Welcome to “Everybody’s Business”, 2-sec’s new Cyber Security blog series. As vaccinations hopefully begin to pave the way out of lockdown later this year, we’ve taken inspiration from the Build Back Better movement and decided to ask a couple of industry thought leaders for their top Cyber tips on how to bounce back better and […]
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Due to the coronavirus outbreak there has been a significant increase in people working from home. This is on a scale never seen before globally due to government advice and strict controls limiting peoples movements. Working from home can introduce a variety of increased security risks, e.g. loss of sensitive company data. Join us for
Webinar, 14th April: Bring Your Own Home (BYOH) Read More »
This month we celebrate 8 years of 2|SEC Consulting. To reminisce, I have been looking at some penetration test reports we took on when we started out. Before you wangle the GDPR data retention carrot at me, these reports are of course redacted with information kept for statistical purposes only. What I’m seeing, is that
2|SEC Consulting – Happy 8th Birthday! Read More »
On Friday 9thAugust 2019, it went dark across many parts of the UK. Train networks stopped and communters were facing an inability to get home due to hours of cancellations, described by Bloomberg as a ‘once-in-a-decade blackout’. The cause? A seemingly unlikely event where two power stations simultaneously went offline. Just a few minutes of
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2|SEC Consulting are a Strategic Sponsor of the 19th PCI London event in July 2019, where you can hear from our experts through our keynote presentation and meet the team. For over 20 years, AKJ Associates has provided exclusive networking events for senior security stakeholders and service suppliers around the globe. The 19th PCI London will look at the latest in the processes and technologies used to
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What is Cyber Essentials The Cyber Essentials scheme helps organisations protect themselves against common online threats and demonstrate commitment to cyber security. This isn’t just for technology companies. It is for any sector and any organisation that wants to better protect its business. CREST is an approved Accreditation Body under the UK Government Cyber Essentials scheme. This scheme
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We are pleased to announce that 2|SEC Consulting is now a CHECK penetration testing company. The CHECK penetration testing scheme is managed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ and on behalf of UK Government, and involves both the provider and its penetration testers holding the highest standard of professional accreditation. Luke
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It’s that time of year again, when we ask the great and the good in the 2-sec office for their security predictions for 2018. Here are our six top cyber security forecasts for the next 12 months. PREDICTION 1 – Little tolerance for non GDPR compliant companies Those who have taken the EU General Data
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You may have read reports online of two major flaws in a large number of microprocessors: Spectre and Meltdown. Spectre and Meltdown relate to an apparent vulnerability in chips which may allow the breaking of isolation between programs and operating systems. Whilst programs typically cannot read data from other programs, a malicious program may be
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