We have had a busy first couple of weeks in July and wanted to update you all with a couple of exciting bits of news! Firstly we have reached the dizzy heights of Tower 42! Well not that dizzy… as we are only on the 7th floor of the 42 at the site, but even that […]
Over the past 90 days 2-SEC has met with many leading CIOs and CISOs to discuss where they see developing trends in cyber security. Whilst many said they had seen huge improvements across the industry over the last year, there were five trends that over 90% saw as both developing as well as significantly alarming: A lack of board understanding. Whilst many
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Talking Business There are a few phrases that we hear very often from members of the Cyber Security profession. “There is no such thing is perfect security” is one of these – it means that no matter how much money / technology / talent you throw at the problem, and the closer you get to
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The G-Cloud deadline: are you working towards it? The G-Cloud is a UK Government programme that eases procurement processes for public sector organisations that seek to purchase information-technology services from the private sector. The G-Cloud consists of a series of framework agreements with private sector suppliers from which public sector bodies can buy services, without
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2-sec are thrilled to announce that we have been accepted on to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS). The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has brought together Government’s central commercial capability into a single organisation, amalgamating Government Procurement Service with other commercial teams from the Cabinet Office and central government departments. The CCS goal is to become
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Actually that headline is a little misleading In fact, the initial offer was 917 million records for 50 Russian Roubles, which is about 52 UK Pence / 75 US Cents. But, as highly ethical researchers at Hold Security have a policy to never contribute financially to a hacker’s cause, simply providing the hacker with a
Credentials! Get yer Stolen Login Credentials! Billion for a Pound! Read More »
£1,500 Cyber Security Voucher available for Scottish businesses This scheme aims to support companies to improve their knowledge, understanding and strategy towards handling cyber security and protecting valuable information for the company. An award of up to £1,500 is available to businesses in Scotland to help them check their current systems meet the Cyber Essentials UK Government Standard.
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Not Another Top X List The ol’ interweb is permanently awash these days with “Top X This” and “Y Most Something Else” lists, so why should this blog be any different? Well partly because we’re professionals and not clickbait, but, as anyone who has read a few of my blogs for 2-sec will likely know
Imagine you’re the CEO of a publicly listed company. In the middle of the night you get a call from your COO – they say there has been a major data breach, and an unknown (but significant) amount of customer data has been stolen… After the initial wave of panic passes, your technical teams start to
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