by Colin Robbins | Dec 8, 2020
What does a CISO at an SME do during their working day? A CISO – Chief Information Security Officer – at an SME is responsible for security operations, securing the business, its technology, and its initiatives, and leading the business’s information security...
by Colin Robbins | Nov 25, 2020
What Is Zero Trust? The term ‘Zero Trust’ was first coined by John Kindervag in 2010, building off a concept put forward by David Lacey at the Jericho Forum, an international group founded in 2004 that worked to promote deperimeterization. Deperimeterization means to...
by Sarah Knowles | Nov 16, 2020
You may see the term ‘threat actor’ within risk assessments or other articles – but what is a threat actor? Threat actors are people or entities who are responsible for an incident that impacts the cyber security of another person or organisation. Cyber threat...
by Chris Gent | Nov 9, 2020
So, you have moved to Office 365. I can imagine that your IT department is rejoicing the fact they will never again have to run ESEUTIL, especially at 2am on a corrupt exchange database – it’s an experience nobody wants. Office 365 offers a secure,...
by Dawn O'Connor | Nov 2, 2020
On Monday 19th October CIISec Nottingham, Derby, Leicester Branch collaborated with BCS Nottingham Derby to host a virtual event, “How Covid-19 infected Information Security”. The event was well attended by 64 security professionals from both organisations. Prior to...
by Dawn O'Connor | Oct 27, 2020
Don’t be held to ransom Our final blog in the series for National Cyber Security Awareness Month focuses on the human factors within Cyber Security covering ransomware and incident management and response. Cyber-attacks are on the increase with threat actors...
by Dawn O'Connor | Oct 20, 2020
Keep your employees off the hook Following on in our series for European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) and National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) this blog will explore the topic of how to prevent phishing and the impact individuals working in our organisations...
by Dawn O'Connor | Oct 13, 2020
Over the last 6 months we have witnessed and experienced that more and more organisations have moved to home working in order to continue service delivery to their customers. We continue our series of blogs for European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) and National Cyber...
by Dawn O'Connor | Oct 7, 2020
October marks European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) and National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). It can serve as a valuable reminder for organisations to evaluate their position in relation to Cyber Security. This blog begins a series of key topics and takeaways...
