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 […]
Security Breach At the North Pole
Well it had to happen. Reports are coming in of a serious security incident at the North Pole resulting in the loss of Santa’s naughty and nice list. It appears that an unencrypted USB key containing the list was lost. There are already reports that the information on the USB key has been leaked. Obviously the […]
Christmas Wishes
We would like to take the opportunity to wish all our readers, clients, associates and partners the very best for the Christmas season and that you all have a properous and secure New Year. As is our tradition BH Consulting will not be sending Christmas cards, instead we donate money to a charity of our […]
Latest Column Piece in HelpNet Security Magazine
In my latest piece for HelpNet Security Magazine I highlight a trait that I see lacking in many information security professionals lately. That is being able to ask the right question to identify what needs to be done to secure our systems. Too often we jump to the solution (usually technical) without properly understanding what […]
5th Annual Data Protection Conference
The 5th Annual Data Protection conference will be held on the 21st February 2013 in Dublin’s Ballsbridge Hotel. I will be one of the speakers at the conference. This is the largest Data Protection Conference in Ireland and is the top go-to event for the DP community. The conference will have a number of informative […]
Economic Espionage – The Reality
There is a lot of rhetoric in the media lately about cyber warfare and cybercrime. While a lot of this coverage is hyperbole and is often backed by vendors trying to promote their products, there is a reality that we should acknowledge. Espionage has been going on ever since man organised himself into tribes. In the […]
Databreach at O2 Ireland
Today the mobile network operator O2 announced that it suffered a security breach. The breach occurred in the summer of 2011 when O2’s IT provider IBM lost a backup tape. O2 was made aware of the loss this summer an in their press release say they have been working with the Data Protection Commissioner’s office […]