It’s very important that we train the next generation of cyber security professionals, set the right standards of professionalism, ethics and integrity. The millennial generation has been bought up on the internet, social medial and mobile. They live and breath…
The UK government has started a consultation process with industry, seeking advice on what needs to be done to address cyber security shortfalls across the economy. In the opinion of the The Department for Culture Media and Sports (DCMS) companies…
Moody’s has for sometime voiced a concern of the impact of cyber risk management on the impact of corporate value. For credit rating agencies vulnerability and operational assessments form part of their assess criteria. Which for those not familiar with…
I’ve reported on this many times, cyber doesn’t have to be hard and all the hype and technology lingo doesn’t help. OK, if you’re up against Bureau 121 or APT10, government backed hackers. Then you will need a bit more…
Russian ISPs have to install DPI, as the countries ‘sovereign internet law comes into force. In what many claim will be used to restrict freedom of speech and access to information within the country. View Original Post
Feeling the pain. what was it like to be on the inside of a catastrophic hack? In this case Equifax. Impacting over 160 million customers. costing the CEO. CIO and CISO their jobs, $700Mn in fines and incidentally $1.2Bn to…
A great read, why Ransomware is a bigger issue than just locking you out of data. Take any analogy of theft and/or extortion. You have taken something of mine which I value dearly and you won’t give it back until…
Being honest, open, transparent and sharing information with corporate peers about cyber security threats and incidents may deliver more benefits to companies than not. Regulators, government agencies and industry bodies would like companies to share more information on cyber issues,…
A report well worth a read. Just In Time, the manufacturing process which ensures that we get what we want at an economic price has many benefits in efficiency, productivity and timeliness. But it has drawbacks; if things don’t arrive…
There has been a big push from the insurance industry to underwrite cyber risk. It’s well known and understood that they are underwriting a risk that they do not understand, with policies which do not clearly articulate the exact levels…
