Focus Ireland Annual Golf Tournament
Those of you who subscribe to BH Consulting’s monthly newsletter know that Focus Ireland are one of the charities that we support under our Corporate Social Responsibility scheme. The time of year is upon us again when Focus Ireland will be running their annual golf tournament. This is a great event that provides lots of fun and […]
Infosec 2008
Well I am back from my trip to Infosec 2008. This year the show seemed bigger, louder and slicker than in previous years. There were a lot more stands than before with many of them obviously breaking into their marketing budget in a big way. But walking around I figured that many of them would not […]
Irish Times Interviews me
Wednesday’s edition of the Irish Times contains a follow up story to the recent data loss in Bank of Ireland. I was asked for my thoughts and opinions on what happened and whether or not encryption would have prevented the loss. Those of you who know me and regularly read my Blog know that I […]
My Bags are Packed, I'm Ready To Go..
Yep it is that time of year again, Infosec is once more upon us. I will be flying out tomorrow morning to see what new and exciting “silver bullets” to cure our information security woes the various vendors will be selling. It will be interesting to see how the show runs this year and see what […]
Computer Thefts Expose Bank of Ireland Customers' Data
RTE News tonight reported that Bank of Ireland has admitted to having four laptops stolen some time last year resulting in the personal data of 10,000 of the bank’s customers being exposed. The laptops were stolen from the bank’s Life Assurance division. It is reported that one laptop was stolen from an employee’s car. The data included […]
Upcoming IISF Event
Venue: The Morgan Hotel, Temple Bar. Date & Time: Wednesday April 9th 2008 at 6.30pm The next IISF meeting is scheduled for Wednesday April the 9th at 18:30. The topic for this event is “Preventing and Detecting Employees and Contractors from Stealing Corporate Data” and will be presented by Dr. Eric Cole from the SANS […]
Community Night at SANS Dublin 2008
This coming Thursday, the 10th of April, the SANS Community night will start at 6.00pm and is part of SANS Dublin 2008. This is a great opportunity to meet Irish and international information security professionals in a relaxed and friendly environment. The event will take place at the Red Cow Moran Hotel, Red Cow Complex, Naas Road […]
March Edition of Security Watch Newsletter Now Available
The March 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. best indie bar new york city test
Hacking for Non-Techies
“Hi I’m Johnny and I hack stuff” is how this video starts. It features Johnny Long who is well known for the Google Hacking Database. The video is from Defcon 15 and is an interesting insight into how much information an attacker can gather on you or your company by simply observing. Items like stickers in […]
Latest Information Security News Roundup
Below is a round up of news stories relating to information security that we have collated from the past few days. For ease of use we have categorised the stories under the most appropriate headings. If there are other stories that may be of interest please let us know via the comments feature.