Cymraeg

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Childproofing technology

Children are naturally curious, mischievous and exasperating, often all in equal measure. It’s part of growing up, learning, developing and maturing. They’ll dive into the cyber world with enthusiasm and innocence and will happily explore until they encounter something dark and disturbing. In a world of ubiquitous Internet access it might seem like an almost […]

Some of the good stuff about social networking

Sometimes, my conscience gets the better of me. This time, it’s about social networking. I seem to write so much and so often about the pitfalls of Facebook, Twitter et al that I feel compelled to write something positive about it too, based on an event I witnessed recently and a beneficial new way of […]

Just how damaging is cyberbullying?

Thankfully, many parents these days are aware that cyberbullying is an issue their children will likely face when they’re online. But do they really have a sense how just wild and rabid cyber space can be? The internet provides a sense of anonymity for cyber bullies and this ability to hide unleashes the worst aspects […]

Information Commissioner’s Office and Safer Internet Day 2014

Under our remit as the UK’s independent authority for upholding information rights in the public interest, at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) we have created a series of lesson plans and resources to give teachers the opportunity to inform students of the importance of personal information, privacy, and safety online. Children start using computers from […]

The Top 25 passwords of 2013

Like the music chart, there’s also a list of the top passwords used every year. Released by password management company SplashData, unlike the music chart it lists not the Top 40 but the Top 25 passwords used in that year. In common with the music chart, however, it compares the position of each respective password […]

Kids and mobile devices – keeping safe and secure

Tablets … smartphones … apps. With the PC market in freefall and even laptops being fairly and squarely relegated by tablets and hybrid devices, they seem to be all everyone’s buying these days. And if the news is to be believed, that includes a growing number of youngsters. Recent research from uSwitch.com, for example, shows […]

Is online safety foremost in the minds of people buying the new rash of low-cost tablets?

So now you can buy a tablet in the UK for £30, with the launch of the UbiSlate 7Ci. £30 … and just in time for Christmas! The surge of Low-cost tablets This follows a rash of new launches designed presumably, to get everyone online everywhere. Tesco kicked it off with the launch of 7in […]

Twitter bullies, think hard about what you’re doing

Me, I’m not a great lover of I’m a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here any more. I used to be for the first couple of seasons, but like Masterchef and so many other similar programmes that are perenially successful, they become ‘same old, same old’ and I need to move on to something with […]

Online security: Why MI5 and GCHQ need to listen to small businesses too.

Back in July, the UK’s intelligence agencies MI5 and GCHQ urged the country’s FTSE 350 companies to take part in a cyber-governance health check. The aim of the campaign? Incentivise large companies to ramp up their online security, following the announcement that 93% of large organisations reported breaches in the past year, and that companies […]

Kids and smartphones …. what I say to parents

I originally wrote this blog for mobilesecurity.com but with their blessing I’ve pinched it back to post on our own website. I’m regularly asked: “What advice can you give me about my kids and smartphones?” “How long have you got,” I reply, followed by a suggestion that we sit down and chat over a cup […]