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Researcher Warns SIEMs Are Weak Link In Network Security Chain

Security information and event management solutions are supposed to boost security, but researchers say the network analysis tools are ripe attack targets. Source: Cloud Security Researcher Warns SIEMs Are Weak Link In Network Security Cha…
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UK firms targeted by China-based ‘systematic’ hacking operation

A China-based cyber gang has compromised UK firms as part of a "systematic" global hacking operation, a new report has revealed. The attacks were found to have breached a wide variety of secret data ranging from personal data to intellectual…
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Industry Braces for Repeal of ISP Privacy Rules

Businesses say overturning one of the nation’s strongest internet privacy protection rules will deal a blow to data privacy, security and integrity for businesses and consumers alike. Source: Cloud Security Industry Braces for Repeal of ISP…
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NCSC IT: Networking in the cloud

Hopefully you've arrived here having read the other blogs in the series. If...
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CyberUK: the unsung heroes of cyber security

Image credit: Hannah from Manchester School of Art working with www.naimuri.com  It's hard...
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CyberUK by the numbers

Input metrics are a piece of cake. It’s easy to measure how much...
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What does the NCSC think of password managers?

People keep asking the NCSC if it's OK for them to use password managers (sometimes...
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Developers need help too

For years, security research has been focused around technology. But now - finally...
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Security breaches as communication: what are your users telling you?

Amy has her passwords written on a post-it note under her keyboard. Brian keeps...
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Let them paste passwords

One of the things people often tweet to us @ncsc are examples of websites...
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Are security questions leaving a gap in your security?

Security questions are widely used as a form of authentication, especially as a...
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Take part in LiveLabs at CyberUK

How often do you get the opportunity to get hundreds of guinea pi...  ...
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What if your life depended on secure code?

When I introduced the topic of Developer Centred Security to our Research Institute for the Science...
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Spending our users' security budgets wisely

We're all busy people. Business demands are constant, and information overload is a...
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Your password expiry policy may have reached its expiry date

In cyber security as much as anywhere else, it's important to use the...
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BBC Money Box talks passwords

We were happy to see the BBC’s flagship personal finance show visit the thorny...
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CyberUK 2017: A thank you to all involved

Now that the dust has settled following CyberUK 2017 in Liverpool last week,...
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Cisco Patches Critical IOx Vulnerability

Cisco Systems patched a critical vulnerability that could give an attacker root privileges to software running on two of its IoT router models. Source: Cloud Security Cisco Patches Critical IOx Vulnerability
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Protect your management interfaces

When it comes to architecture design, one area that is often not given...
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Cisco Warns of Critical Vulnerability Revealed in ‘Vault 7’ Data Dump

Cisco said an unpatched critical vulnerability exposed by WikiLeaks' Vault 7 release of CIA documents could give an attacker full control of the targeted switches and routers. Source: Cloud Security Cisco Warns of Critical Vulnerability Revealed…
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In the den with the dragons

NCSC and DCMS ran the first 'Dragons Den' at CyberUK 2017 Strategy day. ...
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CyberUK is upon us

Time has finally come for us to throw open the doors and welcome...
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Vulnerability Co-ordination Pilot

If you’ve been following our blog recently, you’ll be aware of several new...
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People: the unsung heroes of cyber security

On Wednesday morning at CyberUK In Practice we started a conversation that we've...
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Looking forward to the CyberUK Strategy day

On March 14th at the ACC in Liverpool, the NCSC will be hosting the...
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CyberUK 2017: Have we got Cyber Insights for you!

Our final track at CyberUK In Practice is 'Cyber Insights', which our CTO of our...
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CyberUK in Practice Track 3: Proactive Defence

When there has been a security problem it is really easy to look...
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You'll never guess what's happening in Track 2 at CyberUK In Practice

I wrote about the fascinating themes we've got coming up in Track 1 -...
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CyberUK In Practice Track 4: Securing Agile Delivery

Security (left) and Agile enjoying their first date.   Agile and Security didn’t...
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CyberUK In Practice Track 1: Managing Threat

I mentioned in my blog about CyberUK In Practice 2017 that I personally dislike cyber...