Huntsman Security has published its cyber security predictions for 2023, including the importance of cyber security posture management, systematic risk management, and how ongoing changes will continue to be driven by the insurance industry. In addition,...
Read MoreCommissioning or undertaking a security review is a familiar process for most security managers, internal and external auditors, CISOs and risk owners. The growing responsibilities of directors for the effective management of IT risk almost guarantees...
Read MoreWith the recent past focussed on COVID-19, and lockdowns now starting to end around the world (certainly in the UK, Australia and the US), for many it’s time to turn their attention to one of the biggest retail events on the calendar. This year, in...
Read MoreThe challenge of 2021 for security professionals is undoubtedly ransomware. It has, of course, been around for some years – but really gaining notoriety when the WannaCry and NotPetya attacks affected the NHS in the UK and the global shipping giant...
Read MoreDowntime disruption There has recently been a prominent example of how damaging a serious IT outage can be. The hours-long interruption in service that Facebook (and its other platforms Instagram and WhatsApp) suffered recently, made news around the...
Read MorePatient information at risk After the ransomware attack on the Waikato District Health Board (DHB) in May 2021 the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner John Edwards, warned all 20 NZ DHBs that if any DHB was found to not have adequate security (to protect...
Read MoreRansomware readiness is far better than cleaning-up after an attack 2021 is undoubtedly ‘the year of ransomware’. The Colonial Pipeline attack in May, highlighted the scale of the cyber risk for utilities and infrastructure industries more generally....
Read MoreHow to deal with a ransomware attack is currently a matter of some debate. There is a school of thought that paying the ransom is a bad idea because it rewards the criminal and can be used to fund further attacks, possibly even on the same organisation. ...
Read MoreIn a previous blog, we talked about the rising threat of ransomware, how many solutions and approaches are geared towards detecting it, and how there are key things organisations they can do to prevent a ransomware attack. We spoke about some recommended...
Read MoreThere is so much interest in ransomware at the moment that it almost feels like it’s the only cyber security problem we have to solve. While that certainly isn’t the case, there is undoubtedly a renewed importance in being able to deal with this...
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