They say that every cloud has a silver lining but is this true about cloud computing. If the providers of cloud services would have you believe, it is true but is cloud computing the answer? It is quick to provision, you have instant resilience, you don’t need to worry about ... Read More

They say that every cloud has a silver lining but is this true about cloud computing. If the providers of cloud services would have you believe, it is true but is cloud computing the answer? It is quick to provision, you have instant resilience, you don’t need to worry about ... Read More

I read with interest that Google are trying to ditch Microsoft Windows operating systems on the basis of security. Instead they are going with either Linux or Mac OS. Call me a cynic but I can't but get the feeling that this is more of a marketing ploy than actual ... Read More

Well it has been a while since I last blogged and that is because I have just been so manic, busy beyond belief, mostly because of work. It has been eventful, firstly with new deployments eating most weekends as well as technical challenges.Lately I have been battling with Blackberry encryption ... Read More

After a week of political uncertainty we now have a new government, a historic moment of political compromise. It will be a time of change and a time of spending reviews. There will be cuts to public spending, there has to be because it is unsustainable and you definitely cannot ... Read More

It has been a little while since my last post, I have been manic. The big news for me has been the recent purchase of PGP by Symantec. I make it no secret, although I try not to promote it here, that I think the PGP product set is a ... Read More

Well patch Tuesday has been and gone and I see that Microsoft has been put in a difficult situation this month with XP security patches. The month before last they released a patch that, when installed on computers that were infected with the Alureon rootkit, caused the machines to endlessly ... Read More

I read with worry that the NHS is offshoring medical records to India. The NHS is already the leakiest organisation in the UK haemorrhaging data as though the NHS computer system has a severed artery so what are they doing? Offshoring data processing to India, following the likes of mobile ... Read More

A lot of businesses don’t appreciate where threats come from; they defend the perimeter of their network without looking too closely within. I was reminded of this the other day when the story of the Swiss HSBC employee reared its ugly head again.For those of you who don’t know a ... Read More

It has been nine days since my last post. I can't believe I left it so long and a lot has happened since I last posted. It is now only 19 days until the legislative changes allowing the ICO to up their game and is given real teeth. I have ... Read More