This is an important read, the responses to the UK governments Cyber Governance Code of Practice.One firmly believes that enforcable corporate governance over cybersecurity risk management is the only leaver left for governments to manage defensive cybersecurity. Therefore oversight and…
How do we get ourselves in a position in today’s day and age where companies of any size believe cyber attacks won’t happen to them? Cyber is splashed across all media channels demonstrating its effects.5.6 million SMEs in the UK,…
Thank you for posting Olaf Classen. Now things are getting serious as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes its finding of cybersecurity vulnerabilities found in Contec Medical Devices that ‘may put patients lives at risk after being connected…
Olaf Classen, this week Bafin the German Banking Regulator published its Risk review for 2025.Number 4 on their list, behind real estate, international finance and corporate loan defaults is the risk arising from cyber incidents with serious consequences. Faisal Khan…
Things are getting bad when one of Germanys biggest lenders announces a collapse in profits and announces job cuts. With the German economy stagnating, the German regulator this week pointed towards a risk of corporate loan defaults. That could further…
A subject that is close to my heart. I started my career at Rolls Royce PLC more years ago that I care to remember. Leading SQC, SPC, Six Sigma, Lean and Kaizen for Turbine Blade Manufacturing. You can never master…
A report that could likely be authored by many government audit departments. The UK NAO audit report highlights the challenges the UK Government faces with cybersecurity resilience. Some of the findings and recommendations are worrying. Such as1. The Government Security…
Bring back wind-up and quartz watches, all is forgiven. Maybe not a big of a problem as Crowdstrike, but it hurts the brand all the same.@Thaddeus Dziekanowski Brian D. McCarthyVeritas GRC#cybersecurity #resilience #sdlc View Original Post
It’s a pleasure to be published in the February edition of the International Security Journal (ISJ) with my Veritas GRC colleague and friend Brian D. McCarthy. We discuss the cybersecurity imperative facing boards of all companies, more so those that…
The UK National Audit Office (NAO) finds the threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’. The NAO identified 58 critical government IT systems independently assessed in 2024 had “significant gaps in cyber-resilienceâ€Â, and the government did not…
