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2-sec in The Times – our director speaking on big data, tech firms and Government regulation

If you managed to grab The Times today you will see that our Director, Luke Vile, commented on an article  discussing big data/tech firms and Government regulation. Full text as follows: In August, Ms Rudd was dispatched to Silicon Valley, where the biggest tech giants roam, and attended the inaugural meeting of the Global Internet

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Don’t use the Equifax example: How you SHOULD communicate a data breach

Another day, another data breach and yet another apology. After hackers stole private data of Equifax’s 143 million customers (including data from 400,000 UK residents), their new CEO Paulino do Rego Barros Jr, wrote an open letter that was published by the Wall Street Journal on 27 September. “On behalf of Equifax, I want to express my sincere

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Expert admits that his password advice was wrong. So how should you choose a password?

It’s not easy to admit to getting it wrong, but that’s what Bill Burr did in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal. Back in 2003, as an advisor for the American National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Burr recommended irregular capitalisation, special characters and numerals in our passwords; such as wHyWeN3edP4s5w0rd5. Burr

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2-sec’s expert team uncovers new vulnerability in popular Synology NAS device

An interesting external penetration test was recently performed by our expert team, that resulted in discovery of a new vulnerability (CVE-2017-9553) in a popular Synology NAS device. A NAS (Network Attached Storage) device is a storage mechanism connected to a network that allows storage and retrieval of data from a centralized location for authorized network

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