Darryl MacLeod, Author at Securicy

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Security Best Practices for Your Windows 10 Computer

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Darryl MacLeod

Windows 10 comes with tons of great features for your business, including privacy and security tools for hardening your computer. This guide gives you our top tips and best practices for securing your computer and business operations. Many of these tips are pretty straightforward, free, or even seem...

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How to Encrypt a Hard Drive with BitLocker in Windows 10

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Darryl MacLeod

Encryption is key to making sure that your data is protected. It’s also an easy best practice to include in your security policies. The encryption process can vary between systems and devices so we’re going to break it down one at a time for you, starting with Windows 10 and Bitlocker. Bit...

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How to Disable Automatic Login in Windows 10

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Darryl MacLeod

When you first set up a new PC with Windows 10, you create a user account which is set by default to log in automatically at startup. This likely isn’t a problem if you’re at home all the time, but if you have a laptop this becomes a serious security risk. Especially if you travel […]...

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How to Enable Auto-Updates in Windows 10

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Darryl MacLeod

Updates in Windows 10 are critical for keeping your systems secured. Cybersecurity specialists send alerts and reminders to businesses and government agencies on a regular basis about installing updates. A flaw called “Bluekeep” discovered in the spring of 2019 triggered such advisories ...

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How Big Tech Companies Can Regain Customer Trust

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Darryl MacLeod

Distrust towards big tech firms has grown around the world. Users have legitimate reasons to be concerned about the large amounts of personal data they share with these companies. Big tech companies collect an incredible amount of data from their users that malicious hackers could potentially exploi...

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Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Darryl MacLeod

Your intellectual property (IP) is your company’s holy grail. It’s what you put out into the world to get a return in revenue. And because there are people in the world who are willing to break laws to get information, your IP is at risk of being stolen and used against you. What Classifies as ...

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How to Setup an Incident Response Plan

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Darryl MacLeod

Incident response plans are a critical part of any business’s information security program. We know that it’s important for employees to care about cybersecurity – but what do they know what to do if an incident occurs? What classifies as an “incident?” There doesn’t have to be a...

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How to Make Your Team Care About Cyber Security

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Darryl MacLeod

Whether they know it or not, employees are on the frontline of the defence against cyber attacks. The mindset of “it won’t happen to us”, when it comes to being breached, can be hard to change but it’s important to keep the team motivated to care about cyber security. We talked about why emp...

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How to Encrypt a Partition in Linux

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Darryl MacLeod

You can protect your data by encrypting a partition in Linux. With Linux, you actually have a number of ways to add encryption to your servers and desktops. One of the more secure routes is encrypting an entire partition (as opposed to folder-level encryption). By encrypting an entire partition in L...

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How to Install Antivirus on Linux (Ubuntu)

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Darryl MacLeod

Linux is generally considered to be more secure than other operating systems. However, it’s increasingly a target of attackers; as Linux systems are used for critical roles like web servers and internal file servers. In addition to being susceptible to Linux-based and cross-platform exploits, unpr...

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