Infosecurity Opinions
The Secret to Winning the War for Security Talent
Hiring the right security staff is the most critical for managing risk.
The Data Centre as a Time Machine
Yet to realize the potential impact of digitization, we need to help businesses get to grips with the reality of the cybersecurity threat landscape we now find ourselves in.
Enterprise Security for the Home
The arrival of the IOT era means it is time that Internet security is taken more seriously by everyone and that the answer is to introduce enterprise-class systems and controls to protect home networks.
Measure ROI of Phishing Awareness and Education Training
While employees are often considered the front line of protection, they’re also the individuals most likely to voluntarily turn over information.
Five Questions Board Members Should Ask Their CISO
Security isn’t something that can just be swept under the rug while the board and executive team plans on just pointing figures if something bad happens
How to Defuse the BYOD Bomb Without Going Nuclear
For many organizations, there is another more practical way to subdue the BYOD goliath without killing off all employee freedom to use preferred devices for work.
Collaboration is the Key to Effective Cyber-defense
Every year, cybersecurity rises up the business agenda. Today, putting the right protection and protocols in place to defend against growing cyber-risks is front of mind for boardrooms around the world
Security Priorities and Multi-Cloud Migration - What to Secure First
Securing, patching and isolating the cloud workload should be the first priorities.
How to Assemble a Solid Security Team
What does an ideal group look like? It draws from several functions and departments—the C-suite, legal, human resources, information technology, and, of course, security.
SAML - The Vital Hidden Ingredient in Effective Single Sign-On
SAML provides the capability for users to access resources from entirely separate domains using their own credentials.
Iot Botnets are Coming, How Can You Escape Them?
We probably weren’t expecting our sites and services to be collateral damage in a small but nasty war in the world of Minecraft gaming server providers.
Standards and Security: The Great DDoS Challenge
DDoS attacks are now moving towards more mission critical operations in hospitals, banks and universities.
Ransomware "Your Money, or your Data!"
There may never be a cyber-silver bullet to protect you 100% of the time against these pervasive threats; those who claim they can, will inevitably face disappointed end users.
A Growing Talent Shortfall Can Leave Apps Vulnerable
The skills shortage will prove to be an unlikely cause of serious application security weaknesses and data theft in the coming years.
From Data to Critical Infrastructure: Attackers Get Physical
We’re no longer talking just about regulatory fines and reputational damage, but the possibility of actual physical harm.
Training an Army of Cyber Defenders: The Case for Simulation
Cultivating security experience through a framework of simulation training
Coming to Terms with the Snooper's Charter
ISPA exists and unless attempts to amend it are successful, those of us working in the IT sector will need to comply with it.
A Reversed Approach to Tackling Insider Threats
By looking inwards – including continual monitoring of their internal networks and accumulated logs – organizations have fundamentally changed (and reversed) the age-old security mantra of defence.
How to Boost Your Information Security When Outsourcing
The possible ways of avoiding the main pitfalls in terms of protecting sensitive information.
The First Step to Uncovering Cryptography
As cryptography becomes increasingly complicated and perhaps gradually more unintelligible for humans (especially as we hand it over to AI), understanding the precepts of security and cryptography is essential to all businesses, especially those that provide internet services or store customer data in internet-based systems.
