By Robbie Ross, CSO. It’s the time of year when many people working in cyber security give their predictions regarding what they believe the next year will hold when it comes to the cyber threat. I’ve read many of these over the years and recently watched an excellent webinar that spoke about Read more
Cyber security considerations for organisations thinking about taking out cyber insurance.
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I have spent almost all of my working life (22 years) as a civilian member of staff with the Police Service; first Grampian Police and latterly Police Scotland. Recently I made the move from public service to private and today I’m Chief Security Officer at Converged. There’s a Twitter account Read more
These really are strange times that we are living in just now. As Albert Einstein once said, “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” and this pandemic has presented lots of opportunity to cyber criminals. From fake emails from organisations such as The World Health Organisation claiming to give advice Read more
By Gerry Grant, CSO. There are lots of articles and advice around home working currently being shared and most of it is pretty decent. While home working might be nothing new for your organisation, the scale of rollout will likely be unprecedented and it’s important that we get as much Read more
Converged Communication Solutions COVID-19 Plan 1 – How we protect employees Covid-19 is believed to spread largely through respiratory droplets from coughing and sneezing, and it seems to spread easily. It may also be possible to become infected by touching a contaminated surface or object and then touching one’s nose or mouth. Stay Read more
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer On the 5th March it was reported that Virgin Media had left a database containing over 900,000 customers and potential customers details accessible online. The database didn’t even have a password on it. It transpired that the database had been online for 10 months and over that Read more
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer It’s that time of year again when our email inbox gets flooded with special offers and not to be missed deals. That’s right, the Boxing Day & New Year’s sales are upon us again and there can be lots of bargains to be had. Read more
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer Every city has certain areas that you wouldn’t be happy walking around in the middle of the night on your own. The internet is similar. We often hear about a dark, dangerous, lawless place called the ‘Dark Web’, but what or where exactly is Read more