by Colin Robbins | Jan 13, 2021
What is High Assurance? As computer security systems have evolved over the years, hackers have become more sophisticated. Their methods have changed, targeting any vulnerabilities to try and find a way into a system. No business is immune from cyber attacks,...
by Sarah Knowles | Jan 12, 2021
Back to the basics with Cyber Essentials Four years is a long time in cyber security; a lot can change in that time. But surprisingly, a lot also stays the same. Back in 2016, the National Cyber Security Centre released a white paper on Common Cyber Attacks: Reducing...
by Colin Robbins | Jan 6, 2021
The King is Dead, Long Live the King! For the last few years, the cyber security commentary has been if you focus on the basics, and do the basics well, you will prevent 90% plus of cyber security attacks. To many this has been interpreted as doing the “Cyber...
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...
