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If one lesson has been drummed home from my position as Chairman this year of the Gulf Information Security Exhibition & Conference (GISEC 2016) it is that NO company or individual is alone in their defence against Cyber threats and shared insights. Everyone is impacted. Furthermore, in a trusted environment, the sharing of experience, guidance […]
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 […]
March 18, 2016
The question of security for the UK is inextricably linked to that of Sovereignty, clearly understood in jurisprudence as the full right and power of a governing body to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies. As a Sovereign nation, before the folly of EU membership, the UK had for centuries economically […]
February 21, 2016
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato ― Listening to the exchanges on the UK’s national security position ‘should the UK leave the European Union (EU)’ , the commentary has been cringe worthy and embarrassing […]
November 16, 2015
Continuous User monitoring is a reality and an almost essential component of any organizations IT Security toolbox. To preserve employee privacy and the avoidance of challenges from individuals that corporates have compromised their integrity, it requires double blind protections. Obvious yes, but apparently not as many solutions do not flfill this crucial function. With the […]
April 28, 2015
Microsoft often gets a hard time for its security and the confidence customers can have in its product. Recent comments in the press around the benefits of Open Source as a more secure and transparent option misses a critical component in the debate and evaluation criteria – Partnership and Structure. In my experience proprietary software […]
February 21, 2015
Biological warfare has been outlawed by international convention for many years now. More than 100 nations signed the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention treaty and declared germ weaponry “repugnant to the conscience of mankind.” When one door closes another opens, and we are now confronted with a similar dilemma in the handling of Cyber attacks. Overdramatic? […]
January 12, 2015
A quick snapshot in time reveals that Web applications written in PHP likely accounted for 43 percent of the security issues found in 2006, up from 29 percent in 2005 (Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database). By 2015 you would have expect that to have been addressed by the ever so vociferous […]
September 18, 2014
Today has been a day of high emotion for the inhabitants of the United Kingdom as the people of Scotland vote on taking themselves independent. Not one of my meetings has passed today without the subject being raised, as with a regular spatter of emails from chums seeking an opinion. So here you have mine […]
May 29, 2014
Following repeated enquires from chums and business colleagues alike for advise on how to ‘get into’ Bitcoin, I cannot repeat enough that despite all the hype BitCoin is still defined as ‘An Experimental new currency that is in active development’. For you friends who may read this, enjoy the ride, but do so with your eyes […]
April 18, 2014
Headlines abound as the race to the bottom continues in the price wars that is benefiting Cloud Computing users but challenging the 3 principles in Cloud Computing – Microsoft, Amazon as clear leaders with the rapidly maturing but still lagging Google – as they struggle with a new class of business model economics that can […]
April 9, 2014
This is a copy of a Guest Blog recently posted to the ‘Ideas Matters’ Website’ – Intellectual Property Challenges for SME’s, A Big Data Opportunity? IP is a challenge for many SME’s, regardless of the industry. Establishing patents for original works, such as logos or unique statements, is not particularly straight forward and has been further […]
March 24, 2014
We are at an event horizon of yet another seismic shift in technologies progression and impact on our everyday lives. A shift that on the surface is all but invisible and little understood by many but is already resonating deep into the core fabric of our freedom and liberty as individuals and society at large. […]
February 22, 2014
The success potential in the cloud for Microsoft was laid down many years ago, well before cloud was even on the horizon, a unique differentiator that no Amazon or Google can challenge …. Yet. What I am talking about are customer ‘Relationships’ and the trust that those relationships has fostered, especially in the Corporate and […]
February 20, 2014
If you are in the Microsoft Partner ecosystem you will be familiar with this time of year, it’s that mad scramble to tick the box’s to ensure your continued membership is renewed ad critically at your chosen level of Certification – Gold or Silver being the two classes of real value. Some of you will […]
April 3, 2016
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