Cyber Mindfulness Corner

This year’s Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards uncovered and celebrated the individuals and teams that go above and beyond to make the UK a safer place to do business, as well as share and spread their expertise far and wide. The sponsors included KnowBe4, Check Point Software, ThinkCyber, The Zensory, Hornetsecurity and Pulse Conferences.   The IT Security Guru caught up with Cyber Writer winner, Geoff White, about his role and what the Security Serious...

This year’s Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards uncovered and celebrated the individuals and teams that go above and beyond to make the UK a safer place to do business, as well as make the cybersecurity industry a healthier, more diverse to work. The sponsors included KnowBe4, Check Point Software, ThinkCyber, The Zensory, Hornetsecurity and Pulse Conferences. The IT Security Guru spoke to this year’s Security Leader winner – Jennifer Cox, Director for Ireland, WiCyS UKI...

Canadian boutique consulting firm, POPP3R Cybersecurity, have announced a partnership with The Zensory. The partnership aims to educate corporate and enterprise clients across North America on the importance of cybersecurity best practices through a comprehensive solution that prioritises mindfulness and wellbeing. By empowering employees with the knowledge and skills needed to protect themselves and their organisations from costly data breaches, we can significantly reduce human-related security incidents. This comes after The Zensory recently announced a...

Cybersecurity has a burnout problem. This is not new (or surprising) news per se, but we, as an industry, are certainly getting better at talking about it. The first step, they say, is admitting that there’s a problem. The next? Examine the scope and impact of the problem before thinking about how to solve it. Such were the key themes of a panel discussion, Combatting Burnout to Protect Both Your Data & Your Ethics, led...

Wellbeing and productivity platform The Zensory has announced a strategic partnership with channel distributor Brigantia to bring Cyber Mindfulness to partners and their customers across the channel. The Zensory will be available as a module alongside all KnowBe4 packages, as well as a stand-alone product. The partnership aims to address growing concerns around staff wellbeing, alongside providing new and existing partners with additional value to their KnowBe4 packages.  The phishing landscape in the UK in...

The popular Cyber Wellbeing Corner will return to year’s International Cyber Expo, in partnership with popular wellbeing and productivity platform The Zensory. The Cyber Wellbeing Corner, a space dedicated to the wellbeing of cybersecurity professionals, will return to the event, held at Olympia London on 24th and 25th September 2024, for the second consecutive year. The initiative was a first for cyber industry exhibitions globally in 2023, showing ongoing commitment to bettering the wellbeing of cybersecurity...

It’s fair to say cyber security has a bad reputation. It’s portrayed as an industry full of stress, where sleepless nights are a prerequisite, and defenders have the weight of the world on their shoulders, while a world of adversaries work determinedly against them. As a frontline defender within the NHS, I can’t dispute some of this thinking. Cyber defence is a constant battle and taking your eye off the ball can have catastrophic consequences...

10th – 16th June 2024 is International Men’s Mental Health Week. It may feel like there are too many ‘awareness dates’, however this week is especially important. Men are far less likely to talk about mental health than women (it is thought that only 36% of referrals to NHS talking therapies are for men and 40% of men have never spoken about their mental health). This is despite the fact that three times as many...

Popular wellbeing and productivity platform The Zensory have partnered with renowned speaker Holly Foxcroft, Head of Neurodiversity in Cyber Research and Consulting at Stott and May, and NeuroCyber, the organisation dedicated to growing neurodiversity in the cyber sector through inclusive practices, to form the inaugural Inclusive Cyber Space at this year’s UK Cyber Week, held at Olympia London on April 17th-18th.  The cybersecurity industry faces a double threat: a vast skills gap and a looming...

As we delve deeper as an industry into the intersection of emotional well-being and cybersecurity, it has become more evident than ever before that workplace culture profoundly impacts cyber risk. It is critical we all recognise industry-specific challenges in a cyber-mature manner, so we can effectively support underserved sectors. It is important that we explore the implications of burnout on cybersecurity maturity within the Charity and SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) sectors, to better understand...