Tamite Ltd

25/10/2024

Patch management software is vital to your layered security strategy as it simplifies updating your systems.

This blog on patch management follows my series of Cyber Awareness Month-themed polls on LinkedIn, highlighting the need to protect your networks.
NCSC statistics showed that 70% of cybersecurity incidents targeted SMEs/SMBs during the past year, while 90% of cybersecurity incidents can be avoided by following NCSC guidelines.
UK Gov figures also show that 60% of these incidents could have been avoided if the systems had been securely patched

In this series of blogs I intend to provide an overview of the layers of security that create a cohesive Cybersecurity strategy suitable for most businesses.

Patch management software is a vital component of your layered security strategy as it simplifies keeping your systems updated.

14/05/2024

I was interested to see how other countries are dealing with Online Safety, the Chinese approach will get many parents vote.

We have been writing extensively about the UK Online Safety Act, but I was interested to see how other countries deal with the same issues. I have left the referring site links intact for anyone who fancies a trip down a rabbit hole today. I had Copilot research for me and found an excellent piece ....

10/05/2024

Will the online safety bill make the Internet a safer place for all of us and provide additional protection for our children online. Read the Tamite blog for our view

The Online Safety Act (OSA) was passed in October 2023 as a bill aims to make the Internet safe for all of us, especially our children.

09/05/2024

The news that Ofcom has warned social media providers that they could be named, shamed, and banned for those under 18 if they failed to comply with new online safety rules.

Social algorithms must change to protect children – Ofcom – BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrx13jj9p3o

When they are trawling for content, young people (actually, not just young people) lack a sense of “why this stuff” is being served up to them.
This is a problem I honestly can’t relate to, as the Internet wasn’t a thing when I was a kid, and CBBC and Teletext were hardly challenging technology environments.

So I’m very much pro-regulation of the Internet, especially where children are concerned; even the “Wild West” finally got regulation, but not before a lot of people ended up shot.

For more on how we can take positive actions to protect children on the web and Social media see our latest blog ...https://tamite.co.uk/what-is-the-online-safety-act-and-how-can-you-keep-children-safe-online/

Making sure your children are safe online can't be left to regulation; children hopefully receive online safety training at schools. But...

30/04/2024

IT Services with Security at the centre. The goal high availability of your IT systems and to help customers adopt the best AI services.

06/03/2024

This week, I had the opportunity to see firsthand just how frustrating it is to deal with an account hijack.
The customer contacted me, as one of the retired partners had unfortunately been victim to a hijacked personal email account.

The hijacking was discovered when spam was sent from the compromised account, some of which was directed toward the retired partner’s old company.

It wasn't difficult to work out how the account had been compromised the passwords were too simple and anyway we shouldn't just rely on passwords to protect our data.

Stolen passwords are the most common cause of account compromise. Compromised accounts are often used in phishing campaigns and to send spam.
https://tamitesecureit.com/how-good-is-my-password/

how good is my password, in most cases not good enough. Account hijacking is on the rise and can cause you and your business serious issues.