Category: Cyber Security Awareness

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Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) goes rogue

"Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) goes rogue" title with SafeStack mascot.

Or “How to design software with evil villains in mind”

As software developers and development leaders, we strive to create software that’s not only functional but also secure. We work hard to identify potential cyber security risks and vulnerabilities and implement preventive measures. But despite our best efforts, some individuals will always seek to exploit any weaknesses in our software. That’s where the concept of cyber security personas comes in.

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Take control of your cyber security training with SafeStack Learning Paths

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Every team’s cyber security training journey is unique, and we’re excited to share a new feature that helps you tailor yours to fit just right.

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Cyber security awareness: Is your business taking fraud prevention seriously?

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It can be a shock to realize that many businesses will lose time and money to fraud at some point. Especially when many companies don’t give fraud prevention much thought at all — perhaps until it’s too late.

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Cyber security: Facing 21st-century cyber risks on social media

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Over time, social media platforms and their users have become more informed about how cyber attackers use social media to perpetrate various scams and attacks. However, never ones to be left far behind, cyber attackers have continued to up their game.

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Cyber security awareness: Preparing for the new financial year

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As the financial year draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on the previous year and plan for the next. And those plans for the new financial year may well include introducing new cyber security measures within your organization.

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Cyber security awareness: Data & cyber security for everyone, a kinda quick overview

At SafeStack, we care about all businesses, from sole traders and small businesses to big corporates and government departments, spanning many industries and countries. We want to help everyone learn about cyber security, from front-of-house staff to fully remote CEOs.

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Cyber security awareness: Spotting dangerous file attachments

As more people have been working from home or other locations that aren’t a physical office in the last couple of years, you may have heard there’s also been a spike in spam and phishing attempts.

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Cyber security awareness: Safely sharing passwords in organisations

Our passwords do a lot of hard work for us. In simple terms, a password is a combination of characters, numbers, and symbols that protect our systems and accounts — and in turn, also protect the most valuable data we keep in our organizations.

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Cyber security awareness: Protect what matters with data classification

Digitization and cloud computing mean that employees have the potential to access some of their employer’s most valuable assets — sensitive data and intellectual property. Teams need clear guidelines on what information should be most protected.

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Cyber security awareness: Ten tips to stay safe from social engineering

Sometimes called the art of human hacking, social engineering is a type of attack where people are manipulated, influenced, or deceived into giving access to sensitive data and computer networks.

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