Presented for your consideration: a recipe for disaster. Take one part secret history and the desire to conceal it, one part the ability to recreate such truths as you may desire, and blend well with an inability or unwillingness to question. Served together, this is a recipe found only in one place… not the Twilight […]
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News comes that in recent days, the UK launched a large-scale cyber-attack on Islamic State designed to “hinder and suppress” the group’s ability to co-ordinate and spread their words. While one might find it strange for a sovereign government to openly admit to this kind of provocation, the specific dynamics surrounding IS at least make
Cybersecurity with Donald Rumsfeld: where are your unknown unknowns? Read More »
Robotics are on the rise and any development that comes through in the world of tomorrow – be it robot priests, completely automated Amazon shops and warehouses or the Virginia Tech robot that can open doors – will normally be met with some variation of the phrase “This is how Skynet begins!”. But if we
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Political Risk Advisory Briefing: – Pakistan April 2018 Read More »
The closing down of the law firm Mossack Fonseca is only few days away. The firm has in fact announced that it will terminate its operations at the end of the month, after more than 40 years of service. The decision came after irreparable damage was inflicted on the firm as a result of the
Is your data secure? Mossack Fonseca, a lesson learnt Read More »
The Cambridge Analytica saga has confirmed, as if further evidence was needed, that your data is less secure than ever. Whether there was genuine loss of oversight or deliberate malfeasance, the hard truth is that millions of people – and billions of relationships – were used illicitly, and that this is not likely to be
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As the fallout from the attempted murder of the Skripals continues, attention is turning to what punitive action could be taken against Russia – and how the Kremlin might respond in kind. While there seems agreement that this will not go well for Britain, what should not slip under the radar is the degree to
Russia: The Wolf in the Woods Read More »
Good news, bad news. Even as due diligence proliferates among law firms and corporates, with the general consensus being now (after years of dancing around the issue) that actually, this is kind of A Big Deal, there is still self-sabotage being carried out by the beneficiaries of the service themselves. It is an interesting conundrum:
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In the language of the law, a Politically Exposed Person (PEP) is someone who, by virtue of their position and influence, is either overly susceptible to bribery and corruption – or who may be facilitating it. Only now are governments starting to crack down on what is a problematic ‘grey area’ in the chains of
2018 is the year of cyber. In spring two important pieces of EU legislation will come into force: the Network Information System (NIS) Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Failure to comply with the requirements will impose heavy fines on businesses. Therefore, the government is stepping up against the cyber threat in legal
The cyber threat: a matter of compliance Read More »