By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer. One area of cyber security that is often overlooked is the management of new staff and those leaving a company. But it is vital that the on-boarding and off-boarding of employees is handled correctly and not just from a Human Resources point of view. Read more…
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer. Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR, ISO 27001, the list of different ways in which an organisation can show that they are taking cyber security seriously is almost endless. However, it’s important to recognise that compliance with a standard does NOT guarantee that the Read more…
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer. If you’re feeling under pressure to address a growing number of cyber security threats on a budget that hasn’t grown exponentially with these risks, then you’re not alone. Increasingly, senior management and the board are asking questions about cyber security and looking for reassurance Read more…
By Stacey Smith, Service Delivery Manager. Tell you what, I for one am grateful that there is no wrong path! Looking back, it may have felt that I’d wandered off the beaten track on a number of occasions, but without that detour I would not currently be sitting where I Read more…
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer. Unbelievably, it is now late June and we are almost halfway through 2019. Normally at the start of a year we see lots of ‘predictions’ around what will happen in the world, including the types of cyber threats that may emerge. Instead of waiting Read more…
Our Chief Security Officer, Gerry Grant presented at Scotland’s Cyber Summit 2019. For those who couldn’t make it to the Aberdeen event, take a look at Gerry’s presentation where he lifts the lid on cyber security through the eyes of an ethical hacker. Scot-Secure 2019 presentation: The threat evolution – Read more…
Our Chief Security Officer, Gerry Grant presented at Scot-Secure 2019, the 5th annual cyber security for business conference. For those who couldn’t make it to Edinburgh, we’d like to share Gerry’s thoughts on the threat evolution: from dodgy discs to crypto mining. Scotland’s Cyber Summit 2019: Lifting the lid on Read more…
Written by our Chief Security Officer, Gerry Grant. When we think of an ‘insider threat’ we might imagine someone sneaking around our office, stealing sensitive data and information to sell in a dark alley to a competitor. Many organisations might even believe that they don’t need to worry about insider Read more…
By John Gillies, Lead Cyber Security Assessor, Converged Communication Solutions. For those of us in our middle years this proclamation was something we heard all too regularly in the local bar or restaurant. Everyone loves to go out and enjoy themselves but back in the day and after a few Read more…