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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 ...
The Anxious Ant and the Lazy Grasshopper
Description: An 18th century coloured print by Jean-Baptiste Oudry from his luxury edition of Aesop's Fables Author: Jean Baptise This is an English translation of Jean Loup-Richet's original 'La Fourmi Soucieuse et la Cigale Paresseuse' analogy posted 28th ...
Little Red Riding Hood And The Wolf
Sharing too much information can be a bad thing. Lee Munson wonders what would happen if Little Red Hiding Hood had exercised a little more discretion with regard to what she told the wolf.
Strictly Come Cyber …. It Takes Two to Tango!
Like dance it’s all about the Attack – Tom Fairfax discusses the importance of choreographing a strong approach to Information Security.
Don’t Pick Up The Phone
Andrew Rose explains why security awareness doesn’t always equal a change in user behaviour, and the 3 aspects that will help create security programs that do.
The Green Surf Code (TM)
After looking through old Road Safety campaigns, Dr Daniel Dresner shares his thoughts on what the Internet equivalent might look like
Rollen som analytiker
This is the Danish version of ‘The Role of the Analyst: Infosec Librarian and Curator’, first published on the 27th October. Looking at the role of Librarians and Museum Curators, Claus Houmann demystifies exactly what a Security Analyst is.
É importante trancar a porta
This is the Portuguese version of ‘Don’t Forget To Lock The Door’, posted on May 26th 2015. Are you in danger of locking the stable door after the digital horse has bolted? Leandro Bennaton looks at how we need to take the mindset of physical precautions into the digital realm.
