Ghost in the wires: Book Review

I’ve just read Kevin Mitnick’s book Ghost In The Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker and it is definitely worth a read if you are interested in getting to hear the full story from Kevin’s perspective as he became the worlds most wanted hacker. It’s a very readable book that doesn’t require … Continue reading Ghost in the wires: Book Review →

Best Practice and security Monkeys

This video was inspired by the old five monkeys in a cage experiment. Unfortunately, you can often observe security professionals and especially auditors exhibit such behaviour. They are ‘taught’ at one stage of their life that something is secure and the way to do it. Often referred to as ‘best practice’. The problem with … Continue reading Best Practice and security Monkeys →

Plagiarism is bad… oh look a new song to download!

I’m confused... A lot of you would say that you already know that and may well add a few more adjectives to describe me. Recently, it has come to light that work published by corelan.be had been plagiarized in course material used by http://www.infosecinstitute.com/. You can read up on the full details either at corelan.be … Continue reading Plagiarism is bad… oh look a new song to download! →

Infosec Templates

I’m not entirely sure since when, but lets just say for arguments sake that since the industrial revolution began, people have been finding ways to automate repetitive processes in order to increase efficiencies so why should we in Infosec be any different? Here are two of my favourite automated templates to address malware and data … Continue reading Infosec Templates →

Infosec & Drugs

This weeks video was a bit of a bodged job. I was away for the weekend and had no internet connection good enough to upload it on time. Plus I was woefully ill equipped to film in windy conditions resulting in most of the video consisting of my lips moving to the sound of … Continue reading Infosec & Drugs →

Be a Team Player

Who says twitter isn’t a source of inspiration. Whilst chatting with @hvcco and @stevelord this quote was forged and will become the basis for teamwork the world over.

Avoiding Security Budget Cuts

In challenging times companies are cutting back on information security departments budgets. I have, however, come up with an ingenious plan by which security departments can still keep their funding without costing the company any money whatsoever. I’m pretty sure no-one has come up with this idea ever before. There’s always a risk when coming … Continue reading Avoiding Security Budget Cuts →

Why does information get lost?

Security Vs Compliance

Taken from the ever popular Security Vs Compliance Video, is a poster that sums it up so you can share with colleagues who work in companies that ban YouTube, or to use in presentations. Because we know nothing spices up a boring powerpoint presentation than a badly edited photo. Hey it’s better than … Continue reading Security Vs Compliance →

Clear Desk Policy

You may have the most secure computer network in the world with uncrackable encryption. But if your users are leaving sensitive information printed out on printers or on their desks, then all those technological controls are of no use.