In many cybersecurity discussions these days, you hear the term ‘zero trust.’ People are proclaiming it as the new, best way to keep an organisation safe from the wave of cybercrime which has broken over Britain’s shores in the last year. It’s important to understand what it really is, what the benefits and shortfalls […]
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In the UK right now, many businesses are asking themselves how they would respond to a ransomware attack, will they pay and what are their risks obligations if they are willing to do so. That’s because the number of incidents of ransomware attacks has skyrocketed in the last two years. In a recent
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Tim Holman is the President of ISSA-UK, as well as the CEO & Founder at cybersecurity firm 2-Sec. He started out doing OS/2 and LAN Server support for IBM in 1994 and spent a lot of time on online forums both learning and helping others. For those efforts, he was rewarded with the title of
2|SEC FOUNDER TIM HOLMAN TALKS PHISHING, EMPLOYEES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MFA Read More »
When online clothing retailer FatFace was hacked in January 2021, it disobeyed one of the golden rules of managing a cybersecurity crisis; it kept quiet about it for two months before downplaying the threat, saying only that “some employment related information’ had been accessed by third parties.” We now know that was only the tip
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Silver Sparrow delivers a wake-up call to Mac users around the world about their security complacence. There is a common belief amongst many users of Apple products that they don’t need to worry about viruses, hacking, or cybersecurity. The belief is that Apple’s ‘walled garden’ is so secure and so powerful that any threats to
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Due to the coronavirus outbreak there has been a significant increase in people working from home. This is on a scale never seen before globally due to government advice and strict controls limiting peoples movements. Working from home can introduce a variety of increased security risks, e.g. loss of sensitive company data. Join us for
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Research is drawn from 2|SEC Consulting’s Virtual CISO, Cyber Security Audit, Cyber Essentials and Penetration Test team engagements over 2019. The Top 5 Cyber Threats found: Passwords You think your password is secure? Think again. Billions of user accounts and passwords have been compromised and reused by hackers. We will look at the mechanics and
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On Friday 9thAugust 2019, it went dark across many parts of the UK. Train networks stopped and communters were facing an inability to get home due to hours of cancellations, described by Bloomberg as a ‘once-in-a-decade blackout’. The cause? A seemingly unlikely event where two power stations simultaneously went offline. Just a few minutes of
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