After more than 15 years in service, the original Secure Boot certificates are approaching the end of their planned lifecycle. If your Windows PC or laptop was born after 2012, chances are it has secure boot enabled. But what is it? Secure Boot is a built-in protection that ensures your computer only starts with trusted software, helping prevent malware or tampering during start-up. The trust is based on a certificate. And the certificate will expire…
For almost a decade Windows has quietly enabled BitLocker (or “Device Encryption”) automatically on new devices. Probably without the owner’s knowledge. BitLocker is like a protective case around your data, with a padlock guarding the contents. The padlock is automatically ‘closed’ by signing into a Microsoft account. A 48‑digit recovery ‘key’ for the padlock should be uploaded to that Microsoft account when the process finishes. The daily opening and closing of the secure case is…
Are you confident your cyber security would hold up if someone asked you about it? It’s not something most business owners spend time thinking about. It tends to come up in the moment. A client asks how their data is protected, a regulator wants more detail, or you hear about another business having a problem and it gets you wondering how you would respond. That’s usually when a few important questions surface… and the answers…
