Stories by Craig Ford

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Craig is currently employed by Davichi a Brisbane based MSP/MSSP as a senior ICT security engineer. Craig is continuing to expand his knowledge and furthering his participation in the security industry by both presenting for conferences and contributing articles to CSO.

Hackers are not the bad guys

Every day we are seeing more and more articles saying hackers have broken into another system somewhere in the world with an image depicting a person in a hoodie, usually in a darkened scene hunched over a laptop or computer screen, sometimes even with gloves on.

Craig Ford | 28 Aug | Read more

Should small businesses care about cybersecurity?

​There seems to be a constant bombardment of alerts and articles landing in my inbox over the last few months of system breach after system breach, it really does seem like the future is going to be a challenging one for businesses when we are talking about protecting your businesses from this ever-expanding avalanche of attacks.

Craig Ford | 30 Jul | Read more

Could your staff spot a phishing email in their inbox?

Phishing campaigns have been a security concern for years plaguing our email systems and clogging up resources. Yes, spam filters are getting better but these pesky emails are still getting through to staff and are still claiming victims. Is this a lack of training or are we going down the wrong track while trying to educate staff on what to look for?

Craig Ford | 24 Jul | Read more

Does your organisation have cyber insurance?

Let’s start at the beginning and outline a few statistics to indicate the cybersecurity problem as it exists in Australia and then I will outline what benefits cyber insurance can bring to your organisation. That way you can better make a decision on what cyber insurance packages are best suited for your organisation.

Craig Ford | 05 Jul | Read more