I was rather bemused to read this ‘tweet’ sent out by RDC
#rochfordbusiness it’s question time on #cybercrime Cllr Terry Cutmore starts the discussion with question about mobile phone security pic.twitter.com/Bgxq8pUSAO
— Rochford DC (@RochfordDC) January 24, 2018
Back in June 2017, I sent an email to the Managing Director, Shaun Scrutton, with my concern that some members were still operating iPad 4’s which were shortly to become ‘end of life’ – this means, of course, no further security updates released for the devices. In December 2017, again I made an attempt at getting the Council to ‘see sense’ and take action on this worrying state of affairs. I have now had to ask whether I am liable for any data breach if my iPad is ‘hacked’ – no reply at the time of writing.
I was assured in another more recent email that we would be migrating to O365 in January – still no sign of that migration happening!
This is not just a fuss about nothing – lessons should have already have been learned from the NHS cyber attack. Let’s hope Cllr Cutmore, as leader of the council, puts into practice his understanding from his recent lesson in cybersecurity and orders that Rochford District Council updates their iPad’s as a matter of urgency.
If you are interested in reading more about the issues that could affect ios devices, here’s an article from the Telegraph.
