Client Stories – Government and Public Services

Home Smart Assistants

Jun 8, 2020 | Blogs, Government and Public Services

Home Smart Devices Smart speakers (or voice-enabled assistants) can perform many different services, triggered by voice commands from the user including, but not limited to, playing music, providing weather and traffic updates and keeping notes. There are four main...

What are CTFs?

Apr 17, 2020 | Blogs, Defence, Security and Law Enforcement

What is a CTF? CTF stands for Capture the Flag. In the Cyber Security world this relates to an event where the aim is to hack into systems and find flags to earn points, pride or bragging rights. The flags can be hidden in a multitude of different places...

Zoom Meetings Security

Apr 16, 2020 | Blogs, Defence, Security and Law Enforcement, Government and Public Services

By now most people will have used or at least heard of Zoom and subsequently some of the privacy and security issues that have been brought up surrounding the service. This means we need to configure the software to help avoid some issues and Zoom...

COVID-19/Coronavirus Phishing Attacks

Apr 15, 2020 | Blogs, Civil Government, Defence, Security and Law Enforcement, Government and Public Services

The spread of Coronavirus has now made it an increasingly common topic which criminals are attempting to exploit for their own gain.These attacks are usually repackaged and reimagined versions of pre-existing ones. Spam messages are using news sources as a...

When Ransomware Strikes

Apr 14, 2020 | Blogs, Defence, Security and Law Enforcement, Government and Public Services

Redcar and Cleveland Council were attacked with ransomware on Saturday, February 8th. The council website is still not fully operational today, and this is only one of the consequences of the attack. Staff had to resort to pen and paper, and press reports...

Raising Cyber Security Awareness in UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)

Dec 5, 2019 | Civil Government, Client Stories, Government and Public Services

The Challenge The Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) had identified a need to increase the awareness of cyber security issues within the CNI community specifically for those involved with securing Industrial Control...