The Human Element of Cyber Risk
If I were to ask 10 people what they thought cyber security actually entails, I am almost certain that most would think of the highly technical coding you see in movies. Although they would not be entirely wrong, there is so much more to cyber security than just technology. Yes, there are many solutions available […]
Leadership: Bridging the Gap
In this article Glenn Fitton, ITC’s Head of Cyber Advisory and CISO, explores the influence of leadership, why there is no “silver-bullet” for information security and the simple things organisations can do to better their security. Glenn has represented information security at a senior level for several organisations across numerous complex industries including construction, FMCG, […]
Forrester TEI Report – Microsoft Azure Sentinel
Last month, Forrester released a Total Economic Impact (TEI) research document which revealed significant cost savings and business benefits associated with using Microsoft Azure Sentinel. To be clear – it revealed those benefits when the users switched from an existing traditional SIEM or “SIEM-like” (whatever that is) logging and correlation infrastructure. There are a lot […]
Sunburst – More heat than light
By now it is unlikely that anybody working in the cyber security industry is unfamiliar with the SolarWinds breach and code compromise, now known as the Sunburst hack. To recap; FireEye, on discovering that some of their intellectual property in the form of their offensive and red-teaming tools had somehow become available in the shadier […]
EDR, MDR, NDR, XDR – how do you take your detection and response?
With Microsoft the latest big name to label their suite of security products and services with the “XDR” moniker, it might seem like those of us offering MDR services have got some catching up to do. Concerned as always that we are lined up with how our customers want to consume security services, especially our […]
Shuffling the Security Stack
Not long after the Microsoft Inspire virtual event in July, the team at ITC Secure signed up to Microsoft Ignite, dropping in on sessions held last week. Microsoft Ignite is an annual flagship conference for developers, technical decision makers and IT implementers. Last year it was held at ExCeL London, which I attended to find out […]
Build a scalable security practice with Azure Lighthouse and Azure Sentinel
Article by Poornima Natarajan – Microsoft The Microsoft Azure Lighthouse product group is excited to launch a blog series covering areas in Azure Lighthouse where we are investing to make our service provider partners and enterprise customers successful with Azure. Our first blog in this series covers a top area of consideration for companies worldwide—Security with […]
What I’ve learned as a Virtual Intern
I am a second-year computer science undergraduate who gained interest in the world of cyber security after researching into the threats posed online and the lucrative market that is personal data theft and obfuscation. I have always been fascinated by the world of computation and have relished the opportunity to work in an industry that […]
Return of the Intern
Having already undertaken a placement at ITC in the summer of 2018, I knew that it was somewhere that I liked working. The feel of the company suited me well and I enjoyed the work that I did during the placement. When I had to choose a placement for this summer, ITC was the first […]
Halfway into my CyberFirst Internship – How’s it going?
As I near the end of my university degree and look towards a career in cyber security, I wanted to gain an extensive understanding of such a rapidly advancing industry. While my previous placements have focused more on security testing, I haven’t had the opportunity to work within a Security Operations Centre (SOC). This unit […]