Estonian Government Releases Cyber Strategy Paper
The Estonian Government has released a strategy paperon enhancing cyber security. This is an interesting read as we can all learn from the lessons of the cyber attacks against Estonia last year. The report makes for interesting reading and yet it is still sad to see that governments and many organisations only take computer security […]
Brian Honan to Chair Roundtable Discussion on Security with Bruce Schneier
I have been given the honour to chair an upcoming roundtable discussion hosted by the Institute of International and European Affairs on risk and security at which Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technology Officer of BT Group, will address. Having been a subscriber to Bruce Schneir’s Cryptogram newsletter, an avid reader of his Blog, a reader […]
ENISA Publishes New White Paper On Security Awareness
Over the summer I worked on a project with ENISA to produce a white paper “Obtaining Support and Funding From Senior Management“. The paper is now available on the ENISA website. This is very important paper as one of the most important things to ensure the success of any information securtiy awareness programme is to […]
Updated Security Awareness Guide Availble
Two years ago ENISA published an excellent guide on how to raise information security awareness within your organisations. A new version of the guide is now available and well worth the time taken to download and read it. Security awareness can be one of the most effective defence measures you can invest in. Once you […]
Cyber Crime is a Real Business Issue
A recent report released by Finjan highlights that cyber crime is a growing concern for businesses of all sizes. Ninety one percent of 1,387 IT managers surveyed consider cyber crime as a major risk to their business with 73% claiming data theft is more worrying than downtime or malware infection. What is even more interesting […]
New Interesting Blog
I recently came across Owen O’Connor‘s Security In Ireland Blog. Owen is one of the best information security professionals that I know and he provides invaluable insight into many current information security issues facing us here in Ireland. I highly recommend you jump over to Owen’s Blog and check it out. While there you should […]
Takeaways from Cyber Crime Seminar
So another year passes and the nearest this Mayoman gets to Croke Park in September is the annual Global Security Week conference. However the quality of yesterday’s Cyber Crime seminar more than made up for Mayo not reaching the All-Ireland final. The Cyber Crime seminar that we hosted as part of Global Security Week was […]
Still Some Places Available for Tomorrow's Seminar
There are still a number of spaces available for tomorrow’s Global Security Week seminar on Cyber Crime. The seminar will be hosted at Jurys Croke Park on Wednesday the 10th of September from 2:00 p.m. Registration is free and open to anyone concerned with Cyber Crime. Places can be booked by contacting Brian Honan on 01-4404065 […]
New Security Website Launched
As part of Global Security Week a new website has been launched to help promote awareness amongst home and business users. The Surfingsafer website provides information on a range of computer security products that are available. The site also has links to best practise and provides advise on how to protect your systems from cyber […]
CERT Helped Crack TJX Hacking Case
It appears that CERT/CC helped US authorities in their case against the 11 people charged with hacking into the TJX network and stealing over 40 million credit card details. This is a great example of one of the benefits a CERT can provide the Internet community. Having professionals develop tools and skills in fighting cyber […]