Singing for the Unsung Heroes of IT Security

Security Serious Week is five days dedicated to helping UK businesses understand the importance of information security. It consists of a one-day conference, the unsung heroes awards, and over 50 webinars, amongst other activities. AlienVault was a proud sponsor of the 2016 Unsung Heroes Award, and so I went along to check it out.. The … Continue reading Singing for the Unsung Heroes of IT Security →

Things I hearted – no more

Things I hearted has been probably one of the most regular series of posts I've done in recent times. At the same time, I was doing a weekly roundup over at my AlienVault blog. So, in the interest of saving time, energy, and preserving my youthful good looks; I decided to not only combine both … Continue reading Things I hearted – no more →

NCSAM week 1 – Assets

It's NCSAM - National Cyber Security Awareness Month. So I am doing one theme a week for AlienVault on a good practice that companies should adopt. For week 1, I've decided to talk about assets. Video is embedded, and you can read the entire blog post about why assets over on the AlienVault blog.

500 million accounts

I felt it was time to get back on the video saddle on a regular basis (famous last words). You can probably tell I’m rusty because the sound peaks are all off – I think the onboard mic on my Drift camera is a bit old. But the big news has been around Yahoo and … Continue reading 500 million accounts →

LiebSoft seeks privileged management from Okta

Despite some of the world’s most innovative minds working tirelessly to develop solutions to security woes, the average user still lags far behind in prioritizing his or her own security online. In fact, the mobile identity company TeleSign conducted a survey of 2000 people in 2015 and found that consumers have an average of 23 … Continue reading LiebSoft seeks privileged management from Okta →

Things I hearted Last Week

For the week ending 25th September 2016 On one hand vendors want users to patch their systems and keep them secure. On the other hand, actions like this causes people to not want to apply official updates. North Korea just accidentally turned on global zone transfers for their top level domains, archive of … Continue reading Things I hearted Last Week →

Things I hearted Last Week

For the week ending 18th Sept 2016 I’ve stopped even trying to understand digital ownership and how copyrights work. Getty images tries to make original photographer pay for her own photos. Israeli Online Attack Service ‘vDOS’ Earned $600,000 in Two Years. Apparently this has been running for a while, but only the payment … Continue reading Things I hearted Last Week →

Things I hearted last week

For the week ending 11th Sept 2016 Yes, I’m late again. Don’t blame me – blame Gartner! Well, the fact that I was attending the Security and Risk Summit in London and then I was catching up on work and then… well you’re not interested in my excuses, let’s get onto the juicy stuff! … Continue reading Things I hearted last week →

One Dell of a Ride

Michael Dell founded Dell in Austin, Texas 1984. As a student he initially ran the company from his dorm. In just four years, Dell was able to file for IPO in 1988. Dell continued on a growth trajectory, hitting $1bn in revenue by 1994 and launching its online shop Dell.com in 1996. Within six months online sales reportedly generated $1m in … Continue reading One Dell of a Ride →

Things I Hearted Last Week

For the week ending 4th Sept 2016 A classic case of an auditor that is intent on causing more harm than good – resurfaced on my twitter stream, so thought I’d re-share. Troy Hunt confirmed the Dropbox hack is unfortunately real. However, some observers are saying that Dropbox’s data breach response is still … Continue reading Things I Hearted Last Week →