This is a great example of entrepreneurialism in action and there has been massive growth in global solution providers for cyber security problems. Israel is seen as a global leader in security solutions. But with a lack of skilled cyber…
Cyber has to be at the centre of all transformation programmes. But digital transformation pulls data across the enterprise and increases the corporate reliability on IT. Increasing cyber risk. Whilst cyber spend is on the rise the money has to…
Externally facing assets need to be assessed for critical vulnerabilities and patched An interesting study has found. Small to Mid-sized businesses are 3 times more likely to have unpatched assets than their larger peers. Which is a little worrying as…
The UK Government has announced plans to legislate security on internet connected devices, the IoT. A positive move by all accounts, if done properly. Setting standards for manufactures to secure their products and giving customers a level of reassurance over…
Following a filing to the US DoE, it looks like the power outage suffered in the Western US states of California, Utah and Wyoming in March this year was caused by a Cyber Incident. But as yet there is no…
Some useful lessons, which followed the Triton attack in 2017. It identified some basic security principles which should have been put it place. Safety critical systems on internet facing networks, poor network segregation and easy credential harvesting. Industrial cyber is…
I say that cyber is an enterprise wide risk, its not a technology issue anymore. Securing the corporate balance sheet is a subject the Chair, CEO and all members of the board must focus on (its a team sport). Unfortunately…
Whilst the top names on Wall Street are out their pushing the Cyber message. Its still worrying that many companies are simply not prepared to respond in the event of an attack. The size of some firms and their interconnected…
Not all threats are made equal. But cyber related risks surely have to take priority over other threats like EMP. The probability of a cyber attack is certainly higher than an EMP burst, and the cost to mitigate the risk…
We’re living in what some call the 4th industrial revolution, one based upon the consumption of data. From a personal perspective, mobile communications and the smart phone are central to that. Although I don’t know if I spend 5 hours…
