Security Roundup July 2024

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Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. MFA momentum gathers after AWS adoption and Snowflake breach Multi-factor authentication (MFA) got a boost on two fronts recently. One of the largest tech companies, Amazon Web Services, has now made it mandatory for privileged accounts. Another reason is that […]

Security Roundup June 2024

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Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Numbers up for ransomware (again) as UK considers bold move Some interesting numbers around ransomware’s ongoing scourge from various sources. Google Cloud’s Mandiant division had some insights into trends, with two-thirds of ransomware in 2023 coming from new variants, and the remainder […]