To survive in the age of advanced cyber threats, leadership and collaboration are key
In this blog, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Board for ITC US and Former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff for Presidents Bush and Obama, looks #BEYOND the now in cyber security, at the importance of leadership and the need for collaboration to tackle the speed of change. When I was in uniform, […]
Russia-Ukraine Malicious Cyber Activity
The Ukrainian government confirmed yesterday afternoon that another large-scale cyber attack is taking place; this is less than a week since websites were last targeted in a similar attack. “We’ve not seen something [like this] that’s taken it to a completely different level,” an official told the BBC. This large-scale cyber attack preceded Russia’s invasion […]
Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is encouraging increased cyber security awareness in a new “Shields Up” advisory released last week as tensions escalate between Ukraine and Russia. Russia has threatened new invasions against Ukraine as an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. The cyber security implications of these threats have already been […]
Fish tanks, thermostats and third-party breaches – Why securing your supply chain should be a top priority
The world is more connected than ever before, with organisations being able to scale at speed and provide customer experiences in ways that we never thought possible – all thanks to technology. A more seamless and integrated world of opportunities has opened up for organisations as a result of this hyperconnectivity that transcends borders. However, […]
Not all assets and data are created equal – the critical first step in risk management
Today’s accelerated digital world is exposed to expanding threat vectors however, protecting everything equally is not an option. A crucial question that must be answered at the start of planning any effective cyber security strategy is: ‘What exactly do we value and need to keep secure?’ Rising threat landscape vs organisational preparedness Data breaches big […]
Managing cyber security maturity and business risk within local government
As public councils embark on and continue their digital transformation journey, there is a growing need to counter the risk of a breach by taking the maturity of cyber security practices from a state of reactive, to proactive, and even to predictive. Healthy cyber security is key to the efficient and productive running of every […]
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 […]
Solarwinds Supply Chain Attack (Sunburst Malware)
Priority: Critical Executive Summary: A highly sophisticated attack using a trojanised version of SolarWinds’ Orion software has been discovered, affecting both private and public organisations globally.1 The attack is believed to have started as early as Spring 2020 and is still ongoing, making this an imminent threat to any organisation using SolarWinds Orion. The attackers […]