Sales & Marketing Administrator
BH Consulting is a vendor independent consulting firm providing market leading range of information security services focused on data protection and cybersecurity. We are currently looking for a Sales and Marketing Administrator, to work mainly with our Head of Sales and Business Development Manager, in supporting them in sales and marketing activities. Commencing Date: […]
Security Roundup September 2019
House of cards collapses from privacy overreach One of the summer’s big data privacy stories saw Ireland’s data protection watchdog criticise the Government’s Public Services Card scheme. Originally just for accessing social welfare payments, the PSC scheme expanded over time. The DPC’s investigation found the Government had no legal basis to tell citizens they needed […]
Security roundup: August 2019
Every month, we dig through cybersecurity research, trends, advice and news for our readers. This month: pwning an entire country, data protection developments, and why anonymised data could still add up to your identity. Bulgarian rhapsody As data breaches go, four million records barely registers on the scale these days but this one was different. […]
Security roundup: July 2019
Every month, we dig through cybersecurity and data protection research, trends, advice and news for our readers. This month: T&Cs, stronger security in Europe, and a birthday with bitter memories. Policing policies to protect privacy One of the greatest lies on the internet is “I have read the terms and conditions”. But maybe most people […]
BH Consulting in the media: supply chain security still a concern
The Huawei controversy has raised fundamental questions around supply chain security, Brian Honan has told Infosecurity Magazine. In a video interview recorded at Infosecurity Europe 2019 conference in London, BH Consulting’s CEO said the issue of technology containing alleged backdoors to enable spying has led to “interesting conversations” in the security community. The question boils […]
Security roundup: June 2019
Every month, we dig through cybersecurity trends and advice for our readers. This edition: GDPR+1, the cost of cybercrime revealed, and a ransomware racket. If you notice this notice… If year one of GDPR has taught us anything, it’s that we can expect more data breach reports, which means more notifications. Most national supervisory authorities […]
Security roundup: May 2019
We round up interesting research and reporting about security and privacy from around the web. This month: password practice, GDPR birthday, c-suite risk, and further reading for security pros. Passwords: a good day to try hard No self-respecting security pro would use easy passwords, but could they say the same for their colleagues (i.e. everyone […]
Security roundup: April 2019
We round up interesting research and reporting about security and privacy from around the web. This month: healthy GDPR, gender rebalance, cookie walls crumble, telecom threats and incident response par excellence. A healthy approach to data protection Ireland’s Department of Health is now considering amendments to the Health Research Regulations, with data protection as one […]
Security roundup: March 2019
We round up interesting research and reporting about security and privacy from around the web. This month: ransomware repercussions, reporting cybercrime, vulnerability volume, everyone’s noticing privacy, and feeling GDPR’s impact. Ransom vs ruin Hypothetical question: how long would your business hold out before paying to make a ransomware infection go away? For Apex Human Capital […]
Security roundup: February 2019
We round up interesting research and reporting about security and privacy from around the web. This month: security as a global business risk, insured vs protected, a 12-step programme, subject access requests made real, French fine for Google, and an imperfect getaway. Risks getting riskier Some top ten lists are not the kind you want […]