Careers in Cyber

Does this sound familiar?  You keep seeing headlines about cyber security, about information security, usually when there’s been a loss of passwords or data, sometimes about large fines being levied on companies for poor practice. You’ve heard that there are lots of vacancies in the world of cyber and would like to look at a … Continue reading Careers in Cyber

The Great Hack

It would appear that the furore over Facebook / Cambridge Analytica and manipulation of elections hasn’t died down that much. I recently watched a documentary on Netflix called The Great Hack, and I’d recommend that you do too, if you can. The programme provided a lot of the backstory to who was involved, how and … Continue reading The Great Hack

A new approach for 2019

I know it’s a bit hackneyed, but making New Year’s resolutions is part and parcel of this time of year. Wouldn’t it be great if everyone in security could all make the same one, to commit to doing the same thing? We’d need to bring others with us, like our IT colleagues, our enthusiastic amateur … Continue reading A new approach for 2019

Alexa – can you eavesdrop on us please

After my post last week about the Panorama programme here in the UK, there was a story in the news today about a couple in the US who were surprised by a call from a friend who had been emailed a recording of their conversation. Read all about it here. And no, I couldn’t believe … Continue reading Alexa – can you eavesdrop on us please

What’s the deal with passwords?

In an earlier post I talked about password hygiene, and about the challenges we have in keeping passwords secret.  I realised that I’d missed the opportunity to talk about why we need passwords – so I thought I’d cover it now. Computers will – if set up “normally” – ask for a username and password … Continue reading What’s the deal with passwords?