Joseph Lwebuga’s Post

Supply chain attacks are having a toll this year as businesses continue to invest in improving the security of their information and technology assets, threat actors have found a way to gain illegal access to corporate systems and networks, often through vendors/suppliers/business partners. You may wonder why, and the answer is simple: your business partner, supplier, or vendor is often a reliable conduit to your business because they have some form of access, either over the network through VPN or via shared services." Though such attacks have been branded as " Supply chain attacks". Do you close an eye on other business partners like business customers for cases of B2B (business to business). Therefore, as you weigh the goodies the new partner brings on the table it's crucial to ensure that the business partner you're on boarding has a solid information security program in place, with proactive measures to mitigate risks before they escalate." Obviously you should be worried when your business partner is compromised as your business may quickly become the next victim, thus it’s of value to constantly monitoring the threat environment is thus important.

I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect from Amazon Web Services (AWS)!

For anyone who never followed up on the news about the Medibank hack in 2022, look it up. In the press, it was one of those cyber breaches that involved a huge data loss. Guess what control was under looked or postponed before the attack? Multi-factor Authentication.

There is still some work to be done - to evangelize good password practices even when in the cloud. Wonder why, check out the report 👇 https://lnkd.in/ddBSx4hZ

This is a one-pager that anyone with an Android device would go through this cyber awareness month, a smartphone is a computer too. #cyberawareness #awareness https://lnkd.in/dqst2xpE