You cannot abdicate the responsibility for security to a third party. As we all know, cloud is generally just another managed service, someone else’s computer in another location. You still have to secure your data, yourself. Historically alot of cloud…
A good article, are we using the wrong baselines to assess cyber risks, maybe so? The big challenge with cyber risk management is how do you know what good looks like. What to measure and how to measure it to…
It’s potentially the most important change in our communications infrastructure. Delivering massive changes to the way we will lead our lives and our dependency on communications, technology and data. We’re going to protect all this by strengthening our controls to…
M&A is back on the rise, with deals in 2018 exceeding 2017 and 2019 expected to be a good year for the US and Canada. The Yahoo and Marriott deals have shown that poor due diligence can yield some unintended…
Could another large data breach fine be on the way. With Equifax setting aside $690Mn for legal fees following its 2017 breach and news that they may get a $650Mn fine. The new Equifax CEO is keen to make amends,…
Sprint, the 4th largest US mobile service got hacked via the Samsung website. There is no detail on the number of client impacted but they provide a service to 54Mn customers. They don’t seem to be doing so well with…
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…
If you are going to kick to the hornets next, you may have to be prepared to get stung once or twice. But with the stakes so high, could a sting send you into anaphylactic shock, requiring more than an…
Complexity is the killer of cyber security. But is the security community coming to terms that cyber security is all about managing cyber risks. Like all issues companies face, understanding the risk is critical to decision making. Cyber risk management…
