Secure Thinking to Speak at East Lancashire Employers Forum

Posted on January 11, 2012 by LeeH

Secure Thinking are pleased to announce that we will be presenting at January’s Employers Forum organised by CB Partners and supported by Blackburn College at Northbridge House, Burnley on Tuesday 24th January 2012 starting at 11:45am. “Online Business & Social … Continue reading →

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Does Compliance Improve Security?

Posted on December 20, 2011 by LeeH

This is a question that security professionals the world over debate endlessly. Does compliance actually mean better security? The simple answer is that in and of itself, no, compliance does not improve security.  Compliance and security are two different things. … Continue reading →

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Cyber Attacks and the Supply Chain

Posted on October 31, 2011 by LeeH

News out today that the chief of the UK’s communications intelligence agency GCHQ claims the country is subject to a “disturbing” number of cyber-attacks may come as a shock to many people. But the truth of the matter is that … Continue reading →

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Poor Management to Blame as Data Security Breaches Soar

Posted on October 27, 2011 by LeeH

It’s been an interesting week in the world of Secure Thinking, and that was before we saw the report from the Information Commissioner’s Office that private sector data security breaches have increased 58% in a year. We have had some … Continue reading →

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Secure Thinking When Online – Video

Posted on October 4, 2011 by LeeH

Short information security awareness video on how to keep yourself and your information safe when online – shopping, surfing or social networking for business or pleasure.

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Effective security starts with Secure Thinking

Posted on September 12, 2011 by LeeH

Education, Education, Education – that was the mantra of Tony Blair and the labour party  back in 1997. Their aim was to focus the electoate’s attention on the poor state of the UK’s  school system. Their goal, or at least … Continue reading →

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Coordinated & Complementary Security Services

Posted on September 6, 2011 by LeeH

Hard Work After much in the way of blood, sweat and tears (not all literally I hasten to add) we have now launched our new Information & IT Security Solutions on our shiny new website! Our new range of products, … Continue reading →

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Online Backup Service: Choosing Yours

Posted on August 3, 2011 by LeeH

There are many online backup and “cloud” data storage/sync solutions available via the internet. Some offer free backups and the paid ones start from as little as £5/month. But before you run off and pick a backup service for your … Continue reading →

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Do Web Developers Avoid Scrutiny?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by LeeH

Due to the nature of our business we speak to many people in various industries and something is becoming more and more clear as time goes by – website and web application developers are reluctant to have the security of … Continue reading →

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A New Breed of Hacker

Posted on June 18, 2011 by LeeH

An interesting development seems to have taken place in the world of Internet security over the last few months. Back in the early days of the web hackers were mainly script kiddies and other individuals or small groups out to … Continue reading →

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