Patch and vulnerability management has become a subject close to the hearts of the US Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission. The volumes of transactions being carried out across the mobile networks, undoubtedly an increasing number of critical transactions…
It’s what I love about the whole cyber space, it touches all departments, the whole ‘C’ suite is impacted. In this case, facilities. ‘Social engineering’ whether its physical (turning up to trick your way in), or logical (phishing) is one…
Just an outstanding hack. Some people want to disrupt the real world, others want to see what they can do and how far they can go, to get data. This hack has got to be one of the more imaginative…
So is it a case of reporter beware, a case of how to handle a cyber incident by denial, or a dose of reality. We may never know. Did those Gmail, Yahoo or Microsoft email accounts really get compromised or…
Cyber awareness maybe growing as boards start to understand the impact of a cyber attack. It feels very much like they are still a way off in building a robust risk capability to proactively assess and manage the issues. View…
Successful information security management is such a broad field it involves people, culture, process, technology, change, internal and external threat management, frameworks, risk management, awareness, training, programme management, incident management and more. Organisations which define their security risk appetite and…
The process begins across the EU to assess the specific’s set out in the EU data protection regulation and it may be a long drawn out process. Can the UK ICO stand up to the plate and enforce it to…
If this article is true and such a large number of account information has been hacked, it does beg the question how, if systems are so secure? View Original Post
The Catholic Church’s insurance company in the US is taking on specialised cyber Insurance and risk mitigation services. The challenge ahead I think is going to be around how much cyber risk can be transferred to insurance. Given the breath…
They start them young in Finland. 10 years old, I think I was reading the Beano at 10 and the ZX 81 hadn’t been invented. Goes to show that vulnerabilities are out there, just looking for the compromise. View Original…
