites, presumably of things they were trying to memorise and learn. Even worse, their settings were on ‘public’ not ‘private’
It’s a classic warning about the risk of people, however well intentioned, saving critical data online in places the organisation is unaware of, and can’t control. That’s why our new KARE for Security S2 plan helps identify use of these sites in your organisation.
US Soldiers Accidentally Leaked Nuclear Weapons Secrets: Report (gizmodo.com)
Shadow IT
Shadow IT is one of the largest threats to data privacy in organisations today.
It’s not necessarily because these sites are going to be hacked, although that’s always possible, but just because if you don’t know the tools are in use, then there is no way that you can manage them!
The first step to maintaining this data is to identify it! That’s why you need new tools that are cloud focused. If you’re still using the same old security tools that you used to use prior to the cloud, then you are not keeping up and we need to talk!
Tech like it’s 1999
This week, we've seen some pretty interesting tech announcements - I confess the foldable phones really interest me. While these are crazily expensive now, volume will bring the price down. But what's really interesting is imagining this tech in other applications...
Three Cyber-Insurance questions you need to consider
With all necessary attention on cyber-security and fraud, we've had a couple of people asking us about insurance solutions. This makes sense, insurance is all about mitigating risk. Of course, insurance doesn't give you a license to be careless - you still need to...
Code Red? Hacker alert
One of our clients recently found themselves dealing with one of the most brazen hack attempts I've heard to date. They'd heard from one of their customers that they (the customer) had taken a phone call purporting to be from our client, to say they'd changed...
Three every day timesaving tips
Here's three quick time-saving tips - how many did you already know? [wow_colorme]1. Reading (or writing) long - how much time do you spend scrolling up and down long emails or documents as you make sure the content fits together?[/wow_colorme] Introducing...
What’s with Windows updates now?
Is MY Windows 10 still the latest and most stable question? It's not a question we can easily answer. Windows 10 has two different update cycles - security/reliability updates (aka patches) and feature updates. Security updates are incredibly important. They are the...
Is it ok for the (Australian) government to read your data?
Late last year, the Australian Government introduced the Assistance and Access Act. This new legislation makes it mandatory for any organisation whose website or data is hosted in Australia to give Australian authorities access to their IT system if requested....
Don’t be fooled! FAKE problems.
Wow, some of the phishing hacks are getting smart! While we haven't seen this particular one ourselves yet, it's certainly good enough to fool most people! (so beware!) The clue is that it's emailed to you - a message like this wouldn't come as an email, and...
Cake Group Case Study – making paperless real
"Everyone talks about going paperless. But really achieving that has enabled us real-time feedback on health and safety on-site, our quality compliance has increased massively and our clients now have live access to work we are carrying out for them" - Dean Wall,...
Is it too soon for Christmas Mince Pies?
It was Labour Weekend when I saw my first Christmas Mince pies in the shops. I don't go to the shops terribly often so they may have been available for a while. It wouldn't surprise me to see Easter Eggs out as well! [wow_colorme]But it's not too soon to think about...
Microsoft ‘harmonises’ (increases) the price of Office 365 in New Zealand
Clients will appreciate that Kinetics has kept it’s hourly rates and support costs flat for a number of years. It's getting increasingly hard to do that under the pressure of increased salaries and input costs. We’ll continue to keep maintain pricing as long as we...