There is growing talk in cyber security circles of a technique called “purple teaming”. The benefits sit beside red teaming and blue teaming in the emerging discourse. But purple teaming isn’t a form of security assessment espoused by Prince...
Read MoreCritical infrastructure and its security has never been more in the spotlight; and it’s no different in the EU. The number of cyber disruptions across the globe to key service providers like water, power and financial services suppliers has brought...
Read MoreSecurity advisories everywhere are warning of heightened threats in the Critical Infrastructure (CI) sector, and recent world events are unlikely to slow the trend. Off the back of new security agency mandates in the US, planned strengthening of security...
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...
Read MoreAnother sort of health warning A significant cost of the last 18 months of turmoil for many organisations is revealed in a joint cyber security advisory published this week. Organisations everywhere have been challenged by cyber adversaries and their...
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