I’ve been keeping a close eye on online banking as of late, as the banks slowly shift security breach liability to consumers.   Being an online banking customer myself, I was surprised to see a recent change to my terms and conditions: “We are making some changes to clarify the wording of the guarantee. With […]

In January, the European Commission proposed significant reforms of the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive.  When these rules were implemented, less than 1% of Europeans used the Internet.  Today, the Internet is a widely-used, powerful tool of commerce.  Massive transfers of data occur between countries, across continents and around the world at the speed of light. Like other EU

To get 2012 off to a start, I have five security predictions for the year ahead: 1) Brownouts I predict a major brownout to occur during 2012.  By brownout I mean a critical failure in a key system due to over-capacity, with far reaching consequences.  Something somewhere is going to be overloaded and fail spectacularly

Finally those little snippets of electronic information that websites have left behind on your computer will be subject to EU legislation. Website owners (at least those based in the UK) will need to get consent from visitors in order to store cookies on user’s computers. The revised Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations come into ‘force’

With the ‘advent’ of ‘cloud’ computing, which in real language means outsourcing using a common, shared contract, many companies are putting their data and absolute faith in the hands of third parties, perhaps without performing the exact same level of due diligence as they might should they ‘insource’. Or Ground Computing as I’ve decided to

It’s no surprise that Infosecurity Europe remains Europe’s No. 1 Information Security Event when there are so many great reasons to attend. Register free to visit and benefit from 3 days of free education, see over 300 vendors and meet with over 12,000 of your peers – all under one roof. The 3 day Keynote

As you might of heard in the press, ISSA-UK have released a new security standard that is primarily aimed at small / medium sized businesses. The intent of the standard is to ensure free, open and practical advice is available to business owners globally. What sets this apart from other standards is that it is

At the Information Security Leaders conference yesterday, aside from the gang war outside, an interesting debate arose around consumerisation in the workplace. Both Bring-Your-Own and Social Media concepts were wrapped together and addressed by an expert panel. Taking a few steps back, company owners, directors or management have pretty much insisted that employees get free

It saddened me to leave the Information Security Leaders conference today, not because of the range of content, speakers and education available, but for a group of about 20-30 youths chasing a smaller group down Northumberland Avenue – about 4pm in full day light. Once the crowds had dispersed, a young man was lying in