Infosecurity Blogs
Countering the Terrorism Cyber-Threat
With cyber terrorism in the spotlight, how are cyber-tactics being used as a means to aid and conduct terrorist activities and what is the distinction between use of the internet and offensive cyber-techniques?
Hacking Without Computers
As organisations improve their network perimeter security, the human factor often presents the weakest link to protect information and assets.
The Risk of ‘Visual Hacking’ in the Financial Services Industry
As well as software-based systems, financial organisations are increasingly looking at the emerging threat vector of ‘visual hacking’, which is the risk around people being able to obtain information simply by glancing at a screen.
A Day in the Life of an IT Pro: Bridging the Islands on the Company Continent
In many companies, the business leadership team, the applications team and the infrastructure team are all different entities that can feel worlds apart. And their organizational goals and alignment can vary massively.
Happy Halloween - Putting the Genie Back Into the Bottle
Those who maintain the required level of vigilance over the creep of technology may have either taken their eye of the ball for some considerable time
Turn another Page on the Teenage Rampage
Should we be reassessing what is indeed normal teenage behavior when it seems that breaking security systems seems to now pass for the norm
Ponemon Institute study demonstrates the impact of visual hacking
Visual hacking is explained and demonstrated, while possible solutions to the problem are presented.
#TalkTalk: No White Flags, But Now Dido Needs to Act
Can it really be that all it took to take-down a top telco was a techie teen?
How to Fix the Internet of Broken Things
One answer to security problems with the Internet of Things may be to change from the closed source approach with software to an open source and open security approach.
The Security Challenges Threatening to Tear the Internet of Things Apart
The Internet of Things has the power to transform our lives, but it’s also developing at such a rate that it threatens to outstrip our ability to adequately secure it.
A Mission, Computers and Puzzles - What Could Be Better?
We can’t start educating kids soon enough – a message that seems to be resonating beyond the walls of (ISC)² into the Halls of Congress, the academic community and corporate America.
The Titan Pain of Dim Sum
With the changing face of war, allowing other countries to operate potential attack facilities in one's own country is a major risk.
Sound and Vision As Infosecurity Makes It Big On the Small Screen
New cyber-crime drams breaks the fourth wall, dragging security out of its techie niche and into living rooms and most importantly boardrooms
Money’s Too Tight to Mention: Not for Infosecurity
2015 will go down as the year when the security industry showed that the investment community was more than willing to put its money where its mouth was.
Sheep vs Cyber-Insurance
Cyber-insurance can offer an additional level of protection to your organisation but can it give the desired level of protection?
Infosecurity: Zip Up and Lose the Fear
How are professionals implementing security architectures? How is how peopple working affecting efficacy of these systems?
Your Not-So-Typical Cybersecurity Awareness Tips
For those of us in the cybersecurity profession, the term “awareness” should not stop at educating users. As leaders in our field, the term must invoke a determination to address a workforce in crisis.
Experian: It’s Our Data So We Must Demand MORE
The Experian breach shows how our data and our lives are exposed to hackers, cyber criminals, state sponsored activities, and even authorized agencies.
The Public Sector and Visual Privacy
The public sector is arguably one of the market sectors that most closely appreciates the need for visual privacy as part of overall security strategies and is acting accordingly.
