Turning the Tables on Cyber Security Budgets
Time to move away from bottom-up dynamics: The Board should decide on priorities and drive the discussion As we hit budget time again in many…
The Next Frontier in Security: Confidential Computing
By Rohit Badlaney, VP of IBM Z Hybrid Cloud & Hillery Hunter, VP & CTO, IBM Cloud IBM has a long history of providing the…
With Great Data There Comes Great Responsibility
Data is the new oil of business and managing, protecting and securing it in an effective manner is critical to us all. 2020 has changed this game with…
Red Teaming: thinking and acting like the enemy to stop them in their tracks
Red teaming exercises help organisations to improve their security posture by using adversarial techniques to pinpoint weaknesses.
The Complexity Trap
Once, managed security services were somewhat limited in nature, managing such tools on behalf of customers. MDR services shift that paradigm.
Is It Now Safer to Be Untrusting?
With the rise in scams against the public and organisations is it now safer to be untrusting when receiving emails, calls, texts and even faxes? (Yes,…
AI and cybersecurity: puppies grow up to be guard dogs
Is AI still the stuff of science fiction, or is it becoming a reality? A subset of AI, machine learning, is starting to underpin many technologies is …
IoT Security: A simple matter of common sense for product developers and investors
The security of any IoT product should be seen as a functionality, not an add-on, and treated as an inherent component of any use case. Basic security…
Who’s using your computing power?
As the value of bitcoin increases,. so does the temptation for people to use your hardware and electricity to 'mine' this currency. Can you be sure th…
What’s your identity worth to you?
Hacking is in the news nearly every day and people constantly reach out to ask me if their information is safe. Are they at risk? What can they do to …
Should we hire a Hacker….? On Trust, Diversity and Common Sense
“Should we hire a hacker?” It may be tired but it is a question that is persistently asked in the security industry, because I guess…
Backup — The panacea for computer viruses and ransomware.
It’s getting a little scary out there with computer viruses and ransomware. Ransomeware, for those lucky enough to not have experienced it, is when a…