M&A in the infosec world has waited for the holiday season to go all out splashing its cash. A flurry of activity has occurred at the tail end of the year with considerable consolidation. Proving that encryption and identity management is no slouch, Thales has made an eye-watering bid of $5.7bn to acquire Gemalto, a … Continue reading Thales splashes out $5.7bn for Gemalto
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A tale of two public companies
Infosec companies don’t always get the love they deserve from the markets once they IPO. As Barracuda Networks discovered despite posting respectable profitable growth. PE firm Thoma Bravo stepped in, paying $27.55 per share for Barracuda in a $1.6bn move taking it private. The market can be unforgiving, even when a company like Barracuda is … Continue reading A tale of two public companies
Infosecurity magazine Look back over the year
Honoured to be the guest editor for Infosecurity Magazine yesterday. It was a day of fun which involved several things: 1. The announcement was made, which included this video 2. I took over their twitter account for an hour (brave of them) 3. I submitted a guest editorial 4. Had a Q&A with the real … Continue reading Infosecurity magazine Look back over the year
The attitudes of credential sharing
My staff log onto my computer on my desk with my login everyday. Including interns on exchange programmes. For the officer on @BBCNews just now to claim that the computer on Greens desk was accessed and therefore it was Green is utterly preposterous !! — Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorries) December 2, 2017 This tweet by member … Continue reading The attitudes of credential sharing
BSides Lisbon
It was my first time in Lisbon, it was my first time keynoting at a Bsides... what could possibly go wrong? Thanks so much to the whole team and attendees at BSides Lisbon for a fantastic event! You can read my full writeup on the event over on my AlienVault blog. It includes a link … Continue reading BSides Lisbon
GDPR Millionaire
via IFTTT Read the original blog by Rowenna here: http://ift.tt/2zgNKou If PCI DSS paid off the mortgage, then GDPR looks well on its way to buy the yacht. But how does one go about making some of that GDPR gangster money if they don't know much about the regulation? Well, becoming a GDPR consultant is … Continue reading GDPR Millionaire
How to be an infosec thought leader
Becoming a thought leader is the epitome of professional success. But a thought leader isn't a title that one attains by going to Harvard, or Cambridge. No, it's a title bestowed by your peers. So how does one become known as a thought leader? Simple, just watch this video and follow the awesome advice given … Continue reading How to be an infosec thought leader
Bsides Lisbon and the car door
I’m truly honoured to have been invited to keynote at Bsides Lisbon this year on November 10th. It’ll be the first time I’ve visited Portugal, and the first time I’ve keynoted at a Bsides. Ordinarily I’d probably be feeling a bit apprehensive of speaking at a conference that I haven’t even attended, let alone keynote … Continue reading Bsides Lisbon and the car door
Undermining security and weakening Android
I have Amazon Prime, I quite like their shows, and whenever I have some time to kill I’ll watch an episode or 3. A couple of weeks ago, I thought it would be a good idea to install the official Amazon video app on my android device, so that I could download episodes and watch … Continue reading Undermining security and weakening Android
Ransomware uses
via IFTTT Someone asked me if there are any unusual or legitimate uses for ransomware. If you break down what ransomware is, it's just encryption. But it's more like "surprise" encryption where someone else does the encryption, and keeps the key. So, I present five unorthodox ways to use ransomware in this video. However, if … Continue reading Ransomware uses
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