cybersecurity Archives - Page 7 of 10

Nation state cyber attacks: an unstoppable force?

April 17, 2023 admin

Nation state cyber attacks pose a risk to any organisation operating online. But nation state attacks can be quite different to cybercrime incidents, even when they use similar attack vectors. Some nation state attacks aim […]

Cyber skills: are we our own worst enemy?

March 31, 2023 admin

The cybersecurity industry has long complained of a skills shortage. But is the industry actually its own worst enemy? The industry’s skills shortage is well documented. But the way we recruit people has to shoulder […]

Security, diversity and resilience

February 17, 2023 admin

IT security and business resilience are often viewed as separate disciplines. But both are now squarely board-level issues. The challenge for IT directors and cybersecurity leaders, though, is that teams, technologies and practices exist in […]

Benchmarking, checkboxes and cyber hygiene

February 2, 2023 admin

It’s often said that the cybersecurity and data privacy worlds rely too much on checkbox compliance exercises – and fail to get to grips with the real issues that put data and systems at risk. […]

Critical infrastructure, cyber threats, and lessons from Ukraine

January 18, 2023 admin

In this episode we look at the continuing threats to critical national infrastructure, or CNI. National infrastructure is under attack from both nation state actors, and from ransomware gangs and other crime groups. And, as […]

Cybersecurity in 2023

January 5, 2023 admin

In this extended episode, we review the key cybersecurity events of 2022. And we analyse the likely developments, and priorities, for CISOs in 2023. In 2022, the industry was still dealing with the impact of […]

Fake apps and novel phishing attacks

December 7, 2022 admin

Phishing poses a significant threat to all organisations, despite steps taken by security firms to counter it. Malware detection tools, and security awareness campaigns, have improved our ability to detect and block phishing attacks. Even […]

Neurodiversity, neurodivergence and cyber

November 3, 2022 admin

There’s said to be some 3.5 million unfilled jobs in cybersecurity. So organisations are having to look beyond their conventional methods, and talent pools, to fill vacancies. Until recently, though, little attention was paid to […]

Cyber’s $150bn black hole: operationalising cybersecurity

October 20, 2022 admin

Spending on cybersecurity seems to rise every year. One estimate, from analysts Gartner, puts global spending at $150bn. But does that spending actually protect us? And does it represent an investment, or just a sunk […]

DDoS’ shifting focus: war, religion and politics

October 5, 2022 admin

DDoS attacks remain a threat to any organisation operating online. And over the last six to twelve months, security researchers have seen a shift in the pattern of denial of service attacks. This is being […]

Security Insights

Putting security in focus

cybersecurity