Infosecurity Opinions
ICO fines and the public sector: something needs to change
Are the fines that the ICO gives out and the 'letters of undertaking' given to the ICO from those responsible for data breaches doing anything at all to combat the problem?
Reducing Cyber-Risk Through Cyber-Insurance
Matt Middleton-Leal weighs up the risk-reduction possibilities offered up by enterprise cyber-insurance
How to Go from Hunted to Hunter
Organizations must act to shift the cybersecurity power balance in their favor, writes Ashish Patel
Professional Sports Teams are Risking a Cybersecurity Own Goal
The world of professional sport faces a significant cyber-threat due to the data teams hold and their high profile, writes James Hampshire
Organizations Need to Break the Reactive Cycle
Today’s businesses face the most dynamic and challenging security landscape ever seen. Traditional approaches are no longer sufficient, writes Rob Lay
Why Did Cybercrime Get So Easy?
The rise in cybercrime can be attributed to the new age of MaaS (malware-as-a-service), says Carl Leonard
Hackers are Powerless with Zero Knowledge
Every day hackers are being equipped for their next attack, as more and more users are trusting organizations with their personal information online. But with zero knowledge, hackers can be rendered powerless, says Steve Watts
Open Source Vulnerabilities Call for Stronger Secure Shell Key Management
The Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability woke everyone up to the risks that open source software can pose
The Government is Offering £5000 Vouchers to SMBs: Will it Really Help their Security?
£5000 vouchers may be a big step in the right direction but more needs to be done to incentivize SMBs to invest in their cybersecurity, says Corey Nachreiner
You Can Identify Hackers Before they Attack
Ntrepid Chief Scientist Lance Cottrell discusses techniques businesses can implement to identify the attackers among their other visitors by using their own tools against them
It’s Time to Change How We Think About SSL/TLS
With continuous certificate monitoring available, there’s no reason organizations should not know about vulnerable deployments and immediately fix them, says Jason Sabin
Why Are We Pretending Encryption Could Have Saved UCLA & OPM?
The Office of Personnel Management and UCLA Health have both been under fire in the media this summer for failing at one of the most universal standards for data security: encryption
How to Prepare for the Cloud Application Explosion
To cope with the exponential rise of the app, data and cloud market, web security solutions must offer CAC capabilities, says Ed Macnair
Windows Server 2003 end of life – what does this mean for your business?
With the Windows Server 2003 end of life date around the corner, what does the switch off of support actually mean for your business? We take a look.
Everybody’s Watching Facebook Vs Belgium Because Everybody is Facebook
In privacy cases, European internet companies may not be subject to just their home regulator, explains Sam Pfeifle
Compliance Doesn't Have to be Painful
Organizations are placing far too much emphasis on the compliance certification and not enough on the compliance process, says Dan Maloney
Security Alerts: You Only Have 7 Minutes to Decide
On average, an IT executive has only seven minutes to determine whether their organization is under attack
Future Proof Your Data Protection: GDPR and Beyond
If GDPR doesn’t mean much to you yet, it soon will, writes Alessandro Porro
Are Car Tracking Devices Safe and Secure?
The European Parliament passed a new eCall law in April which states that, from 2018, every new car will contain a black box. But what are the security implications? asks Gary Newe
Productivity and Security Don’t Have to Be a Trade-off
The modern workplace is awash with enterprise cloud apps, with employees and organizations alike increasingly seeking greater productivity – but this doesn’t have to mean a decline in security, says Eduard Meelhuysen
