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About moi on pre-college: you do not need a degree to get somewhere - thank you Mrs Sloane!

Details: Category: My Career Story; Published: 28 May 2020

At the start of every training course I deliver, I introduce myself and the detail of the introduction depends on the audience. Under 18s = short, adults = medium and apprentices = longest. Apprentices being 18+ are mainly starting off in life so it is good to tell them how I got here nearly sixteen years later. Luck? Potentially but more always going beyond the call of duty and showing passion. N.B. People in your early career do not go into a job interview like these articles or it may slow you down!

Born in the eighties in London, I went to a decent state infant & junior school near my home. Life was good and from an early age I liked to be practical and make or take stuff apart. Typically, I was the youngest in the class which maybe slowed me down a little. Year six ended and it was time to jump into big school, also known as secondary or high school. One funny fact. I was “bribed” as a ten-year-old to go to a non-private secondary school further away. The bribe? A SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) from the extinct Blockbuster store.

11 cybersecurity tips for more secure home-working during the Covid-19 outbreak

Details: Category: Cyber Security; Published: 24 March 2020

Keep your company and personal details safe while working from home. QA Cyber Security Technical Consultant Graeme Batsman offers tips for secure remote working.

The Coronavirus is not bad for everyone. VPN providers and products, internet service providers, SaaS video-conferencing and two-factor providers and products companies must be booming currently.

And for many adults, working at home some of the time is a dream, but for the foreseeable future - with the potential of homeschooling children at the same time - the novelty will soon wear off.

Remote working has its cyber security dangers, so here are some useful tips to keep you secure remotely at this time.

My partner is a landscape gardener - who would want to hack me?

Details: Category: Cyber Security; Published: 03 February 2020

You may think your small business would not be interesting to global cyber crooks. But you may have a client or supplier who may be of interest. Graeme Batsman explains so-called "supply-chain security" and why you should guard sensitive information closely.

What is supply-chain security?
In the world of cybersecurity, supply-chain security means that every business, big or small, in an organisation's supply chain must have proper cybersecurity measures in place, otherwise cyber attackers could get to a big organisation via a vulnerability in their supplier network.

Supply-chain security is something we hear about all the time. One famous example of poor supply-chain security is the “Target vendor, Fazio Mechanical, confirms being victim of attack” case where attackers in the Former Soviet Union broke in through a small company specialising in refrigeration and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). According to Nextgov, such supply-chain attacks increased 78% in 2018. So what about the smaller fish? Your employees or the one-man-band who services an estate of a billionaire?