Troy, 1200BCE (give or take a year). The Greeks have left their camp outside the walls, and in their place is a large wooden horse. Ignoring the cowardly sceptics, the Trojans open the gates, drag this thing inside the city and close and bar the gates. Then it’s party...
Insurance is a must to mitigate many business risks. Fire, flood, employee liability, and so on. One of the newer risks is cybercrime. Banks and other financial institutions make tempting targets for cybercriminals, who can walk away with millions, unnoticed until...
Passwords are a perennial problem. In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need passwords (or padlocks, or police officers, or burglar alarms). We could trust the world to mind its own business, and not interfere in ours. But as we are all too aware, our homes and businesses...
The festive season sees a huge increase in internet usage… …Christmas dinner ingredients can now be ordered and delivered to your door, boxing-day sales can be perused without leaving the house and unwanted gifts can be returned without anyone ever...
Has your personal data ever been involved in a data breach? How would you know if it had? Created in 2013, the ‘Have I Been Pwned’ site makes it easy for internet users to find out if their personal data has ever been compromised by data breaches. The site is...
