Checklists support your memory.
Checklist or your memory, is one better?
No matter how much expert knowledge you have, how good you think your memory is, using a checklist is simply good security practice.
Threat Hunting - Do it right
Threat Hunting – essential for every business
Lots of articles, blog posts and webcasts talk about threat hunting. Despite this few, if any, organisations do it. This is a mistake. Security hit the headlines again recently, when…
Example Security Dashboards
Dashboards vs Security – are they really helping?
Metrics, Dashboards and Security Like them or not, metrics are a fundamental part of every organisation. Security doesn't get to a free pass. It is a rare CISO who doesn't demand…
Hacked? Time for incident response...
Security Incident Response Really Does Matter
Incident response is one of those things you really hope you'll never have to use, but know you will. Or at least you should know! Even with the best security, there…
Cyber Security Cluster - April 2016 meeting
North Wales Cyber Security Cluster – April 2016 Meeting
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…
Ransomware bites hard but good security controls are effective
Ransomware: Don’t panic – deal with it
Since Cryptolocker appeared in late 2013, it seems hardly a day can go by without some ransomware attack hitting the news. The variations all have entertaining names like Teslacrypt, Locky,…
Infosec - its a team sport
3 essential elements of any Infosec function
As the news often shows, Information Security (infosec) is a big part of any organisation. From the small business with just a couple of computers to the global enterprise, infosec…
Incident Response - Your team cant function in a vacuum.
Incident Response – 5 key stakeholder groups
Incident response is a vital component of every organisations security. It provides the safety net for when the inevitable happens and other controls fail. A good incident response team will…
AV is not dead, just understand what it can and cant do.
AV is not dead – it just has limits
Antivirus (AV) has been around for decades now and this is both a good and bad thing. On one hand, AV is so well known most people already understand that…
Supplier security problems result in this notice from the CEO of T-Mobile
Supplier Security – A lesson for T-Mobile
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 - short and succinct message, simple to generate but potentially deadly to the victim.
Finphishing – 8 steps to criminal profits
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…
Anonymous - often linked to security breaches
Security breaches – do you know what to do next?
One sad fact about security is that no matter what controls you put in place, you will suffer breaches and if you are on the internet it is likely to…
Security researchers demo GPU Keylogger
Reported on the Register today, security researchers have demonstrated how malicious code can be run on graphics processors (GPUs) rather than the central processing unit (CPUs) at the heart of…
Security Patches - IT Plasters
Security Patches – Internet Explorer – Act Fast
For lots of enterprises, security patches are a pain to test, a pain to deploy and frequently frustrating when they require downtime for the inevitable system reboots. However, security patches…
Phishing Email - note the detail attempting to give it an air of legitimacy.
Phishing attacks continue to evolve and spread malware
As most internet users know, phishing attacks are very common. The term itself dates back to 1995 (e.g. AOHell) and social engineering (which is basically what phishing is) goes back…
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