Thank You Lee
As many of you know Lee Munson has done sterling work as our Social Media Manager over the past 18 months or so. He has provided excellent material to our blog and has been instrumental in it being recognised as one of the top security blogs around. Our following on our Twitter account (@bhconsulting) has grown […]
£££ Or Privacy? Either Way, UK Smart Meters Need To Get A Whole Lot Smarter
Are you looking forward to receiving your shiny new smart meter? If you live in the UK it doesn’t matter whether you answered yes or no to that question because, soon enough, you will be getting one whether you want it or not. It doesn’t matter that the Public Accounts Committee thinks that the new tech will […]
Close Encounters Of The Security Kind: 94% Of Businesses Suffered From A Security Incident In The Last Year
Do you think that data breaches and other security incidents are a peril that only befall the largest of organisations? If so, think again. New research from Kaspersky Lab, in collaboration with B2B International, reveals how 94% of all the businesses within the survey have suffered from at least one security incident in the last […]
Philip Lieberman: Companies Need Better Awareness and Better Trained IT Staff To Deal With APTs And Other Threats
A new survey from Lieberman Software Corporation has revealed that 78% of IT security professionals retain their faith in firewalls and anti-malware tools, saying they are robust enough to combat modern advanced persistent threats. Such findings, Lieberman says, highlight the fact that while cybercrime continues to rise, many organisations are still dangerously relying on outdated perimeter security solutions […]
Security Awareness – It’s Not Just For Staff And Kids
You don’t need to be an information security professional to be considered a computer expert by the majority of people. Just knowing your way around an operating system – preferably Windows – is sufficient to attract cries of help your way. Its unfortunate but that is the way it is. There are far too many […]
Microsoft Warns Users Over PowerPoint Zero Day, Releases Fixit
Microsoft has warned Windows users that cyber criminals are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability using malicious PowerPoint documents. The vulnerability affects all versions of Windows except Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has already released a Fixit tool that neuters known PowerPoint attacks but there is a risk that new attacks may yet spring up. The fix, found […]
Get Safe Online Week: Help Yourself And Others With These 20+1 Tips
Today the UK sees the start of the ninth annual Get Safe Online Week. The initiative is designed to raise awareness of all things ‘cyber’ in an effort to protect home users from the ever present online threats of fraud, identity theft, harassment and other equally serious issues. During the week Get Safe Online will be issuing tips and […]
Brain And The Next 28 Years Of Malware (Infographic)
Part of getting older is looking at the next generation and marveling at how easy they have things, or their lack of knowledge of key things we grew up with. Take the record player for example, or even the cassette tape – my kids don’t know what either of those are, and my youngest hasn’t […]
Poor Password Habits Cost Businesses £261 Per Employee Per Year
Poor password habits are, on average, costing businesses £261 per employee each year as staff struggle to manage a growing number of login credentials. According to new research from Centrify, an average sized business with 500 employees is losing £130,500 per year through lost productivity. Respondents to the survey of 1,000 UK workers were asked […]
Give01Day Launches, Pledges To Support And Secure UK Charities
BH Consulting is proud to announce its support of Give01Day, an initiative created to support charities as they grapple with the same security issues faced by the corporate world. The campaign’s founder and CEO Amar Singh explains: “Almost every charity is custodian of extremely sensitive personal information ranging from sex abuse and child abuse to […]