No company wants to be the target of cyber criminals. Attempts to steal data, IP and personal information, encrypt data to get money or create botnets for mounting other forms of attack are increasing all the time. The cyber security challenges that companies encounter continues to grow in the face of an increasingly organised and hostile Internet-based criminal fraternity.
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.
Read MoreFinding good cyber security quotes is much harder than finding good movie quotes. The classic film quote “Life is like a box of chocolates” in Forrest Gump became an instantly recognisable line and scene; the naïve and uncomplicated Forrest Gump – runner, shrimp fisherman, husband and father – having met presidents and fought in wars – sits simply on a bench and observes, to those who sit next to him, that his mother said “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”. Cyber security quotes, like movie quotes, can be equally as enlightening.
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