Brian Honan
European businesses not seeking help from the security industry ahead of GDPR
European research by PAC and Reliance acsn has outlined the challenges and concerns that security professionals across Europe are facing and how they approach the serious …
15 new ransomware decryption tools added to No More Ransom
Nine months after the launch of the No More Ransom (NMR) project, an ever-growing number of law enforcement and private partners have joined the initiative, allowing more …
Like it or not, “cyber” is a shorthand for all things infosec
We have lost the cyber war. No, not that cyber war. Maybe war of words is a better way to put it. Whether we like it or not, cyber has become the default way for everyone else …
Security skills gap? What security skills gap?
After the year we’ve had, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that cybersecurity skills are heavily in demand. Breaches, attacks and incidents have never been far from the …
Ransomware: Can we finally start learning from past mistakes?
There is a phrase I am finding quite relevant lately. It is attributed to the philosopher George Santayana and it goes like this: “Those who cannot remember the past are …
Surprise? Most organizations are not cyber resilient
71 percent of UK organisations would rate their cyber resilience as low today, underlining a lack of preparedness to handle cyberattacks by the majority of UK organisations, …
Why governments need to take the lead in cybersecurity
Time and time again we hear people lament about the impact cybercrime has on our businesses, our individual lives, the economy, and on society. Report after report show the …
Why vulnerability disclosure shouldn’t be a marketing tool
There have been many arguments within the security community on how researchers should disclose the existence of a security vulnerability. Some argue that full disclosure is …
There’s no security without trust
Trust. It’s a small word but it conveys a lot. To many it is the cornerstone of security, because without trust there can be no security. To operate securely in the online …
Don’t look back in anger
At the end of the 2014, as at the end of many years before it, our mailboxes were filled with various vendors’ security predictions for 2015. We saw them also in …
CSA Guide to Cloud Computing
Authors: Raj Samani, Brian Honan, Jim Reavis Pages: 236 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 0124201253 Introduction The title says it all: this is a book that will tell you what cloud …
Infosec industry: Time to put up or shut up
The information security industry is one of the most exciting industries to be involved in. It offers many opportunities to exercise one’s passion and curiosity about …
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