Classic cybersecurity advice always includes a plea to, “install anti-virus” or “use endpoint protection software”. Journalists, bloggers and even governments hand this information out, as if it helps. Most platforms, including Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS, include anti-virus so the question then becomes, “which anti-virus?”
ENDPOINT PROTECTION: NEW REPORTS ONLINE!
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What does it mean to test like a hacker? Can a well-intentioned tester behave the same as a real cybercriminal?
When you’re looking for a good security test, how can you tell the useful from the misleading?
Our email accounts sit at the centre of our digital lives. We look at ways to bullet-proof your most important internet account.
We discuss these questions, and more, with Frank Duff (ex-MITRE, now Tidal Cyber), Mike Sentonas (CrowdStrike) and Siggi Stefnisson (Avast).
Security Life Hack from Daniel Cuthbert!
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Is your firewall as fast as you think? What does XDR mean and how does it work? Do you need a personal VPN?
We talk to Brian Monkman (NetSecOPEN), Chad Skipper (VMware), Luis Corrons (Avast) and Daniel Cuthbert.
This episode’s Security Life Hack from Dennis Batchelder (AppEsteem)!
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Cyber criminals often use email as a way to start an attack. According to many sources email is by far the most common way that attackers try to gain access to your business and personal systems.
The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022 reported that email phishing alone accounts for 83% of attacks.
But we all know that, don’t we? Because organisations, large and small, receive thousands of general and more targeted email threats every year.
EMAIL PROTECTION: NEW REPORT ONLINE!
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Can Microsoft solve security? Do you need anti-virus on your smartphone? And are Macs more secure than PCs?
We ask Eugene Kaspersky (Kaspersky) and Christian Seifert (Microsoft).
This episode’s Security Life Hack from Mikko Hyppönen (WithSecure)!
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Security planning can make your life easier to manage. It’s easy to become paralysed when you consider all of the threats that exist and all of the possible solutions. You can’t buy every security product available and you certainly shouldn’t even try.
There are risks that we all face (let’s call those ‘general risks’) and risks that are quite specific to you (‘individual risks’).
Security planning for anyone, whether you are the CEO of a large enterprise or a retired amateur gardener, should take into account what risks you (specifically) face and the consequences of something bad actually happening.
In this article we’re going to focus on cybersecurity, but the principles apply to any area of your life. In the computing world there are three major threats that we all face:
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Find all of the episodes from the award-winning Cyber Security DE:CODED Series Two in one handy place.
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The reports below contain security testing results. You can compare the performance of a variety of products that claim to protect you against online threats. This, in theory, will help individuals and businesses choose the best security product.
But these are free reports. How can you trust that the high-scoring vendors didn’t just pay for their ranking? Do you suspect that some low-scoring vendors dropped out of the report? Or asked to be retested until they scored better?
What are the rules behind the scenes in security testing?
ENDPOINT PROTECTION: NEW REPORTS ONLINE!
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Sometimes you just want to scan a wall of text to find the details you need. That’s impossible with a podcast. You often find yourself listening to different episodes, trying to find the nugget of information you half-remember hearing.
To help make our podcasts more accessible we have published full transcripts of each episode. Series One is complete and we’ll continue to transcribe Series Two when we start publishing its episodes.
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Everyone needs to protect themselves online. There is a lot of advice out there but much of it is confusing and contradictory. We’ll show you simple but effective steps you can take to put yourself in the top ranks. And you can help your friends and loved ones stay safe too.
This article is going to tell you everything you need to know to stay safe online. It won’t baffle you with too much detail. But rest assured, although the steps are simple they are backed up by our thorough and unbiased understanding of how computer security works. We don’t have anything to sell you. This is all good, free advice.
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Archive of security product and service test results
