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RosRed orange. Lemon yellow. #ff4500. #6699cc. Whether using pigment or light, when it comes to creating colours, the second word in the colour is the primary colour, and the first word is the descriptor. In “red orange,” it’s an orange colour with red; “#6699cc” is a grey with blue added. It’s the same idea when talking about culture. For “DevSecOps culture,” culture is the primary word and DevSecOps describes that culture. I'm going to talk...

The events of 2020 from a cybersecurity perspective have brought to light the significance of diversity for businesses of all sizes. Facing a more diverse range of challenges than most will have experienced before required an equally diverse range of coping mechanisms and responses to navigate accelerated digital transitions. The move to remote working placed strain on communications, data sharing, client management and – underpinning it all – security. Yet, while many are all too...

In the last year, the vast majority of us were compelled to reimagine the conventional office space; transforming dining room tables and ironing boards into desks, and sofas into our go-to spot for conference calls. Like dominoes, one company after another has announced their intention to adopt long-term, or permanent, remote working.   There are, undoubtedly, a great number of benefits arising from this transition for both employers and employees alike. On one hand, employees can...

For the average SME, cybersecurity can be a scary thing to think about. Without the funding, expertise or staff to throw a dedicated cybersecurity team at the problem, it is incredibly common for security to fall through the cracks when businesses are developing and growing at lightning speed.  Small businesses often don’t see themselves as a likely target, but when you look at the data, small businesses are breached at an alarmingly regular rate. -...

Healthcare delivery organizations are increasingly deploying medical devices, IoT, and other medical platforms to improve connectivity and support patient care. Weak cybersecurity evaluations, inappropriate network segmentation, and legacy devices expand the healthcare threat landscape. Exercising a sound cybersecurity strategy has to consider the nature of the healthcare profession where human life is a top priority. The rise of mobile healthcare The coronavirus pandemic introduced many stressful conditions for healthcare providers – treating an ever-increasing number...

While governments and public healthcare specialists are looking into the timing and manner of reopening the economy, it is clear that at some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future restrictions will be eased and businesses will return to normal operations. However, just as the shift to working from home required organisations to adapt and act differently, so will the return to the office. In this article, we discuss the preparation CISOs should consider making to...

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...

As 2020 concluded, it was widely accepted that remote working was here to stay. In fact, 60% of the UK workforce have transferred to a remote model during the first lockdown, and the trend will likely continue long after the pandemic as workers come to expect more flexibility from their employers. However, while this may prompt office workers around the world to celebrate the death of the morning commute, there is a darker side to remote working. According...

In recent times, there has been a huge increase in the number of fraudsters maliciously scamming businesses of all shapes and sizes – and even their crimes seem more sophisticated. Throughout the Coronavirus outbreak, as many migrated their businesses online, the increase in fraudulence and general cyber-crime become a large cause for concern, and payroll fraud wasn’t an exception. Payroll fraud is certainly costly and, on average, UK businesses lose a total of £12 billion...

This is a reminder I get every day when I interact with people from the cybersecurity fraternity, most of whom say that they landed a career in cybersecurity purely by chance.   I recently made a LinkedIn post asking people to share their stories about how they happened to become cybersecurity professionals. The responses that followed validated the same sentiment mentioned above—a career in cybersecurity is more of a chance than a choice. People study...