There is no shortage of the skills to tackle e-crime, only of employers who train
I recently agreed to help e-Skills engage financial services employers in reviewing their
Is there a bigger threat than awareness and compliance which assume attacks are random?
In my recent blog on the need for genuine board level education, not just awareness, I promised a guest blog from Lincoln...
We know why UK SMEs do not transact online. We need action on causes, not more awareness
I have asked before why so few small firms transact on-line and why the proportion is not growing. The causes are becoming clearer. The growing
From Wild West to Western Front : the evolution of Cybersecurity
"The Internet used to be compared to the WIld West, the lawless frontier; now it is more like the Western Front, a massive, unrestricted battlefield. Geopolitics is putting your data in the firing line." So concludes an article by Allan...
Can society afford to rely on security by afterthought not design?
On 18th October, when the Government launched its security strategy, the Home Secretary, Theresa May argued that attacks on computer networks are among the biggest threats to the UK. On 20th October the...
Cloud computing is a nebulous concept
The definition of Cloud computing depends on who you talk to. Most definitions cover services which were being supplied over the Internet by players like EDS and IBM to the US Department of Defence over a decade ago. Today these services underpin much of defence and...