e-Crime & Cybersecurity Congress: Cloud Security Fundamentals
I was a panellist at the e-Crime & Cybersecurity Congress last week, the discussion was titled 'What's happening to your business? Cloud security, new business metrics and future risks and priorities for 2019 and beyond", a recap of the points I made.Cloud is the 'Default Model' for BusinessCloud is now ... Read More
Learning from the Big Data Breaches of 2018
Guest article by Cybersecurity ProfessionalsWhat can we learn from the major data breaches of 2018?2018 was a major year for cybersecurity. With the introduction of GDPR, the public’s awareness of their cyber identities has vastly increased – and the threat of vulnerability along with it. The Information Commissioner’s Office received ... Read More
Deriving value from the MITRE ATT&CK Threat Model
The MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base continues to gain traction as the defacto source for supporting business threat assessing, developing proactive cybersecurity and cyber resilience strategies. ATT&CK provides a defined understanding of the adversaries, their associated tactics, their techniques and procedures (TTPs). The ATT&CK comprehensive knowledge base of adversary tactics and ... Read More
Cyber Security Roundup for February 2019
The perceived threat posed by Huawei to the UK national infrastructure continued to make the headlines throughout February, as politicians, UK government agencies and the Chinese telecoms giant continued to play out their rather public spat in the media. See my post Is Huawei a Threat to UK National Security? ... Read More
What’s the greater risk to UK 5G, Huawei backdoors or DDoS?
Have we been focusing too much on the Huawei backdoor threat instead of the DDoS threat facing the incoming 5G network infrastructure? Lee Chen, CEO at A10 networks thinks so.The size and sophistication of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have risen at an ever-accelerating pace. As new 5G networks become operational, ... Read More
The Business of Organised Cybercrime
Guest article by David Warburton, Senior Threat Research Evangelist, F5 NetworksTeam leader, network administrator, data miner, money specialist. These are just some of the roles making a difference in today’s enterprises. The same is also true for sophisticated cybergangs. Many still wrongly believe that the dark web is exclusively inhabited ... Read More
Is Huawei a Threat to UK National Security?
On 19th July 2018 the UK government, through the GCHQ backed Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre, gave “limited assurance” that Huawei poses no threat to UK National Security. Since then the UK, EU, and NATO member government politicians and security services have all raised concerns about the nation-state cyber threat ... Read More
Customers Blame Companies not Hackers for Data Breaches
RSA Security latest search reveals over half (57%) of consumers blame companies ahead of hackers if their data is stolen. Consumer backlash in response to the numerous high-profile data breaches in recent years has exposed one of the hidden risks of digital transformation: loss of customer trust. The RSA Data ... Read More
Automotive Technologies and Cyber Security
A guest article authored by Giles KirklandGiles is a car expert and dedicated automotive writer with a great passion for electric vehicles, autonomous cars and other innovative technologies. He loves researching the future of motorisation and sharing his ideas with auto enthusiasts across the globe. You can find him on ... Read More
Cyber Security Roundup for January 2019
The first month of 2019 was a relatively slow month for cyber security in comparison with the steady stream of cyber attacks and breaches throughout 2018. On Saturday 26th January, car services and repair outfit Kwik Fit told customers its IT systems had been taken offline due to malware, which ... Read More
