Once More Into The Breach
It has been an interesting week to say the least with regards to information security breaches in Ireland. First we heard of the responses to Ruairi Quinn’s question as to how many portable devices belonging to government departments have gone missing this year. So far over 45 devices have been lost. Damien Mulley has a breakdown […]
Brian Honan to Address the Irish Computer Society's Privacy Forum
The Irish Computer Society‘s Privacy Forum is a platform to enable IT professionals to learn about the latest best practises in data protection and privacy. Our Principal Consultant, Brian Honan, will be addressing the forum on October the 16th on the topic of managing a data breach in your organisation. If you wish to register […]
September Edition of Security Watch Newsletter Now Available
The September 2008 edition of our sister publication, the Security Watch Newsletter, is now available online. For those of you who do not subscribe to our newsletter, you may find it a useful read as we highlight issues and stories that may not be applicable to our Blog
Wireless Insecurity
One of my favourite programs is “The Real Hustle” from the BBC. This program demonstrates the techniques and tricks that criminals use to swindle or steal people’s money. The team ran a number of technology related scams and are quite educational and entertaining; The first shows how easy it is for a criminal to break […]
Estonian Government Releases Cyber Strategy Paper
The Estonian Government has released a strategy paperon enhancing cyber security. This is an interesting read as we can all learn from the lessons of the cyber attacks against Estonia last year. The report makes for interesting reading and yet it is still sad to see that governments and many organisations only take computer security […]
Brian Honan to Chair Roundtable Discussion on Security with Bruce Schneier
I have been given the honour to chair an upcoming roundtable discussion hosted by the Institute of International and European Affairs on risk and security at which Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technology Officer of BT Group, will address. Having been a subscriber to Bruce Schneir’s Cryptogram newsletter, an avid reader of his Blog, a reader […]
The Irish Web Awards Best Technology Website Shortlist
The shortlist for the award for the Best Technology Website in the Moviestar.ie Irish Web Awards, which BH Consulting are sponsoring, is now available. Those in the running for the award are; Tech Central Silicon Republic ByteSurgery Camara Justin Mason The above are all excellent sites and I am happy to say that I am […]
Managing Information Security with ISO 27001
In partnership with the Centre for Software Engineering we are running a two day course on “Managing Information Security with the ISO 27001 Information Security Standard”. The course is scheduled to run on the 20th and 21st of October 2008 and you can book your place on the course by contacting the Centre for Software Engineering. […]
ENISA Publishes New White Paper On Security Awareness
Over the summer I worked on a project with ENISA to produce a white paper “Obtaining Support and Funding From Senior Management“. The paper is now available on the ENISA website. This is very important paper as one of the most important things to ensure the success of any information securtiy awareness programme is to […]
Irish Web Awards Nominees Now Available
The long list of nominess for the Irish Web Awards are now available. BH Consulting is sponsoring the award for the Best Technology Site and below is the list of nominees. Best of luck to all those taking part. After looking at the sites I am glad that I am sponsoring the prize and not having […]