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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 ...
Automobiles & Hosting
Alicia Smith looks at why choosing your hosting provider has become just as big a decision as choosing your next car
Stay out of Trouble
When man meets machine where does the emphasis on responsibility lie? Dan Raywood looks at the lessons we can learn from Robocop.
Wax On, But Forget About Wax Off
Try, try and try again. Claus Houmann explains why tenacity maybe your greatest Infosec defence when faced with a seemingly no-win situation.
God Save Me From My Friends. I Can Protect Myself From My Enemies
It’s often our friends and family that can hurt us the most. Yotam Gutman takes a look at how this often the case within our organisations.
The Unique Mark Of The Signet
The Signet ring was used for authentication and identification purposes. Javvad Malik discusses just how else these iconic symbols can they relate to modern Information Security practises.
Keep Your Eyes on the Real Threats
What if efforts to stop the biggest perceived threat result takes our focus away from the actual thing we should be worried about? Claus Houmann explores the issues.
