It’s the holidays and The Out of Office Message

I thought I would use one of my holiday snaps from earlier this year, for this article. To make it a bit summery. The view is from where I pitched my tent across Loch Lomond, Scotland, at sunset.

Over the last week or so, the annual flow of “Out-of-Office” messages are coming into my inbox – which reminded me of an article I wrote a couple of summers back about the information leak, these types of auto-replies can lead to.

Rather than rewrite the article – it is the summer holidays after all – here is a link to the original article:

The Out-Of-Office Email and How It Compromises Your Organisation’s Cyber Security

Reading this article, got me thinking about a conversation I recently had with some clients, who are part way through an IT and Cyber Security Audit, about their use of email and a situation I had with my email. That led to this article looking at a couple of other ways your organisation’s confidential information can be compromised, when key members of your team go on holiday:

What’s in your email? | Smart Thinking Solutions

The summer is here…

During August, I will be taking a break from wtiring these longer articles, but I will be back in September and will be starting off with a new Back-to-Basics Primer mini-series.

Have a great summer.

Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles

Further Reading

The Basics of Cyber Security – A quick look at OSINT and Redacting

Photo credit Clive Catton (www.clivecatton.co.uk)