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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Romeo & Juliet
In this famous play by Shakespeare Juliet, in an attempt to avoid an arranged marriage politically motivated to Paris, visits Friar Laurence for help. The Friar suggests to her a drug that will put her ...
How the Deming Cycle can Reinforce Safety
– for Information Systems and Divers The Deming cycle (Plan - Do - Check - Act) forms the foundation of continual improvement principles in a wide range of management systems such as ISO9001, ISO20000, ISO22301, ISO27000,… The ...
Speed Cameras
How can the placement of speed cameras improve security awareness? Andrew Rose looks at how they can help implement lasting behavioural change
Jurassic Park – Based on a True Story…
Whilst you may have enjoyed Jurassic Park as a work of fiction, Vicky Clayton believes there’s more than a little truth to the tale from a security point of view.
A Bank? A Safe? No Thanks, I’ll Keep My Money Stuffed in the Mattress
Is refusing to trust cloud services with your data, the equivalent of stuffing cash under the mattress? Andrew Moloney looks at why SMB’s lack of trust may be more dangerous than they think.
The Wild West Digital: The Transition To IPV6
Leandro Bennaton looks at the effect of changing old systems for new, and whether the change from IPv4 to IPv6 will be a natural evolution or fundamental shift
Trade Winds
The discovery of the trade winds enabled Europeans to reach out to what they thought was the Far East. But how important was the discovery, and who would benefit?
Your Organization’s Central Nervous System: SIEM and Monitoring
Just as the human body needs a Central Nervous System, Alicia Smith explores whether a Security Information and Event Management system is the InfoSec equivalent
