The North Wales Cyber Security Cluster is meeting on 21 April at Solvings Ltd, in Mold, Flintshire. Solvings provide a great location and the cluster is a wonderful opportunity to learn…
Supplier security is something most organisations are at least aware of, and lots actually realise they need to do something about it. However, most of the time, "doing something" about…
FinPhishing - or financial spear phishing - is a form of social engineering attack which is becoming massively profitable for the criminal enterprises involved. Unfortunately for the victims it is…
Budgets are integral to every business. The start up's business plan has to include budgets and the multinational will have an entire finance unit geared around making sure that every…
The internet has been changing the world for decades now, and nowhere has this been more obvious than the retail sector. Internet access has opened up new markets, invented new…
Retail security is in the news again as the British Retail Consortium (BRC) report that crime in this sector has reached a 10 year high. This reporting appears to indicate…
The insider threat is in the news again. On 8 December it was reported that ex-Apple employee, Paul Devine, had been sentenced to jail and a fine following a guilty…
Employee security really does matter. Your employees are the lifeblood of every organisation. You put a lot of effort into hiring new staff, you train them, you nurture them and…
Physical security has always been a cornerstone of any Information Security program. As a topic, it is covered by every major security standard. Most have entire sections dedicated to physical…
Here in the UK, the Data Protection Act (DPA) has been law for 14 years now (the act is dated 1998 and commenced in 2000). Despite this, there are some…
It goes without saying that security logs are not the most interesting of topics. They are often viewed as a necessary evil, and in some instances they are even minimised…
In the northern hemisphere at least, winter is now upon us and this is time for all business owners to think about how well their business can cope if the…
This communication regarding suspicious mail has been issued by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) and the Centre for Protection of the National Infrastructure (CPNI). Please feel free to…
Although it has a well structured, well run and reasonably well resourced security management service, the NHS still seems to struggle with some aspects of compliance with the Data Protection…
A breakdown of internal governance processes has led to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issuing a civil monetary penalty (fine) on Tameside Energy Services Ltd, a Manchester based company claiming to…