I’m not convinced there is a viable back stop that governments or insurers could afford and the last time a meaningful government backstop was used it bailed out the banks in 2008. The Bank of England has raised concerns that…
Cyber security needs to change, its about managing risk and not technology. There needs to be a realistic conversation at the board table about managing the security of the balance sheet. Securing the balance sheet is something all the ‘C’…
All the trends are moving in the right direction, depending on what you want the outcome to be. However I have to say that some of the figures need closer examination, the problem with averages, is they account for the…
Did the UK security agency MI5 knowingly break data laws, over a number of years? It appears so. View Original Post
Radiohead, a favorite of mine, released their latest album earlier than planned. Following a threat by hackers, who stole it, to publish it ahead of time. Given the bands history of releasing material and giving customers the opportunity to decide…
There have been a few hacks on Universities globally, stealing PII and IP. Including a recent attack on the national University in Canberra, which lost a significant amount of data. Australia’s auditor general finds significant security issues across the countries…
Why is cyber a balance sheet and board issue, not a technology one. Here is a very good example why. Everyone is now wading in on the data loss reported by Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, following the American Medical Collection…
I took this on the London underground. Holding Chartered status sets the standard, the bar, to which a professional is judged. Be that financial services, accountancy. engineering, security (#csyp), or others. You are judged and accepted by your peers, who…
An interesting paradym about cyber security. Customers simply don’t care enough about it and until they do and start complaining it wont bring around change. Until it becomes a business issue things wont change. But I do see movement, with…
They may know something we don’t. The NSA has broken the normal rules, to recommend that users patch Windows. To protect against BlueKeep a remote desktop vulnerability. Link to CVE below. View Original Post
