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"published_at": "2018-11-20T17:28:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6a4-7cc2-71f1-a44c-d255414c3ac6", "title": "Infographic: How to solve the cybersecurity talent gap in your organization", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2018/10/29/infographic-how-to-solve-the-cybersecurity-talent-gap-in-your-organization/", "published_at": "2018-10-29T10:38:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6a4-7cc2-71f1-a44c-d25542033edb", "title": "11 Cyber Security Questions Every Small Business Should Ask", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/08/30/11-cyber-security-questions-every-small-business-should-ask/", "published_at": "2017-08-30T15:09:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6a4-7cc2-71f1-a44c-d2554294797c", "title": "2018 changes to PCI DSS v3.2", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/08/30/2018-changes-to-pci-dss-v3-2/", "published_at": "2017-08-30T14:15:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6a4-7cc2-71f1-a44c-d25542cc50db", "title": "ICO: Warning to SMEs as firm hit by cyber attack fined £60,000", "url": 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statement on recent cyber attacks on the NHS", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/05/16/ico-statement-on-recent-cyber-attacks-on-the-nhs/", "published_at": "2017-05-16T07:14:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6ae-73fd-7183-828c-1a2412bb1e45", "title": "VMware Infographic – Are you ready to tackle the security risks facing your business", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/03/27/vmware-infographic-are-you-ready-to-tackle-the-security-risks-facing-your-business/", "published_at": "2017-03-27T11:30:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6ae-73fd-7183-828c-1a2413615b15", "title": "Cyber-screening: Putting security on the M&A agenda", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/03/08/cyber-screening-putting-security-on-the-ma-agenda/", "published_at": "2017-03-08T14:21:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6ae-73fd-7183-828c-1a24140a5f3b", "title": "Elizabeth Denham’s speech at the Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2017", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/03/07/elizabeth-denhams-speech-at-the-data-protection-practitioners-conference-2017/", "published_at": "2017-03-07T08:27:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6ae-73fd-7183-828c-1a241428c612", "title": "ADVICE FROM AN ASSESSOR: DevOps, Automation, Security and Compliance", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/02/17/advice-from-an-assessor-devops-automation-security-and-compliance/", "published_at": "2017-02-17T13:50:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6ae-73fd-7183-828c-1a2414c98409", "title": "Car Cracking", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/02/15/car-cracking/", "published_at": "2017-02-15T16:02:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6ae-73fd-7183-828c-1a2415384cd1", "title": "Future of Automotive Security Technology Research releases secure vehicle manifesto", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2017/02/15/future-of-automotive-security-technology-research-releases-secure-vehicle-manifesto/", "published_at": "2017-02-15T13:06:49+00:00" }, { "id": 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"https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/12/21/utilities-oil-and-gas-sectors-face-increasing-security-threats-an-infographic/", "published_at": "2015-12-21T16:10:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6bf-f7f8-7069-8cae-f208c57ec8e4", "title": "PCI SSC revises date for migrating off vulnerable SSL and early TLS encryption", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/12/21/pci-ssc-revises-date-for-migrating-off-vulnerable-ssl-and-early-tls-encryption/", "published_at": "2015-12-21T08:23:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6bf-f7f8-7069-8cae-f208c5cceaf8", "title": "PCI Security Standards council announces 2016 special interest group election results", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/12/10/pci-security-standards-council-announces-2016-special-interest-group-election-results/", "published_at": "2015-12-10T18:18:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6bf-f7f8-7069-8cae-f208c6515bf7", "title": "How to Hack a Car – an infograph", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/12/10/how-to-hack-a-car-an-infograph/", 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"title": "64% of Organizations are Potential Targets for Nation-State Cyberattacks", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/08/20/64-of-organizations-are-potential-targets-for-nation-state-cyberattacks/", "published_at": "2015-08-20T10:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d20556400216", "title": "Cybersecurity: The Looming And Growing Threat", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/08/12/cybersecurity-the-looming-and-growing-threat/", "published_at": "2015-08-12T15:55:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d205571e9db1", "title": "BYOD: Only half of SMBs that allow employees to access corporate data with personal devices have policies in place", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/08/10/byod-only-half-of-smbs-that-allow-employees-to-access-corporate-data-with-personal-devices-have-policies-in-place/", "published_at": "2015-08-10T15:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d20557536215", "title": "5 steps to respond to a security breach", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/31/5-steps-to-respond-to-a-security-breach/", "published_at": "2015-07-31T13:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d20557c0b0ab", "title": "Over 17% of documents in Office 365 contain sensitive data", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/30/over-17-of-documents-in-office-365-contain-sensitive-data/", "published_at": "2015-07-30T14:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d205581b11b1", "title": "Guest blog: PCI audits and how to recognize a good QSA auditor and partner", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/23/guest-blog-pci-audits-and-how-to-recognize-a-good-qsa-auditor-and-partner/", "published_at": "2015-07-23T14:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d2055860d309", "title": "Top 5 Strategic Infosec issues in Higher Education", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/17/top-5-strategic-infosec-issues-in-higher-education/", "published_at": "2015-07-17T15:32:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d205591664ca", "title": "ICO, Michael McIntyre and the Data Protection Act", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/16/ico-michael-mcintyre-and-the-data-protection-act/", "published_at": "2015-07-16T08:22:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d205597be85e", "title": "Cyber Security a Major Threat for Metals Industry: Top Three Lessons for Executives", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/09/cyber-security-a-major-threat-for-metals-industry-top-three-lessons-for-executives/", "published_at": "2015-07-09T13:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d3-ebc9-734a-bd51-d20559c180bf", "title": "The insurance implications of a cyber attack on the US power grid", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/09/the-insurance-implications-of-a-cyber-attack-on-the-us-power-grid/", "published_at": "2015-07-09T10:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d4debbac6", "title": "Reaching the Cloud Era in the European Union", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/08/reaching-the-cloud-era-in-the-european-union/", "published_at": "2015-07-08T13:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d4eb02926", "title": "Risk managers identify the “big three” risks causing them their greatest concern", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/07/risk-managers-identify-the-big-three-risks-causing-them-their-greatest-concern/", "published_at": "2015-07-07T11:55:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d4fa4a102", "title": "Data privacy: What do consumers really think", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/06/data-privacy-what-do-consumers-really-think/", "published_at": "2015-07-06T14:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d507c925e", "title": "ICO publishes it’s annual report", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/07/02/ico-publishes-its-annual-report/", "published_at": "2015-07-02T16:29:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d50d8f12b", "title": "Tor detections jump by more than 1,000%", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/06/24/tor-detections-jump-by-more-than-1000/", "published_at": "2015-06-24T17:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d5103cc67", "title": "Survey Shows Lack of Trust, Limited Visibility and Knowledge Gap between the Board and IT Security Professionals", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/06/24/survey-shows-lack-of-trust-limited-visibility-and-knowledge-gap-between-the-board-and-it-security-professionals/", "published_at": "2015-06-24T09:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d51fd4c8f", "title": "TAKE UP OF CYBER INSURANCE REMAINS LOW", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/06/23/take-up-of-cyber-insurance-remains-low/", "published_at": "2015-06-23T11:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d526b0ffb", "title": "How Cyber Security Literate is the board?", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/06/22/how-cyber-security-literate-is-the-board/", "published_at": "2015-06-22T16:10:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d533a7fd1", "title": "Shadow Cloud Services 20 Times More Prevalent than Sanctioned Cloud", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/06/16/shadow-cloud-services-20-times-more-prevalent-than-sanctioned-cloud/", "published_at": "2015-06-16T09:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-0cac-7057-ad6e-830d53938de0", "title": "The majority Of Risk Professionals Without Coverage Are Considering Purchasing Cyber Insurance", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/06/09/the-majority-of-risk-professionals-without-coverage-are-considering-purchasing-cyber-insurance/", "published_at": "2015-06-09T10:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b323d89b3", "title": "Workers Ignoring Known Cyber Risks, Surfing Adult Content and Downloading Unapproved Apps", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/06/02/workers-ignoring-known-cyber-risks-surfing-adult-content-and-downloading-unapproved-apps/", "published_at": "2015-06-02T09:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b3273f289", "title": "Most Healthcare Organisations Have Experienced A Data Breach", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/31/most-healthcare-organisations-have-experienced-a-data-breach/", "published_at": "2015-05-31T19:30:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b3290fed0", "title": "Two thirds of British workers willing to breach data protection rules", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/29/two-thirds-of-british-workers-willing-to-breach-data-protection-rules/", "published_at": "2015-05-29T09:02:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b335d769e", "title": "DDoS attack activity soars", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/26/ddos-attack-activity-soars/", "published_at": "2015-05-26T10:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b33f2ce4d", "title": "Most consumers do not trust anyone to protect their personal information", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/22/most-consumers-do-not-trust-anyone-to-protect-their-personal-information/", "published_at": "2015-05-22T13:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b342e6be8", "title": "The history of mobile threats, 2004 to 2015", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/21/the-history-of-mobile-threats-2004-to-2015/", "published_at": "2015-05-21T15:34:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b347edad2", "title": "Time to Identify Advanced Threats is 98 Days for Financial Services Firms and 197 Days for Retail", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/19/time-to-identify-advanced-threats-is-98-days-for-financial-services-firms-and-197-days-for-retail/", "published_at": "2015-05-19T21:13:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b34e3ccf4", "title": "Congratulations to the new board members of the PCI Standards Council", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/14/congratulations-to-the-new-board-members-of-the-pci-standards-council/", "published_at": "2015-05-14T19:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b351c7d41", "title": "A review of websites and apps targeted at children is underway", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/12/a-review-of-websites-and-apps-targeted-at-children-is-underway/", "published_at": "2015-05-12T07:05:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d8-95d8-709f-bb51-981b35d71311", "title": "What’s Keeping Higher Education CIOs up at Night?", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/10/whats-keeping-higher-education-cios-up-at-night/", "published_at": "2015-05-10T13:19:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6b1ad324", "title": "The Evolution of Cyber Risk – and ACE Infographic", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/07/the-evolution-of-cyber-risk-and-ace-infographic/", "published_at": "2015-05-07T08:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6bfc2abc", "title": "PCI Council collaborates with industry to speed secure chip card acceptance for merchants", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/05/01/pci-council-collaborates-with-industry-to-speed-secure-chip-card-acceptance-for-merchants/", "published_at": "2015-05-01T08:39:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6bff59a6", "title": "85,000 new malicious IPs are launched every day", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/04/27/85000-new-malicious-ips-are-launched-every-day/", "published_at": "2015-04-27T09:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6c981a65", "title": "Enterprises have more than 2,000 unsafe mobile apps installed on employee devices", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/04/22/average-large-enterprise-has-more-than-2000-unsafe-mobile-apps-installed-on-employee-devices/", "published_at": "2015-04-22T09:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6d93da43", "title": "Path of a Cyber Attacker", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/04/21/path-of-a-cyber-attacker/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T09:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6debb002", "title": "5 Mobile Trends That Are Changing the Way Business Is Done", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/04/20/5-mobile-trends-that-are-changing-the-way-business-is-done/", "published_at": "2015-04-20T09:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6def9e6c", "title": "Cloud usage is extending the perimeter of most organisations", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/04/19/cloud-usage-is-extending-the-perimeter-of-most-organisations/", "published_at": "2015-04-19T13:20:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6ea51b27", "title": "What Is Your Business’ Greatest Cyber Threat?", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/04/05/what-is-your-business-greatest-cyber-threat/", "published_at": "2015-04-05T13:00:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6ec1dad6", "title": "Non-Executive Directors have a responsibility to understand cyber security risks and resilience", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/03/27/non-executive-directors-have-a-responsibility-to-understand-cyber-security-risks-and-resilience/", "published_at": "2015-03-27T12:46:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6d9-1f18-71d7-acb5-7d5a6ef13e2f", "title": "Information Commissioner launches Corporate Plan setting out priorities for 2015-18", "url": "https://brianpennington.co.uk/2015/03/22/information-commissioner-launches-corporate-plan-setting-out-priorities-for-2015-18/", "published_at": "2015-03-22T16:19:29+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

Weak Enforcement and Low Compliance in PCI DSS: A Comparative Security Studyoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2025
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2025original ↗
30 Dec 2025
The continuing threat from email based attacksoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2025

2024

A consolidated list of 2025 predictionsoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2024
The most common Phishing Attacks in one simple Infographic from KnowBe4original ↗
14 Aug 2024
Instant Expertise: How Interim CISOs fill Critical Leadership Gapsoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2024
The ISO 27000 family of protocols and their role in cybersecurityoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2024
Which countries account for the most hacking?original ↗
26 Feb 2024
26 Cyber Security Stats every user should be aware of in 2024original ↗
22 Feb 2024
Top 10 Cyber Incidents Report 2023, based on the financial impact and reputational damageoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2024

2023

A Cybersecurity Glossary with explanations of the terms and abbreviationsoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2023
I am concentrating my efforts on adding content to specific pages covering specific areas of Cybersecurity e.g. OT Security and Supply Chain issues. I hope to add new posts in the near future (edit 9/2/2024)original ↗
2 May 2023

2020

THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF PASSWORDS – Infographicoriginal ↗
25 May 2020

2018

The OWASP IoT Project Top 10original ↗
29 Dec 2018
21 Significant 21st Century Data Breaches – Infographicoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2018
Infographic: How to solve the cybersecurity talent gap in your organizationoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2018

2017

11 Cyber Security Questions Every Small Business Should Askoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2017
2018 changes to PCI DSS v3.2original ↗
30 Aug 2017
ICO: Warning to SMEs as firm hit by cyber attack fined £60,000original ↗
28 Jun 2017
Is the North West a hub for nuisance calls?original ↗
10 Jun 2017
Technological Change and Cyber Risk Overtake Regulation as Top Risks for Insurersoriginal ↗
30 May 2017
Will GDPR Change the World?original ↗
26 May 2017
ICO statement on recent cyber attacks on the NHSoriginal ↗
16 May 2017
VMware Infographic – Are you ready to tackle the security risks facing your businessoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2017
Cyber-screening: Putting security on the M&A agendaoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2017
Elizabeth Denham’s speech at the Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2017original ↗
7 Mar 2017
ADVICE FROM AN ASSESSOR: DevOps, Automation, Security and Complianceoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2017
Car Crackingoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2017
Future of Automotive Security Technology Research releases secure vehicle manifestooriginal ↗
15 Feb 2017

2016

Forrester predicts the Top 15 Dynamics that will shape 2017original ↗
31 Oct 2016
BYOD security market to reach over $337 millionoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2016
Your Biggest Weakness Is Already on Your Payrolloriginal ↗
20 May 2016
100 Percent of Retailers Disclose Cyber Risksoriginal ↗
16 May 2016
Demystifying 9 Common Types of Cyber Riskoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2016
86% of Mobile Applications failed at least 2 of OWASP’s Top 10original ↗
21 Mar 2016
Breaches caused by either hacking or malware nearly doubled in relative frequencyoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2016
The State of Cybersecurity in Healthcare Organizations in 2016original ↗
15 Mar 2016
Over 35% of organisations in the energy sector are not able to track threatsoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2016

2015

More fines next year for nuisance call companiesoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2015
Utilities, Oil and Gas Sectors Face Increasing Security Threats – an Infographicoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2015
PCI SSC revises date for migrating off vulnerable SSL and early TLS encryptionoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2015
PCI Security Standards council announces 2016 special interest group election resultsoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2015
How to Hack a Car – an infographoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2015
Are British Businesses over confident about the threat of data breaches?original ↗
12 Nov 2015
A brief history of Security Data Breaches and regulation in Healthcareoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2015
500 European Business Leaders attend the PCI Security Standards Council Community Meetingoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2015
ICO response to ECJ ruling on personal data to US Safe Harbororiginal ↗
6 Oct 2015
Policy problems with cloud Storage revealed by surveyoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2015
Payment Card Industry issues new guidance to help organizations respond to data breachesoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2015
Standard & Poor’s labeled holes in cybersecurity a financial risk in a reportoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2015
Mobile Payments Data Breaches will Groworiginal ↗
28 Sept 2015
Security and the Internet of Things – Infographoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2015
In cloud environments, 75% of the security risk can be attributed to just 1% of usersoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2015
Internal Audit is having an ever increasing role in Cyber Securityoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2015
Data Breaches: Are You Prepared?original ↗
10 Sept 2015
Cost of Phishing and Value of Employee Trainingoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2015
UK Businesses unprepared for changes to the Data Protection Actoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2015
Cyber insurance: trying to quantify risksoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2015
2015 Best & Worst Tourist Attractions for Mobile Securityoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2015
Personal data in leaked datasets is still personal data – ICOoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2015
64% of Organizations are Potential Targets for Nation-State Cyberattacksoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2015
Cybersecurity: The Looming And Growing Threatoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2015
BYOD: Only half of SMBs that allow employees to access corporate data with personal devices have policies in placeoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2015
5 steps to respond to a security breachoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2015
Over 17% of documents in Office 365 contain sensitive dataoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2015
Guest blog: PCI audits and how to recognize a good QSA auditor and partneroriginal ↗
23 Jul 2015
Top 5 Strategic Infosec issues in Higher Educationoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2015
ICO, Michael McIntyre and the Data Protection Actoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2015
Cyber Security a Major Threat for Metals Industry: Top Three Lessons for Executivesoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2015
The insurance implications of a cyber attack on the US power gridoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2015
Reaching the Cloud Era in the European Unionoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2015
Risk managers identify the “big three” risks causing them their greatest concernoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2015
Data privacy: What do consumers really thinkoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2015
ICO publishes it’s annual reportoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2015
Tor detections jump by more than 1,000%original ↗
24 Jun 2015
Survey Shows Lack of Trust, Limited Visibility and Knowledge Gap between the Board and IT Security Professionalsoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2015
TAKE UP OF CYBER INSURANCE REMAINS LOWoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2015
How Cyber Security Literate is the board?original ↗
22 Jun 2015
Shadow Cloud Services 20 Times More Prevalent than Sanctioned Cloudoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2015
The majority Of Risk Professionals Without Coverage Are Considering Purchasing Cyber Insuranceoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2015
Workers Ignoring Known Cyber Risks, Surfing Adult Content and Downloading Unapproved Appsoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2015
Most Healthcare Organisations Have Experienced A Data Breachoriginal ↗
31 May 2015
Two thirds of British workers willing to breach data protection rulesoriginal ↗
29 May 2015
DDoS attack activity soarsoriginal ↗
26 May 2015
Most consumers do not trust anyone to protect their personal informationoriginal ↗
22 May 2015
The history of mobile threats, 2004 to 2015original ↗
21 May 2015
Time to Identify Advanced Threats is 98 Days for Financial Services Firms and 197 Days for Retailoriginal ↗
19 May 2015
Congratulations to the new board members of the PCI Standards Counciloriginal ↗
14 May 2015
A review of websites and apps targeted at children is underwayoriginal ↗
12 May 2015
What’s Keeping Higher Education CIOs up at Night?original ↗
10 May 2015
The Evolution of Cyber Risk – and ACE Infographicoriginal ↗
7 May 2015
PCI Council collaborates with industry to speed secure chip card acceptance for merchantsoriginal ↗
1 May 2015
85,000 new malicious IPs are launched every dayoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2015
Enterprises have more than 2,000 unsafe mobile apps installed on employee devicesoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2015
Path of a Cyber Attackeroriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
5 Mobile Trends That Are Changing the Way Business Is Doneoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2015
Cloud usage is extending the perimeter of most organisationsoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2015
What Is Your Business’ Greatest Cyber Threat?original ↗
5 Apr 2015
Non-Executive Directors have a responsibility to understand cyber security risks and resilienceoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2015
Information Commissioner launches Corporate Plan setting out priorities for 2015-18original ↗
22 Mar 2015
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