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Cryptography techniques, correct implementation (OWASP Top 10)
Cryptography is the study of secure communication and is used to protect information from unauthorised access. Cryptography defines securing a message using the encryption and decryption methods. Encryption is one of the main techniques used in cryptography. It converts plain text into cipher text. From readable to unreadable. However blind and incorrect implementation of these […]
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Vulnerable and Outdated Components (OWASP top 10)
OWASP (The Open Worldwide Application Security Project) is an online community that produces freely available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies in the fields of IoT, system software and web application security.The OWASP Top 10 is a regularly updated list of some of the most critical risks in application security. Vulnerable and Outdated Components is […]
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Guideline for preventing scams targeting employees and organizations
Overview In recent incidents, company employees are being targeted on WhatsApp by an unknown contact posing as eg the CEO. We have ourselves faced this issue however thanks to our robust security measures, none of the employees contacted fell victim to this fraudulent attempt. Immediate reporting to the team and blocking the unknown number showcased […]
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How Kaizen, continuous improvement, helped with a great approach to optimisation and security.
The challenge?Every company/organisation has internal tasks which include organization goals, compliances, governing body requirements etc which need to be accomplished. These could be related to Finance Human Resource Documentation Security Operation Compliance Infrastructure In the mix of so many daunting challenges or issues it’s easy to get lost or push it for the future, when […]
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Our festive offer of £1,000 discount for vulnerability / penetration test
Years back we started our security division because we noted a gap in the market. Regulatory body expected website and web service owners to ensure various security measures including conducting annual ethical hack (vulnerability/penetration test) however the charges for these was expensive. We felt the need for many of our clients and could not find […]
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Company / employee handbook for vision and compliance policies and procedures
What is a company/employee handbook? A company handbook is a document which has all the key information that an employee, and others associated with the company might need for compliance and for understanding the companies vision, policy and procedures for general operations and data protection etc. It helps having a central document easily accessible by […]
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Security Awareness Training Policy
Purpose The purpose of this Security Awareness Training Policy is to establish guidelines and requirements for the ongoing education and training of all employees, contractors, and third-party vendors of sapnagroup regarding cybersecurity best practices and threats. This policy aims to ensure that all individuals associated with the organization are well-informed and equipped to protect sensitive […]
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Why are surveys and acknowledgements important for an organization for process compliance? And how to use Google forms for this.
Every organization has policies and procedures which are shared with the employees, partners, suppliers etc. In an ideal world everything will be fine, however from experience we all know things can go wrong. The management decides on the topics of a training program without checking with the staff or key players what problems employees face. […]
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sapnagroup is migrating to a new password management system. Do you need to as well?
Why does one need a password manager? Central system for all your passwords One password to access all the others Secure way to store passwords What should one look for in a password manager? Sync across devices if needed Backups Master key or alternative recovery option Allows creating folders Allows performing search Active support and […]