Security newsround: February 2018
We round up reporting and research from across the web about the latest security news. This month: coinjacking for cryptocurrency, CEO fraud takings, Google gets into security, a hefty fine for data breach, and social engineering the CIA. They got the jack Irish Government websites were among 4,200 portals around the world infected with ‘coinjacking’ […]
Security newsround: November 2017
We round up reporting and research from across the web about the latest security news. This month: effective awareness programmes, CEOs in the spotlight, Wi-Fi weaknesses and the best browser for blocking bad stuff online. Security Awareness Month October was Security Awareness Month in Europe and the US. There were many good articles and posts […]
Nollaig Shona
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War Biking in Dublin
On Friday I was interviewed by RTE News on the dangers of using free wifi hotspots and what you can do to protect yourself. This is something Lee covered before on this blog. The interview was as a result of the wonderful James Lynne from Sophos. James has done warbiking in various cities. This video is […]
Thank You Lee
As many of you know Lee Munson has done sterling work as our Social Media Manager over the past 18 months or so. He has provided excellent material to our blog and has been instrumental in it being recognised as one of the top security blogs around. Our following on our Twitter account (@bhconsulting) has grown […]
Give01Day Launches, Pledges To Support And Secure UK Charities
BH Consulting is proud to announce its support of Give01Day, an initiative created to support charities as they grapple with the same security issues faced by the corporate world. The campaign’s founder and CEO Amar Singh explains: “Almost every charity is custodian of extremely sensitive personal information ranging from sex abuse and child abuse to […]
ISACA Ireland 3rd Annual Conference
The Ireland chapter of ISACA, the global IT association that serves information systems audit, assurance, security, risk, privacy and governance professionals, is holding its annual conference in Dublin at Croke Park Conference Centre on 3rd October 2014. The event is entitled “GRC & Cyber Security Conference – Bringing the Silos Together”. Keynote speeches will be […]
Women In InfoSec – Why Are We Still Discussing It?
This afternoon I have been reading (with much interest) about the Women In Security panel discussion at Bsides Manchester. In a great write-up from Dr Jessica Barker, followed by a quick exchange on Twitter, I learned that only one woman submitted a paper for the event. Why is that I wondered? Of course we know […]
My first Information Security Conference – SOURCE Conference: Dublin 2014
I attended the two day SOURCE Conference at the Trinity College in Dublin last week (22-23 May), and have now officially stepped into the big bad (read awesome) world of Information Security with this being my first InfoSec conference. (Exciting times ahead!) Launched in 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) the SOURCE Conference focuses on bridging […]
You’ve Been Breached. Now What? – Webinar, June 5th – 2pm BST
I will be taking part in a webinar next week hosted by Infosecurity Magazine on You’ve Been Breached. Now What? Here are the details of the event The headlines are full of stories of breach, and information security professionals are beginning to accept that security breaches are a ‘when?’, not an ‘if’. According to Verizon’s […]