5th Annual Data Protection Conference

The 5th Annual Data Protection conference will be held on the 21st February 2013 in Dublin’s Ballsbridge Hotel. I will be one of the speakers at the conference. This is the largest Data Protection Conference in Ireland and is the top go-to event for the DP community. The conference will have a number of informative […]

First Impressions

There is an old saying that goess “first impressions last”.  Which means that very often when we meet someone or visit somewhere for the first time we subconciously assess and judge that person or place within the first few seconds.  This means that each relationship is built upon that initial first assessment. So if the […]

Brian Honan One of the Judges for the Tech Trailblazers Awards

I am delighted to say that I have been selected to be one of the judges for a very exciting new and innovative IT awards program, the Tech Trailblazers, aimed at technology start-ups. It promises to be an exciting project which will hopefully identify and launch some great new technologies onto the market.  I am joined […]

Securitywatch Blog Featured in the Sunday Times

BH Consulting‘s blog was featured in the Sunday Times at the weekend in the “Become the new kid on the blog” article which focused on the business benefits social media can bring. As you know BH Consulting has been running this blog for quite a number of years and also are active on Twitter.  I tweet quite regularly as […]

BH Consulting Wins Award at SC Magazine Awards 2012

I attended the SC Magazine Awards 2012 dinner on Tuesday night and was delighted when it was announced that BH Consulting was presented with the “Highly Commended Information Security Consultancy of the Year” SC Magazine award 2012.  The award was given in recognition of the work and approach BH Consulting takes with our clients to enable them integrate information security as […]

Information Security Blogger Meet Up at Infosec Europe

As you may know Infosec Europe is on next week.  There will be plenty of events and parties taking place around the show.  But if you are a blogger in the information security arena then you should drop by to the Information Security Blogger Meetup.  The event has been kindly organised by Alan Shimel and […]

A Dose of Reality

Working in the area of information security and computer crime you get used to hearing bad news and stories.  We often can get caught up in the hype and technical challenges our jobs bring. However, from time to time I hear stories or talk to people who make me pause and realise there are many evil acts […]

Nominated for SC Magazine Awards

It was with great delight that I found out today that I was nominated for SC Magazine’s award for “Information Security Person of the year“.  To add to my delight BH Consulting has also been nominated for the “Information Security Consultancy of the year” award. It is a great honour to have been nominated and shorlisted […]

Not A Ghost Click Of A Chance

Late yesterday it was announced that the largest cybercrime takedown, dubbed Operation Ghost Click, had been carried out.  A gang of 6 people were arrested in a joint operation by the FBI and Estonian police.  The six people were arrested in Estonia while the FBI raided a number of datacentres within the US and seized equipment allegedly […]

BH Consulting Sponsors Best Technology Site for Irish Web Awards

The Realex Payments Irish Web Awards are happening this Saturday night in the Mansion House in Dublin.  Organised by the ever energetic Damien Mulley the Realex Payments Irish Web Awards aim to highlight the best of the Irish web space. BH Consulting has been involved with the awards for a few years now and we […]