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
By Steve Suttar, Senior Systems Engineer. Sunday 20th of October (Day Before Dattocon): With trepidation and excitement, we began our journey to Dattocon Paris. I have visited Paris many times, however my colleague Sameer had not and was excited to experience a new city and culture firsthand. It’s safe to Read more
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