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Do you Need a Group Policy?
This article forms part one of three articles which will discuss the importance of group policy for organisations, what Active Directory is, and how to implement best practice for use of these services within an entity. What is Group Policy? Group Policy is a method...
Pros and Cons of Azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud-based business solution designed for ease-of-access managment within organisations that scale from small to large. Cloud-based business solutions have become popular for offering less expense, less downtime, and often more security, with a...
Data Compromise – What the AWS Engineer Leak can Teach us
When an engineer working for AWS accidentally made almost a gigabyte worth of data public, resulting in a massive data compromise, it was Californian Cyber Security company Upguard that came to the rescue, contacting AWS to inform them of the breach. Greg Pollock,...
Iranian Spear-Phishing Attacks Escalate amid Rising Tensions with U.S.
Recent reports of spear-phishing emails targeted at U.S Government agencies have fed into fears that offensive Iranian cyber-attacks could be increasing amid rising tensions between the Middle-Eastern country and the U.S. Earlier this month the Trump administration...
The Biggest Mistakes Businesses Make Using PKI
PKI offers a higher standard of security for organisations than password authentication can. PKI, or public key infrastructure, uses Secure Shell to authenticate logons and privilege users accordingly. This added security allows for a safer transfer of information and...
How to find and fix Vulnerable Certificates in your Network
1 in 5 unique IP addresses are still using the vulnerable SHA-1 certificate, according to research by machine identity protection agency Venafi. There are multiples issues SSL certificates can be exposed to, including vulnerabilities from attacks like POODLE or...
The Biggest Mistakes Businesses Make Using PKI
With the pervasive evolution of the IoT at our doorstep, PKI has become one of the fastest-growing cyber-security tactics in business and government today. PKI is used to create, manage, distribute, use, store and revoke digital certificates. The visible management of...
Pros and Cons of Azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud-based storage solution designed for ease-of-access management for organisations that scale from small to large. There are several major players in cloud-storage solutions, Microsoft’s Azure is one of the largest. Like everything else, Azure...
PKI – The Pros and Cons
PKI offers a higher standard of security for organisations than password authentication can. PKI, or public key infrastructure, uses Secure Shell to authenticate logons and privilege users accordingly. This added security allows for a safer transfer of information and...
Office 365 – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-based application used by many organisations and individuals to help streamline workflows and allow for team collaboration. For organisations in the digital age, every application has its upsides and its downsides. Cons of Office 365:...
How to Combat the Cost of Cloud Computing for SME’s
You know Cloud Computing is too expensive when even Mark Zuckerberg complains about it. "In our bio board meetings, one of the things we talk about is the cost of the compute, and our AWS bill, for example, is one of the specific points.” He stated. According to...
Cogito Welcomes its Newest Regional Intern
In October 2019 Cogito welcomed its latest regional intern, Damian Bragg. Bragg comes to us from Wagga, after applying for the internship program online. Bragg found the internship to be an exciting opportunity as he had previously been awarded a Diploma and then...
Cogito Group Announces Reserve Bank of New Zealand as a Client
Cogito Group is proud to announce a new client, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Cogito Group will provide ICT security services to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, aiding in risk mitigation procedures, business enablement, and strengthening its overall security...
How to Set Up a Website (and make it secure)
If you have a business you need a website, and with a website you need website security. This means you need to know how to set up a website for a business. When it comes to setting up a website for a business these days it's never been easier. Content Management...
Common Mistakes Using PKI
PKI management is an overarching set of security structures used by organisations to create secure management of websites and other online services. PKI can be difficult to manage correctly. We've compiled a list of some of the common mistakes using PKI you should...
Cogito Announces the TeSA Network Access Engine
Today Cogito announces the deployment of the Technology Enabled Shared Accommodation capability in support of New Zealand Government. This project has sought to allow Government organisations to share buildings and services without having to be in the same security...
Best Practices for Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services is a business solution for cloud-based storage. Information that is both in transit and at rest needs to be protected from attackers and bad actors. Amazon Web Services is a global solution to the issue of cloud security. AWS offers analytics, web...
Actsmart Business Recycling Program
Cogito Group is recognised as a business that is actively recycling and being environmentally responsible. We contacted the Actsmart business recycling program to help us reduce costs, reduce impacts on the environment and meet corporate environmental commitments. We...
Microsoft has dumped periodic password expiration policies from its recommended Windows security baseline
This article was originally published on 17 May 2019 by Simon Sharwood for CRN.com.au Microsoft has for years recommended that administrators expire users’ passwords and force them to choose a new one every few weeks. The measure was thought to reduce risk by making...
Cogito and Ionize announce strategic partnership
Cogito Group and Ionize today announced a strategic partnership that will enable both companies to significantly strengthen the breadth and depth of their cyber security capabilities. Cogito Group and Ionize are both successful Australian cyber security companies...
Five Computer Security Myths, Debunked
This article was first published by Alan Henry on LifeHacker.com on 21 February 2019, and has been adapted for publishing on the Cogito Ergo Sum Blog Some computer security myths and stories that keep getting passed around, even though they’re clearly not true. There...
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