Fore !!
As per my earlier post Focus Ireland held its annual Golf outing on Thursday the 3rd of July. BH Consulting entered a team into the event in what I like to think of as the true Olympian spirit, that is we were there to participate rather than win. Despite the typical Irish summer weather, i.e. […]
Information Security Summer School
Now that the summer is here, although it is hard to believe that given the weather we are having, it is time for summer schools. As an information security professional you can join in the summer fun too. The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation […]
Identity Theft On the Rise
The Digital Ireland Supplement of Thursday’s Irish Independent ran an article on the increasing risk of identify theft posed by the way people use, or rather misuse, their privacy when online. SiliconRepublic.Com have published the article online. I am quoted in the piece highlighting that most identity theft is committed by someone close to the victim, […]
ENISA Publishes Paper on Securing USB Drives
ENISA(The European Network and Information Security Agency) has recently released an interesting whitepaper on securing USB devices. The paper is a good read highlighting the threats that USB drives pose and listing a number of recommendations to minimise these threats.
Take This Job And …
Recently I have been conducting our security assessment service for a number of clients. Now these clients ranged in sizefrom large enterprises to small SMEs and are spread across numerous sectors, but they all had one thing in common. They all had very poor staff termination processes for employees leaving the organisation under either amicable […]
Firefox 3.0 – Hackers 1
Mozilla released the latest version of Firefox on June 17th amidst much fanfare and hype. The major buzz about this release being the attempt by Firefox to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most downloads in a 24hr period for a single program. Well the launch has not gone so well for Firefox. Firstly due to […]
Are You A Computer Security Geek?
Roger A. Grimes has an amusing article outlining the main indicators that you are a computer security geek, although Roger is more polite in the title of his post “Are You a Computer Security Professional?” Have a look at the list and see if any of them apply to you<g> One that is missing; Despite not […]
Security Checklists
One of the problems many systems administrators face when securing their networks, systems and/or applications is knowing how to make them secure. Below are two useful resources for those of you looking for lists or guides on how to secure your network; Center for Internet Security US National Checklist Program
Disaster Recovery ala Dilbert
Hmm I wonder how many companies out there actually have a similar disaster recovery plan similar to this one on Dilbert.com? From bitter experience I reckon quite a few. So take this as a reminder to check your disaster recovery plan is up to date and accurate. Sure why not even schedule a test to […]
Disclosure Debate Continues
The Thursday the 29th of May edition of the Irish Independent had an interesting article in its Digital Ireland supplement discussing whether or not Ireland should have mandatory data disclosure laws similar to those in the United States. I am quoted in the article in support of the introduction of such legislation while Owen O’Connor and Paul […]