IT Security

Cyber Security – who cares?

In a world where headlines constantly report rising inflation, new taxes, and perplexing government policies, it’s no wonder that massive cyber-attacks, resulting in the theft of millions of pounds and countless personal data, often go unnoticed. Many people assume these attacks are orchestrated by state actors such as China, Russia, Ukraine, North Korea, Iran and [...]

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Russia: a difficult bear to lure

The laziness of hackers is making them smarter. Technological advance is offering new techniques to malign actors and honeypots provide the opportunity to observe how hackers operate. In new types of attack the “dirty work” is carried out by the machine drastically cutting human involvement and time. What it is worrying is not only that

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The cyber threat: a matter of compliance

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

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Hide and Seek

It has been well reported that the human factor is often the weakest link in cyber security. Even the most advanced systems are susceptible to human error. According to Kaspersky, which utilised the B2B international market research company to scrutinise 5,000 companies across the globe, the results stated that “Fifty-two percent of businesses admit that

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