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		<title>Is Public Wi-Fi a good thing?</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2012/01/19/is-public-wi-fi-a-good-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short answer is yes.  While I have a mobile 3G hotspot which I take around with me, you can’t always get a good signal and it can be very slow.  I use free and pay for access Wi-Fi all the time, I am just careful what I do and don’t do on it.  Catching [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=139&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To web filter or not to web filter?</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2011/12/19/to-web-filter-or-not-to-web-filter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Filtering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web filtering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Restricting Internet access is always a contentious issue.  During my working life I’ve sat both sides of the fence, as a frustrated user and more recently as an administrator of multiple filtering solutions who has been on the receiving end of end user complaints because sites were blocked. When working for a previous employer they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=131&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have I just guessed your password?</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2011/12/09/have-i-just-guessed-your-password/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strong authentication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SplashData recently released its list of the 25 worst passwords of 2011.  You can read the full list here, but the five worst were…. password 123456 12345678 qwerty abc123 If you use any of the passwords on the list change them immediately! The curse of the sticky note We’ve all seen it before, passwords stuck [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=108&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you remotely accessing your data securely?</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2011/11/30/are-you-remotely-accessing-your-data-securely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[secure data access]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flexible working is a rather vague term that can describe where an employee works, the type of contract or hours of work.  In this context I am referring to the ability for employees to be able to work away from the central office via the use of remote access technology.  We are an IT company [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=97&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What security issues are small and medium sized businesses facing?</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2011/11/27/top-10-security-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is our view on the top 10 security issues facing small and medium sized businesses currently.  You’ll find plenty of different opinions on what the top 10 should include, largely driven by the type of business, but this list is based on our own experiences.  This list is in no particular order. Flexible working [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=87&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The perils of paper</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2011/11/20/79/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dumpster diving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops! politicians Vince Cable and Oliver Letwin have been back in the news for all the wrong reasons again &#8211; this time it was disposing of confidential paper work in public bins &#8211; and in Vince Cable&#8217;s case this incident has been referred to the Information Commissioners Office. This is a timely reminder that data [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=79&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technology alone will not protect you from phishing attacks</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2011/11/04/technology-alone-will-not-protect-you-from-phishing-attacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Email Filtering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phishing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent reports reveal approx 80% of all email traffic is spam.  Of this 2% of emails are phishing emails design to extract confidential information from potential victims.  As effective as technology is at stopping these emails, some will still get through, therefore educating users is key to helping them protect themselves against these kinds of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=50&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Raising awareness of social engineering</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2010/08/05/raising-awareness-of-social-engineering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few weeks I have been following the build up to the Social Engineer CTF contest which was held last weekend at Defcon in the USA.   While we now know who the winners were, the end results are still a few weeks away but some interesting bits of information have now emerged.

The aim of the contest was to demonstrate the power of social engineering and raise awareness, without actually doing anything illegal or causing harm to the target companies.  In the run up to the Defcon weekend there was a lot of negative press relating to the competition because there were concerns about contestants’ acting improperly, targeting personal information and causing negative publicity for the targeted companies and individuals etc. This resulted in some security companies sending out warning emails to their customers, so you could say it achieved its aim of raising awareness before it even started. Prior to the competition weekend each competitor was given a target company, they then had to use passive techniques to research their target before planning and submitting a plan of attack 1 week before Defcon.  They then had approx 20 minutes to perform the attack at Defcon gathering as much information as possible.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=28&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<link>http://blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk/2010/06/09/welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shieldit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to the new Shield IT Solutions blog.  Over the coming months you&#8217;ll find a range of posts from our techies on various topics.  We will also be inviting guest writers to post on topics we feel maybe of interest to our readers.  Feel free to leave any feedback / comments on any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shielditsolutions.co.uk&amp;blog=14103138&amp;post=16&amp;subd=shielditsolutions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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