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How to Lose a Generation (and Your Cyber Credibility) … In a move that truly showcases the digital finesse of a damp teabag, Parliament has blessed us with the UK Online Safety Act 2023, yet another stroke of cyber brilliance, mandatory age verification on adult websites. Because nothing screams ‘we understand the internet’ like a […]
June 7, 2024
Ransomware is that invidious preeminent cyber threat. Have you asked yourself or your executives what would they do if they were subjected to a ransom demand following a Cyber attack that encrypted IT systems? “Ransomware remains the biggest online threat to the UK and we are clear that organisations should not pay ransom demands”. Quote: […]
August 28, 2020
Under lockdown, businesses have realised new efficiencies by quickly adopting cloud-based technologies to support remote working. As a result, the acceleration of digital transformation projects is showing no signs of slowing down when the restrictions are lifted. According to NCC Group research of hundreds of cyber security decision makers, remote working, cloud and digital transformation […]
July 7, 2017
May of those sitting in front of overpriced Apple devices represent a unique audience of the dammed, dammed by their own myopic almost dogmatic passion and pride in a brand. It’s a severe case of Emperors clothes, where Apple once a leader is now a laggard. Apple is now bloated on its own success having […]
May 13, 2017
So, the world woke up to a weekend of Cyber hurt that is going to rumble on for some time to come, that you can guarantee, as the Wannabe Ransomware attacks ravage the computer systems and networks of negligent owners. Negligence is not too strong a word in this instance. Under the UK Companies Act […]
April 14, 2017
The blogspace is a flood with fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) tactics pumping up the pending European General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The headline grabber and favourite being the €20m or 4% fines applied to global turnover (NOT profit) for infringement. This level of fine is somewhat eye watering taken raw. However, ensure you take […]
April 3, 2017
It comes as no surprise to read of an ‘Advanced Chinese hacking campaign infiltrates IT service providers across the globe’ following the announcement a few days earlier from the UK National Cyber Security Centre ‘Global targeting of enterprises via managed service providers’. Whilst the UK National Cyber Security Centre confidently states ‘We have no evidence […]
February 10, 2017
So, you have woken up to the reality that it is only a matter of time before your organisation will have to handle a Cyber Breach event and asking who should be responsible? According to a Deloitte’s Cyber Risk report only 27% of the UK’s largest businesses can put their hands up to having a […]
January 30, 2017
Although security of personal data has always been a legal obligation for organisations, with the new EU GDPR (General data Protection Regulations) coming into force on the 25th May 2018, it reinforces the legal obligations both in substance and context on the data controllers, extending at the same time responsibility directly to data processors while […]
September 22, 2016
The faster we move the sicker we get. As we see in our offline world so we are experiencing in our new Cyber realms and digital hyper-connected social network societies. I postulate that IoT (Internet of Things) is as virulent and as terminal as HIV in our digital lives. IoT = D-HIV variant IoT, is a technology […]
April 11, 2016
Leading on from my last post, so what should Law Firms or any professional service organisation for that matter such as financial advisor, accountant or bank, be doing now they are finding themselves under the Cyber Security microscope following the ‘Panama Papers’ expose? With no exceptions senior partners and key stakeholders should be demanding clear […]
April 3, 2016
The original intention was to do two full reports from my perspective of Chairman this year for the Gulf Information Security Exhibition & Conference (GISEC 2016) and the Gulf Enterprise Mobility Exhibition & Conference (GEMEC 2016), so it will come as no surprise to anyone active in these spaces to hear that the Enterprise Mobility […]
November 6, 2015
Further on the IoT (Internet of Things) theme I first wrote about back in June – ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), Convenience or Calamity?’ ‘FBI Issues Alert on the Security of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices’. Welcomed news until you move past the headline. The guidance that unfolds recommends that responsibility for security should rest with […]
August 28, 2015
With the advent of Windows 10, we have seen the pushing of this OS as a FREE upgrade onto consumer PC’s (those running legit Windows v7 or 8), as well as many small and medium business user systems. This has had the side effect of kicking off flurries of enquiries and concerns over what is […]
July 29, 2015
Time is running out folk’s, by the time you read this the witching hour will almost be upon us, 1st August 2015 will see the revisions to Microsoft Privacy Statements and Services Agreement Agreements move Windows users into a brave new world of exposure / intimacy with Microsoft, and why, because there is a new kid on […]
July 29, 2025
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