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Articles on security awareness, behaviour and culture.
Substandard cyber security training could be helping cyber criminals
To truly increase cyber resilience, cyber security training is going to need to focus on changing human behaviour Earlier this year, the UK government released its latest report on cyber security breaches amongst UK businesses. The findings were somewhat...
8 reasons why I’m more positive than most when it comes to cyber security
Following a series high-profile cyber attacks, most cyber security professionals predict the future will be bleak. Our CEO, Oz Alashe, meanwhile, has other ideas “Is this the end of the world as we know it?” asked IT security specialist Susan Morrow in her blog post...
Could better cyber defences actually increase your risk of cyber attack?
The psychologist Gerald Wilde certainly thinks so – and he’s armed with credible examples that back up his claims Here’s one such example of what psychologist Gerald Wilde calls risk homeostasis. On Saturday, 2nd September, 1967, the population of Sweden went to sleep...
People are not the problem. They are part of the solution.
A follow-up to a previous post on harnessing the power of people in our fight against cybercrime My previous article highlighted some interesting statistics According to a Mozilla, 91% of people still “don't know much about protecting themselves online.” According to...
Why cybercrime success continues to soar
Cybercrime and cybercrime success are both on the up. To stand any chance of meaningfully reducing cybercrime, we need to call on an underused resource Today’s cyber criminals have it easy At least, that’s what newspaper headlines seem to suggest. “Companies struggle...
A new weapon for businesses seeking to combat cyber crime
How businesses can make use of a cyber defence governments have relied on for years Are you aware of what happened on the 7th September last year? At Vienna airport, a group of Turkish nationals began protesting. Their flight had been grounded and, without visas...
The Optimism Bias In Cyber Security
The optimism bias is an age-old human trait essential to our well being. The optimism bias in cyber security, however, causes security problems... In 2015, financial services giant Prudential ran an experiment they called ‘magnets’. The company labelled a series of...
GDPR Compliance Checklists Leave Us Vulnerable To Data Breaches
GDPR compliance has become a key goal for businesses around the globe. But those hoping to achieve GDPR compliance are missing the point entirely – and are probably vulnerable to large-scale data breaches as a result. From 25 May 2018, GDPR comes into play. As the...
Confusing cyber security terminology helps cyber criminals attack
Today’s cyber security terminology is cryptic and confusing. Which is exactly what criminals want. On Friday, 21st of October 2016, a group of cyber-criminals sent out a warning. They flooded some of the world’s largest websites with unprecedented volumes of traffic,...