There was new research from the Home Office led Cyber Streetwise programme last week. The latest poll shows that only 16% of small businesses in the UK said that improving their cyber-security was a “top priority” for 2015. 66% of businesses “don’t consider their businesses to be vulnerable” and more than three-quarters don’t understand the
Espionage-as-a-service: Brewing up a new threat to UK small businesses. Read More »
PENETRATION TESTING Cyber-crime costs UK businesses up to £22 bn each year (source: The Cost of Cybercrime, the Cabinet Office). The number of cyber-attacks is also increasing year on year, and both small and larger businesses are being targeted by criminals for their sensitive data and supplier and client information. Penetration testing is the key
We’ve been reading the proliferation of articles on the cyber-attacks on Sony, and weighing up the associated facts and information on the web. One thing does seem clear – we think it is extremely unlikely that North Korea has actually carried out the hack. On hearing about the hacking attack back in 2014, one of
The new “normal” – what does the Sony hack mean for businesses in 2015? Read More »
It’s that time of year again, when the great and the good start posting lists of their industry predictions for 2015. We will be posting forecasts from our 2-sec consultants right up to Christmas on LinkedIn, but I thought I’d start the ball rolling. Here’s a short snippet on what I, and the rest of the
Cyber Security Predictions for 2015 and Beyond! Read More »
The continuing rift between IT security professionals and ‘the business’ has been highlighted by a new study that shows many organisations still attach little value to cyber security – even though they know the threat is growing. The Turnkey Consulting survey finds that one in six IT security pros believe their organisation sees security merely
Many Organisations Attach Little Value to CISOs – Tim Holman in SC UK Magazine Read More »
First up, there has to be a security incident plan. At ISSA UK we see plenty of organisations without any incident response plan at all in place, and that means they could find themselves over-exposed when a cyber security incident does happen. Without a proper incident response plan in place, what happens to such organisations is
