The 3-2-1 Backup Rule and Effective Cybersecurity Strategy
Last week, I wrote an article on top cyber security risk trends and predictions for 2020. In the article, I reviewed some very significant breaches and attacks that occurred in 2019, touched on common cyber risks, threats, and attacks, and made predictions on what we should expect for 2020. An interesting conversation kicked off amongst […]
Top Cyber Security Risk Trends & Predictions for 2020
Many security experts would probably agree that 2019 was a very interesting and challenging year. According to a Forbes report, 2019 saw more than 3,800 publicly disclosed data security breaches in the United States within the first 6 months. The year 2019 witnessed some very large, disturbing, and public-profile information security breaches. According to the […]
How long does it take to perform a typical security risk assessment?
Well, I suppose you; or someone you know perhaps; may have had this question come up during meetings or conversations with clients that are probably looking to “weigh” their cybersecurity investment/capability options. Well, I’ve been asked this question (or different variances of the same question) a few times in the past few weeks. So, I […]
Inaugural Cyber Security Conference by the Metropolitan Police
As you’d arguably somewhat agree, we live in a world where cyber security and information security are key security topics around cloud technologies and doing business using any such technologies. In its efforts to help and inform communities, the Metropolitan Police in London is organising its inaugural cyber-security conference. The conference is geared towards small […]
Security Risk Mitigation and Controls – Going Above and Beyond Availability Plans
According to Werner Vogels, CTO at Amazon.com, “Everything FAILS all the time.” This popular quote lends itself to logical grounds for robust availability plans. Availability planning aims to put in place plans, processes, and actions that ensure the ability of a system or service to withstand or recover from exceptional events like an infrastructure or […]
Positive Actions and Effective Hiring Processes – Compliance Dilemma
A recent ruling by an Employment Tribunal makes for fascinating and interesting reading. According to the ruling by the tribunal in Liverpool, United Kingdom; the Cheshire Police Force had incorrectly, and invariably; used “Positive Action” to recruit people, but in a (rather subtle but nevertheless) discriminatory way. Positive Action should not generally be thought to […]
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