Expert analysis
Five lessons we can learn from financial services and compliance
Banks and financial services organisations have been a prime target for hackers for a very long time, and as a result of this the industry has had to adhere to security …
Defending against drive-by downloads
In case you haven’t heard the term before, a drive-by download (DbD) is a class of cyber attack where you visit a booby-trapped web site and it automatically, and …
Why governance and policy can strengthen compliance efforts
A colleague of mine recently made a joke and it made me pause to think. During our discussion on compliance and how internal policy can help organizations comply with external …
Data mining the future with security predictions
It has become somewhat of a tradition for information security vendors to pull out their crystal balls at the end of each year and do their best to predict interesting …
Smartphone spying: How can users protect themselves?
Smartphone users need to realise that their mobile phone is less of a phone and more of a mobile computer, in which applications can collect data from other applications …
Empowering users to make informed decisions on the value of sensitive data
Awareness days are a great way to raise the profile of important issues that might otherwise go unnoticed and Data Privacy Day is no different. Held annually on January 28, …
Fixing the Internet of Things
Calling all devices: We are Internet, Resistance is futile! I’ve been at this long enough to see the birth of the Internet, the current state of the Internet and the …
Penetration testing: Accurate or abused?
According to a recent Ponemon study, since 2010 cybercrime costs have climbed 78% and the time required to recover from a breach has increased 130%. On average, U.S. …
The biggest challenge to IT security is marketing
Most companies today are using social media and online marketing channels to tell their customers and prospects about what they do. From company Twitter accounts, LinkedIn …
The futility of all vendor predictions
As the New Year starts, many people look forward to what it will bring, and for many this involves looking at upcoming budgets and deciding on what to spend the money …
The growing hacking threat to e-commerce websites, part 2
In the first part of my article, I briefly revised attackers’ motivations to compromise your website. In this part, I will discuss how websites get hacked, how you can …
BYOD and biometrics in the enterprise – ally or enemy?
BYOD continues its victory march as the enabler of choice among employees juggling increasingly intertwined home and work lives – for IT managers however it is the stuff …