A topical follow-on from the article I posted yesterday on cyber insurance, which initiated a good conversation on the role of insurers and standards (). Some insurers are looking to influence premiums through the use of tools they recommend. Whilst…
Hacking for a positive good………its not all bad news…….better security next time though ‘Toms Shoes’ View Original Post
A week of good deeds. A German computer programmer who got fell victim to the ‘Muhstik’ ransomware, paid the ransom then hacked back. Stealing a database of encryption keys and posted them online. The cyber worm (excuse the pun) fights…
Why data protection and fraud management is hard. Dear Ms Kenny. I was thrilled to hear you on the train this morning complete your purchase. May I thank you on behalf of myself and the rest of the passengers for…
The Cookie Monster has been hacked. With customer credit card details targeted through their Sesame Street Store shopping cart. The compromise maybe not be unique to Seasame Street, as the software vendor Volusion provides shopping cart software for over 20,000…
A great article to read which I believe sets the direction of travel for board ownership and director and officer liability for the management of cyber security. I do caveat that I am not a lawyer, just a lowly cyber…
Siemans the German industrial manufacturing company and the Ponemon institute have released a report on state of cyber security in the Utility industry. It references a worstening state of cyber security across the Utility industry. With a significant number of…
Its a bit late, but for those of you who haven’t seen it. The Bank of England has published a report last week, following the 2018 SIMEX test, designed to test the financial services industry response to a cyber attack.…
Is cyber security a bubble which will explode. Or is it a market heading for a correction? It’s true the market is saturated with products and solutions, and spending predictions put the global spend to be +$130Bn by 2022. But…
Cyber attacks are ranked as the 2nd highest concerns for doing business globally in 2019. Behind a fiscal crisis and ahead of employment concerns and energy price shocks. For European and North America countries cyber is the number 1 risk…
