Cyber Security
Today’s reliance on IT technology is unparalleled and will only increase. While some businesses are pondering the benefits of IoT deployment or bespoke business applications, others are ploughing ahead and pioneering their initiatives. Some of these initiatives are stuttering and some are big winners that have transformed their business. Digitisation and it’s attendant benefits is the new game in town […]
The Carphone Warehouse breach is the biggest so far announced in the post GDPR era. What are the salient points to note from this breach? 6 million records accessed NCSC, ICO, FCA investigating 3 million records accessed in 2015 breach Cyber security risk identified by board in last FY report If GDPR applies, maximum fine […]
We all know the cyber security threats landscape is rapidly evolving and it is a real struggle to keep apace with the threats much less get ahead of them, which ideally is where we should be. Organisations especially those small to medium sized ones have limited resources in terms of people, money and time to […]
I attended Infosec2018 this week at London Olympia. It was a vibrant event as you can imagine with every exhibitor enthusiastic to promote their wares. They were also eager to grab your details with their ‘GDPR compliant’ badge scanner. As a technologist of too many years to mention (I started in IT when 5-inch floppy […]
Have you sometimes found yourself bewildered by the sheer volume of bad news out there especially about emerging cyber threats and actual attacks. It is not uncommon to wonder when you will come under a similar threat or worst still is it happening already but you just haven’t detected it yet. What would give us […]
The GDPR regulation is ultimately about good data/information management and governance. Though many organisations acknowledged previous iterations of data protection regulation, GDPR demands that everyone step up their game and take responsibility or face severe consequences. The innovative use of technology aligned with the data handling processes and procedures will go a long way to […]
What are the main cyber security trends and focus areas for IT Managers and Chief Security Officers so far in 2018? One thing we know for sure is that cyber security won’t be taking a lower profile as IT embeds itself at the core of organisations becoming a true business enabler. IT is at the […]
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We introduce another acronym yesterday, CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) and we now expand on the features and benefits of deploying a CASB solution as we continue in our approach to cloud security. We noted in our previous blog that cloud security was a shared responsibility between service user and service provider. Gartner analysis indicates […]
Download: A View of the Cybercrime Threat Landscape $2,235,018 per year The average amount SMBs spent in the aftermath of a cyber attack or data breach due to damage or theft of IT assets and disruption to normal operations. The amount is staggering, and enough to jeopardize the viability of many companies. Yet the business […]