Snow Go
A few people have asked me about what they should do regarding business continuity as a result of the recent heavy snow falls. I have pointed many of them to the excellent business continuity plan template that the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment published recently for the H1N1 flu virus and which is equally applicable to […]
Christmas Wishes
I would like to take the time to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and that the New Year will bring you health, happiness and prosperity. Given the weather we are currently having and it being the time of year it is the following expresses how we all at BH Consulting feel;
Latest Issue of Security Watch Now Available
The December 2009 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
Information Security D-List Interview of Brian Honan
Andrew Hay is a gentleman I became acquainted with thanks to twitter. Andrew is a modest chap who describes himself as a “devastatingly handsome author, sporadic blogger, bbq junkie, and security strong man”. He has an excellent blog and has recently decided to run a series of interviews of people in the information security industry. I […]
SANS Coming to Dublin in 2010
I am delighted to see that SANS are running their training event again in Dublin in 2010. The event will run from March the 15th until March the 20th, perfect timing for those of you who want to come to Ireland to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. The courses that will be held are; Sec 401 – […]
Sometimes You Do Not Need to Outrun the Lion
Last night I gave a talk to students studying the Bachelor of Science in Computing in Information Security and Digital Forensics degree course in the Institute of Technology in Blanchardstown. The purpose of my talk was to paint a picture of what they could expect once they moved their careers into the field on information […]
New Blog in the Neighbourhood
The kind people over an Infosecurity Adviser invited me to blog on their site. Today I published my first post, Cloudy Vision, highlighting some of the issues I have seen with people moving to the cloud computing platform. While I plan to contribute regularly to the Infosecurity Adviser site I will still publish material on […]
Upcoming IISF Meeting
The Irish Information Security Forum is holding its next meeting on November 12th in Buswells Hotel at 2pm. The meeting will include a presentation from Noel Comerford of the ESB on the area of “Information Security Metrics- What to Measure and How to Measure it.” This promises to be an interest session given that Information Security Metrics […]
Think You Know Computer Security?
Well if you do then you should try the HackEire challenge being run by the Ireland’s CSIRT, the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service, as part of their annual Cyber Crime Conference. The competition is open to teams of up to 4 people in each team. IRISS have set up a dedicated network with a […]
Knowing Me, Knowing You at RSA Europe
Last week the RSA Europe Conference was held in London and the main themes that I picked up from the various talks I attended and from other delegates were; The Security Issues Caused by Social Networks Cloud Computing Cyber Warfare I was at the conference to give my “Knowing Me, Knowing You” presentation on how I stole […]