The US DoD tried going outside to have its smartphones developed. But companies wouldn’t engage. So it built it’s own smartphone tech with biometric security which is quite advanced, tracking user posture, movement and visual data. Using contextual and biometric…
Is one approach to managing cyber security to take your most sensitive supplies off the internet. The US army is starting to look at doing just that. With some honesty, the deputy head of US Army acquisition has voiced his…
The US Congress continues it’s drive on cyber to remediate the impact of cyber-attacks on US power networks. With continued discussion on geopolitical cyber, the cyber capabilities of specific countries and the risk of cyber on the US power networks.…
Cyber attacks are a curious thing, a little different to other the run of the mill non-financial risks. Brand and reputational damage will take a long time to tarnish, especially when we are arguably at the beginning of the cyber…
Alan Turing the pioneer of code breaking and computer science is named as the face of the £50 note. I personally believe due to his efforts and those of his team, a significant reason the 2nd World War came to…
Depending upon how you view the situation the regulatory environment is showing signs of improvement globally. For GDPR it was always going to be a question of who will be first over the line to set the target for everyone…
7-Eleven in Japan suffers a hack, with over 900 clients losing $500,000. Using a software flaw which allowed the hackers to change the password reset email address. Modifying the payments code to send a password reset link sent to an…
The last thing we all need. 2 leading powers in geopolitical cyber, unite. Will we see a rise in offensive actions, almost certainly. Will this create more global tension, very likely it will. View Original Post
Perceptics the US contractor which provided surveillance technology to the US Boarder Agency has been suspended for a year from providing services to the Federal Government, following its data breach last month. You have to assume that the affected agencies…
US Cyber command has issued a warning to fix a known vulnerability in Outlook 2017. Following an active hacking campaign and a favored exploit of hackers, bought to light following the recent US, Iranian hacking exchange. The exploit uses Outlook…
