Microsoft

Prepare for Windows 10 end of support

Indelible Data offers a range of packages for Cyber Essentials certification. Windows 10 will reach end of life in October 2025 unless you have purchased extended support, Microsoft has revealed. This will mean users will have to update to Windows 11 says Cyber Compliance Technician Aidan Collins. For some, this will force the purchase of …

GDPR still ‘fit for the job’ after record-breaking Facebook fine

Facebook received a £1bn fine last month, the biggest GDPR penalty ever issued by the European Data Protection Board writes Cyber Security Technician Tom Boughton. It was imposed after repeated violations of the General Data Protection Regulation, caused by Meta IE’s transfer of EU citizen data to the US for storage and processing. While the …

Team building for Brain Tumour Research

We wanted to make our latest staff outing not only a team building jolly but also something that gave back to the community. So we chose to raise money for Brain Tumour Research as part of Wear A Hat day by cycling and walking the equivalent of Cumbria’s circumference. Thanks to the generosity of clients, …

Update from LastPass on 2022 breach?

Two months on… should we still be worried about the LastPass breach? Over the Christmas period, popular password manager LastPass announced that hackers had gained access to customer’s password vaults writes Tyson McGuirk. This follows on from an attack in August 2022 where access was gained to a developer account. It is believed information obtained …

Cyber Essentials challenge for Special Educational Needs schools

Indelible Data offers a range of packages for Cyber Essentials certification.   Cyber Essentials can be a challenging certification to achieve for schools that operate Special Educational Needs (SEN) facilities explains Aidan Collins. With limited public guidance for SEN schools relating to Cyber Essentials, the following blog aims to help those who may have concerns …

It’s a new cyber frontier for Tyson

IT’S like a new frontier with a million opportunities says Indelible Data’s newest cyber recruit on joining the business. The expanding company interviewed hopefuls from across the UK to find its latest cyber security candidate but found Tyson McGuirk just a few miles away from its Maryport headquarters. The 23-year-old from Harrington, Cumbria moved from …

Internet Explorer 11 causing Cyber Essentials Plus failure

Indelible Data offers a range of packages for Cyber Essentials certification. Internet Explorer has reached its end-of-life date and all organisations should ensure it is removed to help protect their systems, and avoid failing Cyber Essentials Plus says Euan Henderson – Cyber Technologist and Cyber Essentials assessor If an unsupported installation is found during a Cyber …

Building a cyber secured construction sector

By Aidan Collins Cyber Security Apprentice Latest guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB),  highlights common cyber security threats to the construction sector. Due to the increasing modernisation of the once analogue construction industry, particularly small to medium sized construction companies are being targeted with …