Opinion
Opinion
Security policy and user awareness
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Security Think Tank: Use layered security and patch management to defeat fileless malware
What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Multi-layered security key to fileless malware defence
What should organisations do, at the very least, to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Social engineering at the heart of fileless malware attacks
What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: How to tackle fileless malware attacks
What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Continue Reading
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Hawaii missile alert: Why the wrong guy was fired
In January 2018, an employee at Hawaii’s emergency management agency sent out a false alarm of an imminent missile attack, and was subsequently fired – but perhaps poor system design is really to blame Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: How to evolve SecOps capacity
How can organisations evolve their security operations teams to do more automation of basic tasks and cope with dynamic IT environments? Continue Reading
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Safer Internet Day: Building online safety practices with young people
Many organisations around the UK are contributing to the important work on making the internet a safer place for everyone Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Automating basic security tasks
How can organisations evolve their security operations teams to do more automation of basic tasks and cope with dynamic IT environments? Continue Reading
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Dmarc email validation – we're doing it all wrong
Dmarc is a hugely important way to reduce email fraud – just ask HMRC – but it also makes email marketing campaigns far more effective Continue Reading
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Criminal law: Are Twitter threats taken seriously?
As threats of violence become increasingly common online, law enforcement is taking stronger action against the perpetrators Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Communication is key to cyber security in digital era
How can information security professionals help organisations to understand the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses? Continue Reading
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Gary McKinnon: Why Lauri Love should be spared the nightmare of extradition
Computer activist Lauri Love should be spared a life sentence in a US jail, says former hacker Gary McKinnon Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Many breaches down to poor access controls
In the modern business environment, what are the most common access control mistakes – and how best are these corrected? Continue Reading
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The problem with passwords: how to make it easier for employees to stay secure
An organisation’s IT security can be compromised if staff do not follow a strict policy of using strong passwords to access internal systems Continue Reading
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Life’s a breach: How to handle the press after a hacking attack
Emily Dent, specialist in crisis PR, offers some advice to organisations that unexpectedly find themselves in the headlines Continue Reading
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Privacy concerns in the digital world
Considering the full spectrum of privacy, people need to ask themselves if they are comfortable with all their characteristics in the public domain Continue Reading