Cybercriminals used to rely on broad spam attacks with limited success. Unfortunately, times have changed. Today, highly-targeted email phishing schemes are penetrating the IT systems of major organisations around the world, leading to massive data hacks and security breaches. If it feels like high-profile cyber crimes are in the news every day, it’s because they […]
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Cybercriminals operate at incredible speed. Meaning that today, defending local government networks from cyber attacks is an ever-evolving battle that never stops. Cyber threats, including hackers, proxy groups and threat actors can take advantage of system vulnerabilities within days of them being discovered, and successful techniques will rapidly spread among criminal communities. Scary, right? With
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By restricting the number of operating systems and applications that have admin access, you can greatly reduce your risks. Why? Well, admin accounts hold all the keys, so an attacker only needs to get access to one admin login, and they can do a lot of damage. It’s also sensible to regularly review your admin
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