The Lowdown: How to Protect your Company’s Data
Our CEO Brian Honan discusses the protection of company data with SC Magazine UK. Read More>
Security Roundup November 2023
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Scamalot: police point to ongoing online fraud… It may be the low-hanging fruit of the security profession, but every now and again it’s worth re-familiarising ourselves with how scams work. Tom Whipple, a journalist with The Times, has an excellent […]
The Pitfalls of Pay-As-You-Go IT Services
Our CEO Brian Honan spoke to the Business Post on the pitfalls of outsourcing. Read More >
Beware the cost traps that can strain precious cybersecurity budgets
Our CEO Brian Honan spoke to the CSO Magazine about how some CISOs struggle with intricacies in the charging structures many security vendors have around their products. Read More >
Security Roundup October 2023
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Ransomware an ongoing threat to industry as crime gangs organise Malware-based cyber-attacks are the most prominent threat to industry, Europol says. The agency’s spotlight report examines ‘crime-as-a-service’, lifting the cover on ransomware groups’ business structures. A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report, it […]
Guardians of the Data Galaxy: Navigating the universe of data leaks
Our CEO Brian Honan spoke to the Business Post on why its unfair to blame human error for security breaches. Read More >
Making Privacy Sustainable: Incorporating privacy into the ESG agenda
Our COO Dr. Valerie Lyons spoke to Help Net Security about making privacy security sustainable for organisations and shares a renewed way to think about privacy. Read More >
Why the Language of Cybersecurity Awareness Needs to be More Accessible
European Cybersecurity Month is upon us, and that can be a good hook for awareness-raising campaigns. But are the messages hitting home as effectively as they could? Several experts believe we need to take a fresh look at the language we use in security. Otherwise, we risk failing to help messages reach, and resonate with, […]
Security Roundup September 2023
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Longer is stronger: why password length matters How long is your password? If it’s only six characters long, made up of numbers, symbols and a mix of upper and lowercase letters, a hacker can guess it almost immediately. But […]
Root Admin User: When Do Common Usernames Pose a Threat?
Our CEO Brian Honan speaks to Data Breach Today at Information Security Media Group (ISMG) about the need to remove or restrict default usernames. Read More >