Twenty-Five Million Plus Two Reasons Not To Ignore The Data Breach Risk
A few years ago data breaches weren’t all that common or, if they were, they certainly weren’t being reported with quite the same regularity that they are now. Nowadays, it seems like another big company is getting hit just about every week – but let us not forget that smaller breaches are also a regular occurrence […]
Data Loss: More Awareness, Meh Security
A SpectorSoft survey encompassing some 772 IT security professionals suggests awareness of data loss is on the increase which we obviously feel is a good thing – we promote security awareness as a whole as being a positive benefit to any business – but respondents suggested that they are still unprepared to tackle the issue. […]
Are 76% Of Corporates Really Still Exposed To Heartbleed?
Around this time last year the media was awash with commentary about the Heartbleed bug with many news outlets popping up with advice, some of it good, some of it not so. We wrote at the time how the mad rush to change passwords may have been counterproductive in the absence of all available information, […]
Secure Comms? Blundering Brits Highlight Importance Of The Human Element
We’ve often said, and will no doubt continue to say, that the human element is the hardest one to secure. And with good reason. Take the concept of communication, for example. Whether at work or at home, many of us send text messages and emails to friends, family and work colleagues. The vast majority of […]
Cybercrime Statistics for Ireland
Hot on the heels of Safer Internet Day a new European wide survey conducted by Eurobarometer was released today. The survey asked various questions of people from across the EU on how cybercrime has impacted on their lives. The survey makes for interesting reading, in particular in relation to the data focusing on Ireland. One […]
Today is International Data Privacy Day
January 28th marks the annual Data Privacy Day, a day to highlight and educate people and organisations on how individual’s privacy should be protected. To mark the day there will be numerous events held worldwide to raise awareness about privacy and data protection. This video from Belgium is one of the more powerful demonstrations of […]
What is Your Password?
Weak passwords employed by users continue to be a major vulnerability for many organisations. We depend on people to select and use secure passwords. This clip from the Jimmy Kimmel show demonstrates how people often select weak passwords that can easily be obtained by social engineering or simply checking some information about the individuals on […]
Privacy – by Design?
This is our first blog of 2015 and we’d like to wish all the readers of SecurityWatch a very Happy New Year! So what are the predictions for cybersecurity issues this year?! More open source software bugs, vulnerabilities in mobile payment systems, IoT attacks…etc. Apart from these issues, there is one global concern which is ongoing and undoubtedly growing […]
Nollaig Shona
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War Biking in Dublin
On Friday I was interviewed by RTE News on the dangers of using free wifi hotspots and what you can do to protect yourself. This is something Lee covered before on this blog. The interview was as a result of the wonderful James Lynne from Sophos. James has done warbiking in various cities. This video is […]