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Colonial Ransomware Attack: It’s time to rethink your backup & restoration strategy.
No doubt, if you're following the news, you may have seen an uptick in the number of ransomware attacks doing the rounds. There have been quite a few. In particular, the Colonial Pipeline attack. It's beginning to seem a lot like Groundhog Day! You would think, after seeing how the ransomware attack in January 2020 crippledRead More -
The Black Swan Fallacy: Why a failure of imagination is irrelevant to Resilience Planning
Every time there is a major incident, whether it be a global pandemic or a natural disaster. Whether it be an IT Outage or a bout of unseasonably hot or cold weather, the rallying cry of those trying to defend the paucity of their response to the unfolding events is now cliche: "We never thoughtRead More -
Denial of Suez: What can we learn about risk assessing SPOF?
Single points of failure (SPOF) creep into many business processes. Often unintentionally. Some exist from the outset but were simply not assessed, or were assessed and deemed low risk. That legacy server running a critical piece of code wasn't legacy at the beginning. That retiring SME, the one who wrote the code, had just started.Read More -
Virtual CISO – Running a Business. Thinking Differently about Security!
It's Monday morning and I have already been up for a while. I have had a few cups of tea. I have answered a few emails. I have written and submitted a proposal for a new piece of work. It's a great client too. When I submitted the proposal I had a sense of reliefRead More -
EU/UK GDPR Lawful Bases – Getting accountability right
Working out the lawful bases for your processing activities can be a challenge. Whilst the ICO has guidance and a useful tool to help organisations determine the lawful bases of processing, the final decision will always rest on the Controller organisation to defend. A Controller thus needs to document their lawful bases properly because ifRead More -
Is your Managed SOC starting to smell a bit fruity? Here’s what to do if it is
Remember a couple of years ago (when life was so very different). Remember reaching that point in your security maturity journey where you needed a way of detecting security events without the help of the BBC News letting you know? Remember looking at all those complex SIEM solutions? Remember deciding the time and effort involvedRead More
