Cyber risk. Overlooked? Ignored? Under-appreciated? Well, that’s exactly how most information security professionals must feel when trying to raise funds to fix security holes. The challenge we face isn’t the business failing to grasp cyber risk, it’s addressing the communications gap between technical staff and business owners. In turn, business owners don’t like spending […]
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What should organisations consider if they are to prepare for cyber insurance? Many businesses think their insurance policies would cough up if they are brought to their knees by a devastating cyber attack, but unsurprisingly, most business insurance policies were written 50 years ago to cover tangible losses only; and aren’t automatically updated to
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So why is that? Why aren’t the defences we’ve been putting in place for the last twenty years effective? Let’s look at why. Malware creation is no longer in the hands of expert hackers Anybody with a computer can make their own custom malware, given the prolific rise in malware-creation kits. Buy the software,
Malware is nothing new, yet malware infections are on the rise! Read More »
Three Cyber Security questions that flummox 95% of businesses These days there is generally a high degree of awareness about cyber security within most businesses. Largely thanks to several high-profile breaches and rising government regulation, cyber security is often discussed at levels within large companies. However, despite this upward trend there are several questions that
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New Dog, New Tricks Anyone with even the slightest interest in current trends within technology could not help but be aware of the astounding progress being made in the last few years in the field of Artificial Intelligence, and in particular a subset it known as Machine Learning. We now employ Machine Learning algorithms in
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Here at 2-sec we are gearing up for one of our biggest events of the year, the Cyber Security Expo, taking place at the ExCel, London on the 5 & 6 October. Cyber Security Europe at IP EXPO Europe offers invaluable security insight for both IT managers and security specialists. We will be based in the
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What has a CISO ever done for anyone? “Taking information security seriously” has become an essential bullet point on the agenda for any and all businesses in recent years. But what, exactly, does “taking it seriously” involve? To quote an article[1] from back in 2014 “Companies that don’t (or won’t) pay security the attention it
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Over the past 90 days 2-SEC has met with many leading CIOs and CISOs to discuss where they see developing trends in cyber security. Whilst many said they had seen huge improvements across the industry over the last year, there were five trends that over 90% saw as both developing as well as significantly alarming: A lack of board understanding. Whilst many
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Talking Business There are a few phrases that we hear very often from members of the Cyber Security profession. “There is no such thing is perfect security” is one of these – it means that no matter how much money / technology / talent you throw at the problem, and the closer you get to
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