PENETRATION TESTING Cyber-crime costs UK businesses up to £22 bn each year (source: The Cost of Cybercrime, the Cabinet Office). The number of cyber-attacks is also increasing year on year, and both small and larger businesses are being targeted by criminals for their sensitive data and supplier and client information. Penetration testing is the key
We’ve all done it – sloped off to the nearest coffee shop with laptop/iPad in hand, ordered a huge caramel one shot latte with cream, munched on a few biscuits, and then happily settled down to work or surf using the free public Wi-Fi for an hour or so. Do you ever give a thought
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Such is the cybersecurity threat that it would, in theory, be possible for CIOs to dedicate most of their IT budget to building impregnable defences. Consultant PWC reports that the average large business spent about $10.8m on information security during 2014. Analyst Gartner, meanwhile, estimates that the average company allocates about five per cent of
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As a small to medium sized business owner you need to juggle cash flow, credit control, human resources, sales and IT management with fewer resources and a smaller budget than most of the large corporate organisations. If you accept credit card payments, you know you probably have to be PCI DSS v3.0 compliant but lack
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At first, It seems more embarrassing that damaging, that the United States Central Command, (better known as CENTCOM) has been hacked by pro-jihadi sympathisers. CENTCOM is responsible for US military operations in the Middle East and for a while its Twitter account showed the image “I love you ISIS” whilst tweets expressed sympathy for ISIS
We’ve been reading the proliferation of articles on the cyber-attacks on Sony, and weighing up the associated facts and information on the web. One thing does seem clear – we think it is extremely unlikely that North Korea has actually carried out the hack. On hearing about the hacking attack back in 2014, one of
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The security threat continues to grow and IT leaders struggle to deal with an ever-increasing danger. Yet the cyber threat, however significant, only forms one element of corporate security. So who should be responsible for security and how can businesses adopt a more proactive stance to the threats they face? Five IT experts give their views.
Buying cocaine or heroin has never been easier. Neither has finding a contract killer, joining an extremist group or viewing extreme pornography. The Deep Web – the dark underbelly of the internet – is growing and allowing users to surf beneath the ordinary surface web with almost complete anonymity. The GCHQ and FBI are constantly
It’s that time of year again, when the great and the good start posting lists of their industry predictions for 2015. We will be posting forecasts from our 2-sec consultants right up to Christmas on LinkedIn, but I thought I’d start the ball rolling. Here’s a short snippet on what I, and the rest of the
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