Webinar Series Update: Evading Anti-Virus
In the webinar I gave last week based on “How attackers break in“, there were several questions at the end that focused on password management and then also evading anti-virus. During the webinar, I...
Category: Encryption
Where is Liam?
It is that time of year where everyone starts to get busy, the weather changes, and people tend to be much happier all around. We have normally got through the winter time and the...
Invoke-Obfuscation
While testing PowerShell commands with Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP) and preparing for some webinars I am doing in April and May, I spent some time using the framework “Invoke-Obfuscation“. I thought it...
How secure is #Office365 against cyber-threats?
How secure is Office 365 against cyber-threats? One of the questions I get asked frequently is this. Even with Microsoft providing documentation, guidance and speaking at conference saying how secure it is, we still...
What does GDPR mean for you and Office 365
By now you will have heard about the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will be coming into effect shortly. This was started by the European Commission in 2012 and finally generally agreed...
Understanding Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs)
For some of the work I do, there is often a need to have a secure workstation that will let me perform tasks for Administration only, and not be vulnerable to any type of...
Infographic: Stop Hackers
Ever so often I like to post Info-graphics that I think are useful to not just me but to others too. This one is courtesy of http://privacypolicies.com “Hackers will often try to glean information...
SQL 2016 Always Encrypted – Part 2
So in my last post we looked at the basics of setting up “Always Encryption” within SQL 2016. In this post we will look at actually getting data into the SQL table using the...
SQL 2016 Always Encrypted
So as you may know, SQL 2016 reached RTM on June 1st, and as such are now able to take advantage of the new “Always Encryption” within your environments. The encryption works by using...
