A useful read. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), who process securities transactions valued at more than U.S. $1.85 quadrillion, across 170 countries with deposits totaling $52.2 trillion. Released a white paper this week on market resilience and the…
The impact on corporate value of a cyber attack is laid bare when you examine the impact of attacks on revenue, cost and shareprice. Moody’s downgrade of Equifax earlier this year was in part due to the cyber incident it…
I ran a board round table at Rialto last week on Securing corporate value, we discussed; Complexity – Cyber risk is complex, do boards understand it? We discussed – Cyber is a very complex risk, cyber threats, organisations, cyber security…
Targeting shipping and transportation networks, XHunt a unique and complex piece of malware is a new campaign targeting companies. It’s a clever piece of code, once inside it opens up a backdoor to allow a payload drop for network scanning…
The Securities and Echange Commission charged PWC with improper conduct on the 23.09.19. It relates to 15 engagements the firm ran with SEC registered companies, where they failed to maintain audit independence. Undertaking prohibited non-audit work during audit assignments. Including…
Agile has been around for more years than I care to remember. What is now called agile programme management is a process we used in the design and manufacture of jet engines back in the 1990s. We learnt very early…
The ICO identified the issue of cyber as part of the Marriott deal. The Yahool/ Verizon deal wasn’t without its issues either. Cyber is another component of Due Dilligence, but buyer and seller beware as it brings a whole suite…
For many reasons we always take surveys at face value. But we should take these figures as a indicative reminder of the challenges companies face in cyber ownership, adoption and management. If the results had come back to say ‘Business…
I’m presenting tomorrow at a small conference. () and I found this video whilst I was writing the deck. The video is about 6 months old, a simple presentation. It does not aim to present FUD (Fear, Uncertainty or Doubt),…
Over 20 Million records of what is believed to be Ecuadorian citizens is found online. The country only has a population of 17Million. In a sign of how some countries process cyber breaches, a representative of the IT firm Novaestrat…
