Security Roundup April 2024
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Emerging security threats and trends Who doesn’t enjoy some future-gazing? Cybersecurity so often involves reacting to what’s happened, but it’s always worth keeping one eye on what’s coming next. Two new reports have highlighted emerging trends for now and into […]
Security Roundup March 2024
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines Ransomware keeps reminding us of the strong connection between a cybersecurity incident and financial loss. CNN reports that ransomware victims in the US healthcare sector say they’re “haemorrhaging money”, as disruption affects their daily operations. Some […]
Magnificent Seven: Celebrating Great Women in Cybersecurity and Data Protection
This year, the theme of International Women’s Day is ‘Inspire Inclusion’. That inspiration is needed, because inequality and gender representation still need to improve in cybersecurity. Even though girls outperform at school, just 26 per cent of people under the age of 30 working in cybersecurity are female, according to ISC2. And the percentage is […]
Security Roundup February 2024
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 gives senior leaders a high-level overview of cybersecurity trends. Cyber attacks featured in the top five risks for the year ahead, along with factors like extreme weather […]
Data Protection Day 2024: In Privacy We Trust
Trust is a critical component of any successful organization. Without trust, relationships between employees, customers, and other stakeholders can quickly deteriorate, leading to a breakdown in communication and collaboration. The relationship between privacy and trust is complex and intertwined. Privacy is an essential element of trust, as individuals and organizations are more likely to trust […]
Security Roundup January 2024
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. BH Consulting Celebrates 20 Years in Business We are thrilled to announce and celebrate a significant milestone in our journey – 20 years of dedicated service in the field of cyber security and data protection. Since our inception in 2004, […]
Top 5 tips for self-certification to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
Rules on transferring personal data between the EU and the US don’t just apply to the social media and technology giants. If your organisation is a US legal entity, or an EU-based organisation with a US parent, and it sends personal data to the United States, you now have the option to participate in the […]
Security Roundup December 2023
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Cloudy outlook for security? Cloud technology use is growing, but are organisations’ taking precautions to secure these services? Datadog’s latest annual report uncovered common weak security practices from analysing thousands of organisations using platforms like AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google […]
IRISSCON 2023: OT, AI, and human empathy
In front of its largest ever attendance, the annual Irish cybersecurity conference IRISSCON tackled some big themes. Among them were: attacks against critical infrastructure, increasing regulation, the need for empathy from security pros, and – naturally – AI. From the off, 2023 struck a more downbeat tone than last year’s edition. The first keynote speaker […]
Security Roundup November 2023
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Scamalot: police point to ongoing online fraud… It may be the low-hanging fruit of the security profession, but every now and again it’s worth re-familiarising ourselves with how scams work. Tom Whipple, a journalist with The Times, has an excellent […]