The New Year is always a good time to wipe the slate clean and start afresh. On a personal level many of us vow to make big changes in our lives. Spend more time with the family, lose weight, climb that mountain we’ve always wanted to climb and so on. This year however, I’ve decided … Continue reading My New Years Resolution →

Is this what your web application looks like?

Having seen many prison films over the years, I know one thing. Whether you’re innocent or not, the first day you get into prison, if you want to avoid being the soap picker you have to make an example out of someone. It could be fashioning a shank out of a biro and stabbing your … Continue reading My my commissioner, what nice teeth you have →

  There are hundreds if not thousands of “Indian Restaurants” dotted around London. However, we all know that most of these places are not owned or run by Indians at all. You have a large number of Bangladeshi or Pakistani’s owning and managing these establishments. But for convenience there’s an unspoken rule that the owners … Continue reading Choosing a security consultancy →

How many times has someone tried to employ you with the line "There are other things to consider outside of your salary!" Granted there are some people who agree with that statement. They’re the type of people who will view their employer as extended family and will normally be the ones making that statement. But … Continue reading It’s more than your salary →

I was going to write about something else but that couldn’t have been too important because I’ve forgotten what it was. Strange how that happens. What seems important one moment, is trivial the next. One day USB encryption is the current flavour and the next day it’s all about Trojans. So what are security departments … Continue reading Keeping up with the Joneses →

So companies spend countless hours writing their security policies and this isn’t an easy task. Each policy has to be drafted, proof read, re-drafted, re-proof read and then published. It’s at this point that the real fun begins where users have to be educated in the ways of the new policy. Gap analysis have to … Continue reading Divine Security Policy →

Twitter is probably the most unique of the web 2.0 sites. People either ‘get it’ or they don’t. Sites like facebook are understood by everyone regardless of whether they use it or not. So, should twitter be treated the same as other social networking websites? I mean, a lot of companies don’t allow their staff … Continue reading Twitter Risks →

Every organisation has one. The ones that don’t; definitely need one. We’re talking about a Chief Information Security Officer. The alpha dog of security professionals within any given organisation. The person who sits at the board and convinces all them other executives to make sure the company protects their and their customers information. It’s not … Continue reading Becoming the ultimate CISO →

Although some of my ramblings may suggest otherwise, I have never taken drugs in my life and quite frankly I have no intention of doing so. Neither have I ever been employed to stop drug trafficking, arrest drug dealers or help rehabilitate a drug addict. Which makes me a perfect candidate to comment on the … Continue reading War on drugs and social media →