Learning to Spread Your Wings
Many of you will know that I love wildlife and nature. I am very lucky to live in the countryside where we share our garden (and sometimes the house) with a multitude of wild creatures. It also means that it …
Testing Positive
Exams, tests, assessments – whatever format they come in will, no doubt, make you anxious. I lovingly refer to them as ‘Celebrations of Knowledge’ but whatever coating you put on it – it’s still a test! Formal examinations are a …
Charity Begins by Taking Care
We define Social Engineering as ‘attacking the human’. Which sounds quite brutal and although in the world of cyber this is not a physical attack against a human – it is a threat that seeks out human vulnerabilities. I normally …
To Certify or Not to Certify? – That is the Question!
Disclaimer: Before reading this blog – it is very important to point out that I work for one of the best training companies in the UK (and elsewhere in Europe) who deliver training courses under the unique selling point of …
Why is a fork-lift truck driver not a geek?
I have always been interested in computers and technology. Even when it wasn’t very technologically advanced – it amazed me. Like a lot of people of a certain age – we have seen the technological revolution unfold in front of …
Is your network device fit for the road?
Earlier this week (24 Nov 2021) the UK Government announced the publication of a new law which sets out to protect consumers of certain technical devices from cyber attacks. The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill – factsheets – …
Surfing LNER
Anybody remember the classic Beachboys song ‘Surfing USA’? Well how about ‘Surfing LNER’ as an alternative? I am getting dismayed in my classes as my references to all time great music hits are now being met with sideways glances and …
Money Can’t Buy Me Love
Lennon and McCartney geniuses ahead of their time penned and chanted these famous words of wisdom back in the 1960’s. Although you could argue against it, they are probably true words. Recently, I was doing some research at work – …
R is for Security
A lot of users, consumers and companies were hit by the recent Facebook outage in early October. Speculation ran high as to the cause of the outage and most probably a fair percentage of us instantly thought – “Cyber Attack!?” …
What’s Your Porn-Star Name?
Strange question and unless you are a porn-star you probably don’t have one?! However, we probably know the joke. Take your first pets name and your mothers maiden name and hey presto! That (apparently) would be your porn-star name (please …