Information Security Bloggers Meetup 2013
As you may know Infosec Europe is on from the 23rd to the 25th of April. There will be plenty of events and parties taking place around the show. But if you are a blogger in the information security arena then you should drop by to the Information Security Blogger Meetup. This will be the […]
First Impressions RSA Conference
Well yesterday was a big day for me. It was my first time attending RSA Conference in the US. I have attended RSA Europe many times and was looking forward to seeing how different the US conference is to the European one. All I can say is that everything is BIG, and when I say […]
Facebook Breached
Facebook announced this evening that they have been the subject of a security breach impacting laptops used by some of their employees. According to the Facebook statement the laptops of some of their employees were last month infected with malware when they visited a compromised mobile developer website. The compromised site hosted a previosuly unknown […]
Brian Honan Finalist in SC Magazine Awards 2013
The year 2013 is of to a great start. Not only has this blog been shortlisted in the finals of the RSA Security Blogger Awards under the category of Most Educational Blog, I found out last week that I have been selected as a finalist in the SC Magazine Awards for Information Security Person […]
Bit9 Security Breach – Lessons Learnt
News broke on Friday evening that the security vendor BIT9 suffered a security breach. BIT9 offers a solution to clients whereby they will whitelist applications to run the PCs of their clients. This is done by digitally signing each approved application to allow it run on the protected computer. The theory behind this method is that […]
Today Is Safer Internet Day
Today marks the 10th anniversary of Safer Internet Day. BH Consulting has long been a big supporter of this initiative. Here are some resources that you can use to help make children and younger adults safely enjoy their online world. Webwise has a raft of resources for parents, teachers and guardians Microsoft has a blog […]
Telephone Scams
I recently appeared on the Morning Show on TV3 to discuss the issue of Irish mobile phone subscribers being targeted by a phone scam. It appears that those behind the scam would place a call to a victim’s phone but hang up before they could answer thereby creating a missed call on the person’s phone. […]
Securitywatch Blog Finalist in Security Blogger Awards
Mondays are not typically the days we greet with joy. However, today proved to be an exception. This afternoon I saw Wendy Nather tweet that Javvad Malik’s blog had been selected as a finalist in the Most Entertaining Blog category for the Security Blogger Awards. I was delighted to see Javvad’s work getting such recognition […]
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
The new year is now upon us and it already looks to be a busy one here at BH Consulting. I wish you all a very prosperous, happy and secure 2013. This post is simply to highlight some of the upcoming speaking engagements that I am involved in. Hopefully I will get a chance to […]
Securing the Human Comes to Ireland
I am delighted to say that BH Consulting will be the Irish partner for SANs Securing the Human. As a member of the advisory board for Securing the Human I’ve seen it develop into one of the best security awareness training program currently available. Securing the Human provides organisations with a comprehensive and cost effective solution to […]