A contemporary defensive cyber security model, known as zero trust, requires organisations to fully develop and integrate the means to detect unwanted or suspicious behaviour throughout their business architecture. The legacy view that cyber security is fought on the perimeter battlefront doesn’t respect that most attacks originate from internal systems and applications already compromised. So, what does a pivot to zero trust mean for organisations who are keen to adopt this comprehensive approach to cyber security?
Read MoreOur CEO, Peter Woollacott, recently attended the 2019 RSA Conference in San Francisco. As the primary cyber security trade show in America, RSA is an enormous cyber security showcase, comprising product wares from a multitude of cyber technology vendors. A key theme throughout the conference was that of cyber trust and organisational trustworthiness.
Read MoreThe famous criminal Willie Sutton was once asked “Why do you rob banks?” and his reply was simply “that’s where the money is!”.
Read MoreCyber security has been a growing industry for many years now. From the first forays into Internet communication and the rise of e-commerce, mobile devices, cloud computing and social media – there has been a steady stream of technological advancements and a growing regulatory imperative to drive continued growth in investment in security as these new ways of doing business – digital transformation – have changed the risk profile.
Read MoreAs we reflect on 2018 one thing is certain – cyber risk has become synonymous with business risk. Responsibility for your organisation’s cyber posture has escalated to senior management level; understanding your position has never been more important and awareness of external factors more necessary. Read the 2019 Cyber Security Predictions paper.
Read MoreThe cyber security market has had its share of dealings with compliance standards and legislation. Some have very broad applicability, others are very narrow, there are mandated and optional ones; technical and managerial; guideline and prescription.
Read MoreAt the time of writing it is only a few weeks until Infosec Europe 2018 – the big London cyber security show – rolls into town at Kensington Olympia on 5th-7thJune (Huntsman Security is on stand E190).
Read MoreIt is not uncommon to try to learn lessons from major security breaches. It would be foolish not to want to understand the mistakes or misfortunes of other organisations in an effort to better defend your own data and systems.
Read MoreThis is the sequel to “Lessons we can learn from the movies” – the initial batch of non-cyber security movies that we should be able to learn from. Here is the second instalment.
Read MoreAfter the popularity of our last post on whether cyber security is like a box of chocolates it was noted that there are other movie quotes – more closely related to security – that can be used as lessons or to make points about cyber security and why it is important.
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