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Ensuring that any organisation can withstand, respond effectively to and recover quickly from ICT disruptions is a strategic imperative. This is particularly true within the financial sector. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which became mandatory on 17 January this year, was put in place to serve as a robust standard for resilience. It doesn’t just need organisations in scope to implement sophisticated technological defences, it needs them to have a proactive, well-informed workforce that...

Employees are expected to behave securely, and the definition of “securely” is often written down in a myriad of security policies. Yet, people do not always comply with security policies or make use of available tools. Gartner documents in their research that 69% of all employees intentionally bypass cybersecurity guidance, and 93% behave consciously and deliberately insecurely when they have to.   Is Non-Compliance a Question of Motivation? The alleged answer to this challenge is...

Companies want results fast, and low/no-code (LCNC) and Vibe Coding platforms promise just that: rapid application development with either no coding or AI-generated coding.   LCNC and Large Language Model (LLM) Vendors quickly release products to get ahead in the AI race. Organizations procure these products to implement right away aiming for quick returns on investment (ROI). But in the race to deploy these tools, security often gets left behind.  This can cause expensive problems like...

In today’s digital workplaces, more employees are building their own applications by generating code using Low Code No Code (LCNC), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Model (LLM) tools instead of manually writing lines of code. These employees are called vibe coders. Vibe Coders prompt LCNC and AI tools using natural language prompts to generate code based on their unique requirements. The first part of our two-part blog series, “The Hidden Dangers of Low/No-Code and...

Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words. In 2025, the awards were sponsored by BT, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Varonis, Bridewell, Certes, Pentest Tools and AI Dionic. Community partners included WiCyS UK & Ireland...

Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words. In 2025, the awards were sponsored by BT, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Varonis, Bridewell, Certes, Pentest Tools and AI Dionic. Community partners included WiCyS UK & Ireland...

Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words. In 2025, the awards were sponsored by BT, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Varonis, Bridewell, Certes, Pentest Tools and AI Dionic. Community partners included WiCyS UK & Ireland...

What happens when two titans of cybersecurity (Rebecca Taylor, Threat Intelligence Knowledge Manager and Researcher at Secureworks, a Sophos company, and Amelia Hewitt, Founder of CybAid and Managing Director at Hewitt Partnerships) join forces to write a book? Securely Yours: An Agony Aunt’s Guide to Surviving Cyber! Securely Yours is a practical Agony Aunt-style guide for women navigating a career in cybersecurity. Drawing on lived experience and answering questions posed by their own mentees and peers,...

The best CMMC consulting service for small businesses can help you stay competitive and compliant in the defense space. CMMC — or Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification — is a security framework developed by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to safeguard sensitive information across its supply chain. If you work with the DoD, you must prove that your cybersecurity practices meet specific standards. Understanding requirements, building a proper System Security Plan (SSP) or creating a...

With the rapid expansion of technological advancements, there have been many great innovations across various industries that have had a positive impact on the world. However, these advancements also mean the latest technologies may not always be used for legal or ethical activities, making being online a very risky business these days.  Phishing is a great example of this, with it evolving from simple email scams to more malicious and carefully thought-out attacks. As more...