A great quote by the Chairman of Marks and Spencer when speaking to analysts, M&S had been “put on its backside†(sic – by the cyber attack). While little has been made public following the attack on M&S and the…
Danish engineers have found suspicious unexplained components in Danish Energy equipment. Following on the heals of recent announcements in the US of unexplained components in inverters used in solar farms. The discovery in Denmark has initiated a wider review of…
It is a question that has been asked many times, over many years, ‘with all the free tools, help and support, and above all clear evidence that cybersecurity is a threat to corporate performance. Why do organisations not follow the…
The retail and food supply chain seems to be a focus of hackers. This week Peter Green Chilled a supplier to UK retailers announced that it is working to resolve a cyber attack. Disrupting food production and distribution through…
Threat intelligence is important, but cyber is not a ‘Right of Bang’ issue. Worrying about cyber threats and relying on cyber insurance as a risk transfer solution is not economic for either the insurer or insured. As we have seen…
Could AI do more to change the model adopted by the big four accounting firms, than just improving staff productivity and efficiency? Services delived by knowledge industries such as consulting and audit, can be leveraged through AI. As domain specific…
One should consider the statement made by the CEO of HSBC UK, especially when one considers the amount of resources companies such as HSBC spend on the management of cybersecurity risk. At a recent UK government Treasury Committee hearing Ian…
Marks and Spencer has published its Financial results ending 29th March 2025. The financial impact of the companies on-going cyber attack is accounted for in 2025/ 2026 operating profit. M&S expects a £300 million incident impact to operating profit, before…
Spain is suffering a nationwide mobile and internet outage, likely due to recent network upgrades. Several regions suffered impacts to their emergency service lines. The communications outage come not long after Spain suffered widespread power outages, that affected most of…
Those damn retail supply chains. We started at the end of the line with Marks and Spencer, the Coop and Harrods and now we appear (a sample size of 1) to be moving down the retail supply chain. As Peter…
