Next IISA Ireland Meeting To Be Held On September 3rd
The next meeting of the Irish chapter of the ISSAwill be held on September 3rd in the Westbury Hotel, Dublin. There are some great speakers lined up including; Les Kelly – Head of IT Security with Bank of Ireland Raj Samani – Consultant for Cap Gemini & acting as CSO for the UK’s NHS Captain […]
Ireland to have a National Cyber Security Strategy?
In life timing is everything and events often seem to conspire with each other. A few days after my poston Ireland not having a cyber security strategy the Department of Communications have issued a Request For Tenderfor the development of a national cyber security strategy. Lets hope that however wins that contract develops a strategy […]
Securing Ireland's Digital Future
Ireland’s economy is now more than ever dependant on information technology and the Internet. Both have enabled consumers and businesses alike to better access and deliver services, create new markets, exchange information rapidly and process information in more efficient means. Technology and the “knowledge economy” are now seen as a strategic path by the Government to […]
Community SANS Event Coming To Dublin
A Community SANS event in Dublin is scheduled for the 7th to the 15th of September at the Ballsbridge Court Hotel. The event will have the following courses; SEC504: – Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling and will be tutored by Robert McArdle AUD521: – Meeting the Minimum: PCI/DSS 1.2: Becoming and Staying Compliant and will […]
Incident Response at Home
A friend rang me today to discuss how she and her husband had become the victim of an apparent keylogger attack resulting in large amounts of money taken from their bank account. Thankfully once they reported the suspicious activity to their bank their funds were recovered and the bank are now investigating the case themselves. My […]
Lost Passports and Identity Theft
On a recent broadcast of the RTE Radio 1 Drive Time program I was interviewed regarding the risks posed to people having their identity stolen as a result of their passport going missing/stolen. According to this Sunday Tribune Article over 5,000 passports were lost last year. The show is available online and my interview is 48 mins […]
Eircom Attacks Were DNS Poisoning Attacks
The SiliconRepublic.com published a piecetoday where Eircom say that the attacks they suffered earlier this month were due to a “‘moderate attack’ known as cache poisoning” against their DNS Servers. Eircom also state that they have not seen any “further attempts at cache poisoning since last week”. DNS Cache Poisoning is where attackers attempt to change […]
Prime Time Investigates – Computer Crime
RTE‘s Prime Time Investigatesprogram ran a piece on 2nd of July on the extent of Cyber Crime in Ireland. The program is now available online and it has me contributing to it. The segment starts about 18 minutes into the program. Interesting take aways from the program for business owners; You have legal obligations under the Data […]
It's Official – BH Consulting is ISO 27001 Certified
This arrived the other day and is now proudly sitting on the office wall. Somehow it makes our certification to the ISO 27001 Information Security Standard seem more real.
ISSA Event – Startup Opportunities in Infosec
The current economic climate is taking its toll on many information security professionals. On average I am getting about two to three emails a week from people who have just lost their job, or fear they are about to lose their job, asking me for advice on how to advance in the field of information […]