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If the rats are after your cheese, keep the cheese safe
Jason Ha explores how can we prevent hackers from taking a bite out of our assets.
Is Your Security Framework Like a Smooth Saloon Car or a 4X4?
If we took the same approach to building a car as we did to our organisational controls and capabilities what would be the result? Jason Ha takes a look under the bonnet.
Waiting for Godot and a Data Breach
Indy Dhami joins Estragon and Vladimir and looks at what Waiting for Godot can teach us about the attitudes companies should adopt towards security threats
Lessons From the Pit Lane
Anne Wood takes inspiration from Formula 1, and discusses how understanding our environments is crucial to having the winning infosec strategy.
Digital Vampires
Dixie Newman lifts the coffin lid on the vampire, and how they can hunt and feed upon us in the digital world too.
The importance of the captain’s log…
How can we ensure our IT management is smooth sailing? Emmanuel Nicaise sails the infosec sea and considers how to steer clear of stormy weather.
Jurassic Park – Based on a True Story…
Yes, really!I was recently looking for a change of direction in my information security career and was invited to an interview at a local company. I was instructed to prepare a 10 minute presentation on ...
Lessons from the Big Four – Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroes
I don’t know if the phrase “the bigger they come, the harder they fall” was around when Shakespeare was alive but it applies to his tragic heroes across the board. If we look at his ...
God Save Me From My Friends. I Can Protect Myself From My Enemies
This quote is attributed to many. In fact, most people believe it was first said by King David himself. Some attribute to the French philosopher Voltaire, and others to the French marshal Claude Louis Hector ...
The Elephant and the Six Blind Men: What Does Information Security Mean to You?
The poem “The Blind Men and the Elephant” was written by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887). The essence of the poem is that their reactions were: The first felt the side of the elephant and said: It’s ...
Don’t Walk on the Grass!
In a vain bid to keep fit, I go running. Sometimes. When the mood takes me. It’s one of those things that I know I should do - I understand the importance of exercise, but ...
King Oedipus and the Y Generation
Many people will know the more sensational elements of the myth of King Oedipus: that unwittingly he killed his father and married his mother and, when he realised his dreadful mistake, gouged out his own ...
The Bomb Disposal Unit
Stephen Patton discusses how real world bomb disposal techniques can be applied to information security, with surprising efficiency for users.
Let Them Eat Cake – In Moderation!
Vicky Clayton looks at why all things in moderation may be the key to a healthy user access policy.
What the Elizabethans Teach us About Cyber-Security
Father and Daughter team Jonathan and Juliet Armstrong look at the Tudor use of espionage and what this can tell us about protecting our modern day networks
Social Climbing….
The security of any business is a mountain worth conquering for someone. Jenny Radcliffe looks at Social Engineering and how best to protect your Everest.
Quantify, Qualify, Endlessly Reify
In a complex and changing world, we as humans need to be flexible and constantly changing to cope with new circumstances. Jason Cowling argues that effective security environments need to be viewed in the same way in order to cope with a fluid threat landscape.
The Helmsman Needs a Steady Hand
When it comes to keeping the ship on a steady course, a good Helmsman is key. Claus Houmann analyses their role and tries to find their equivalent in modern organisations.
