The Irish central bank has published its findings, following a thematic review of the cyber risk management arrangements for asset management firms under its oversight. It outlines a number of deficiencies found across the industry. Including the responsibility of the…
I’ve always felt that the CISO is one of the hardest job within an organisation, it’s certainly one of the most stressful. Your key stakeholders almost certainly do not understand the risk, you’re often thought of as a technical solution…
If you have ever been involved in Sarbanes Oxley, especially when it first started out in the mid 2000’s you will be very familiar with COSO. The framework for the design of risk risk assessment, controls, mitigation and monitoring lead…
Are we in danger of trying to fit a role into a position that it cannot deliver against yet. If we agree for one moment that cyber is an enterprise wide risk, then we need to think about the role…
A recent US government report highlights a number of federal issues for cyber security in the US. Should government take the lead in cyber security risk modelling and certification? Cyber attacks have resulted in significant losses of IP, data theft…
Does anyone know how many products and services are out there to manage cyber security? If they do could they let me know? What I do know is that to manage cyber risk you have to be good at a…
I cannot believe it’s been a year since I attended my presentation for Chartered Security Professional (CSyP). This year is as important for me as last. It will be with immense satisfaction and pleasure that I will meet the people…
International Womans Day, one woman’s journey to make cyber security great for everyone and developing the next generation. Personally I’ve been fortunate to have worked for and with many influential woman. It was a woman who gave me my first…
The World Economic Forum (WEF) conveys the cyber message so simply, so compelling and so well. Is there anything stopping us from listening, believing and from acting. Is it the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt), the not invented here, or…
An interesting read from Christopher Wray the lawyer who heads the FBI, following his 2 year anniversary in the role. Cyber complexity and sophistication has changed over the years and its use has spread from nation state actors through to…
