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As always, the phrase makes you think. Data privacy has a day, for people to focus on it and think about the betterment of privacy.  Should we call this something more relatable to people? Privacy is all about a person. Data doesn’t need privacy. People and what is important to every one of them needs privacy: their identity, their lives, and their information. That is the core, but what is happening around privacy today? This...

We were fortunate enough to sit down with Martin Tyley, Head of UK Cyber, KPMG ahead of this year’s annual White Hat Ball. Those with experience at White Hat events know that White Hat’s charitable endeavours and KPMG’s sponsorship are almost synonymous. Again, KPMG are this year’s headline sponsor, as Tyley, and the whole of KPMG continue to champion the change that we want to see in the world. While the White Hat Ball (affectionately...

Several years back, a number of security industry leaders began declaring that there are only two types of organizations, those that have been hacked and those that don’t yet know it. Industry analyst firm Gartner agreed and shortly thereafter began advising organizations to build out security strategies that could respond to this fact of digital life. Recently, we woke up to the news that FireEye, SolarWinds, Microsoft and possibly thousands of other public and private...

The 16th edition of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risk Report was released on Tuesday, and many of the risks/threats contained are unsurprising. The results are based on the Global Risks Perception Survey and were completed by 650 members of the World Economic Forum's diverse leadership communities. According to this, the key threats of the next decade include extreme weather, climate action failure, human led environmental damage and digital power concentration. However, among these...

NHS Management provides administrative and consulting services for over 50 individual healthcare facilities and companies across four states in the US southeast region. Naturally, quality of care is the number one priority, as is protecting patient data in such a highly regulated environment and no compromises between the two can be made. Stephen Locke, CIO for NHS Management explained: “There are a lot of unique challenges in healthcare when it comes to cybersecurity, particularly with...

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and fresh off the LAN The packets were coming fast out of the span. My wireshark was up with my templates in place, In hopes that I’d find an IP I could trace. The smart home was snug in its /28 With a meager allow-list, and a lock on the gate. With a few hours to setup and wrap this year’s catches I’d been charging them up, and applying their...

To lean on the cliché, these unprecedented times have brought about significant challenges for everyone. Practically every organisation, person and industry has been forced to make unexpected changes and significant sacrifices in a variety of different forms. The rush to equip organisations and employees with the tools needed to work from home has greatly exacerbated the already underlying condition of poor cybersecurity hygiene. While businesses and individuals were focused on staying safe and operational, cybercriminals...

 One Identity has found in its global survey that 37 percent of IT professionals rated rapid changes in their Active Directory (AD)/Azure Active Directory (AAD) environment as the key impact of COVID-19 on their organisation’s identity management team. The company posits that given the unique challenges of the sudden shift to remote work amidst COVID-19, businesses should look toward integrating AD/AAD with a strong privileged access management (PAM) solution in order to harness the full...

A recent survey conducted on behalf of KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has found that of a thousand recently furloughed employees, 41% admitted that their company had never offered them a security awareness training course, while 14% have gone as far as to say that their employer has not taken security seriously enough.   While a quarter of organisations did implement added security measures such as...

The dawn of 5G technology is upon us and this new wireless power promises to be a superior successor to 4G networks. With more devices connecting to more data, both enterprises and the general consumer will greatly benefit from 5G’s arrival. But how ready are businesses for this new era in connectivity and how secure is 5G?   AT&T Cybersecurity has just released its tenth Cybersecurity Insights Report: 5G and the Journey to the Edge,...