Cybility Savvy

📝Show notes:

Michala Liavaag talks with Laura Dawson, Director of the Data and Technology Services at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has been a leader in the Charity and Not for Profit sector for nearly 30 years including RSPB, Save the Children UK and British Council. 

They discuss the ins and outs of cybersecurity in the higher education sector from the perspectives of both employee and trustee. 

This is the part 2 of the conversation. If you haven’t listened to the first episode yet, check it out: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1848607/9684259-s1e8-interview-with-laura-dawson-part-1.mp3?download=true

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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🎵Music by CFO Garner

📝Show notes:

Michala Liavaag dives into what executives, non-executive directors and trustees need to know about 'Log4shell', a new vulnerability that is rated at the maximum 10. 

The main facts you need to know: What is it? Where is it? Why should we care? What can we do about it? 

She also discusses misconceptions and shares some questions leaders should ask their IT, third party providers and other suppliers. 

NOTES: 

After the recording of this episode, Apache have released v2.16: https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/

At 3m38s, RCE is mentioned and it stands for Remote Code Execution. 

👉 Cited in this episode: 

Apache Foundation https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html

NCSC UK https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/apache-log4j-vulnerability

NHS Digital Cyber Alerts https://digital.nhs.uk/cyber-alerts/2021/cc-3989

Affected software lists: MVN Repository https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core/usages

NCSC-NL https://github.com/NCSC-NL/log4shell/tree/main/software

Manual testing (only to be used on sites you/your IT are authorised to test) https://log4shell.huntress.com/

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🤝Connect with Michala and Cybility Savvy:

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

📝Show notes:

Michala Liavaag talks with Laura Dawson, Director of the Data and Technology Services at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has been a leader in the Charity and Not for Profit sector for nearly 30 years including RSPB, Save the Children UK and British Council. 

They discuss the ins and outs of cybersecurity in the higher education sector from the perspectives of both employee and trustee. 

This is the part 1 of the interview. Join us next week for Part 2. 

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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There is a lot of talk about the 'cybersecurity skills gap' - but what does this mean? What can organisations and individuals do to address it? 

In this episode, Michala Liavaag gives her view on these questions and provides useful resources for leaders and individuals to help tackling this thorny issue. 

👉 Cited in this episode: 

National Cyber Security Centre Cyberfirst scheme https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberfirst/overview Trailblazers https://www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk/cyberfirst-trailblazers

Chartered Institute of Information Security's roles framework https://www.ciisec.org/Capability_Methodology

Charity Security Forum https://charitiessecurityforum.org.uk/

Charity IT Leaders https://www.charityitleaders.org.uk/

Acevo https://www.acevo.org.uk/

Data Security Centre NHS https://digital.nhs.uk/cyber

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🤝Connect with Michala and Cybility Savvy:

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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🎵Music by CFO Garner

📝Show notes:

Michala Liavaag is in conversation with Jackie Freeman, a former Chief Financial Officer and currently a consultant and trustee of Age UK, Shape Arts and The Roundhouse Trust. 

She candidly shares her journey to becoming a cyber savvy executive and the lessons she learned on the way. 

Check the Trustee’s week events: https://trusteesweek.org/events/

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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What can we do so our products, services and processes have security built in by design and enabled by default?

 In this episode, Michala Liavaag talks about how not-for-profit organisations can think Cybersecurity first. 

This is the last week of CyberSecurity Awareness Month, but Cybersecurity isn't just for October - #BeCyberSmart throughout the year. 

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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How can charities be victims of cyber frauds? What can they do about it?

In the third week of the Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Michala Liavaag clarifies this important issue and give practical tips for charity leaders. 

👉 Cited in this episode: 

Fraud advisory panel https://www.fraudadvisorypanel.org/

10 questions for trustees: https://www.fraudadvisorypanel.org/10-questions-for-trustees/

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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What are phishing emails? How can organisations protect themselves against them?

In the second week of the Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Michala Liavaag shares how leaders can help their organisations to tackle phishing: those messages that aim at tricking people into clicking a malicious link in order to steal data. 

Do your Part. #Be Cyber Smart. 

More on the Cybersecurity Awareness Month here: https://staysafeonline.org/cybersecurity-awareness-month/

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

📝Show notes:

What does it mean to be cybersmart?

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! 

This year, the campaign theme is “Do your Part. #Be Cyber Smart”. 

Aligned with that, Michala Liavaag discusses three ways non-for-profit organisations can become more cyber smart: Creating Passphrases Using Multi-factor authentication Performing cybersecurity software updates (patching).

 More on the Cybersecurity Awareness Month here: https://staysafeonline.org/cybersecurity-awareness-month/

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🤝Connect with Michala and Cybility Savvy:

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

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🎵Music by CFO Garner

📝Show notes:

Can you be a victim of a cybersecurity attack? Why would anyone target a not-for-profit organisation?

Michala Liavaag dives into the reasons why not-for-profit organisations are likely victims of cybersecurity attacks and what they can do about it.

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🤝Connect with Michala and Cybility Savvy:

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner

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✍🏾Written and produced by Michala Liavaag

🎦Co-produced and edited by Ana Garner video

🎵Music by CFO Garner