How information security professionals can help business understand cyber risk

Information security is continually moving up business and board agendas, but information security professionals find it challenging to help business leaders to understand fully the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses. The UK government’s latest National Cyber Security Strategy requires businesses to have a detailed understanding of the risks to their information systems and raise standards to […]

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Different industries have different concerns in regards to Cyber Security

Alex Ayers who is the co-founder and consulting director at Turnkey Consulting is saying that information security professionals must remember that businesses do see security as an important concern amongst other things in their business, but also to take into consideration different industries have different concerns. It is felt that the “good enough” security point of view […]

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Raising cyber security awareness

Cyber security is everybody’s responsibility, says Maxine Holt, principal analyst at the Information Security Forum (ISF). “Start by raising awareness across the organisation because people are an organisation’s biggest asset and also potentially its biggest risk. How these people take decisions and behave in key moments is essential to strengthening resilience.” Holt advises capturing the attention of […]

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Personnel departments targeted by GoldenEye ransomware hidden in job applications

Cover letter hides Excel file laden with GoldenEye malware. A new version of the Petya Ransomware called GoldenEye is targeting personnel departments, companies are being inundated with fake job applications loaded with this malware. Apparently GoldenEye has been around for a while, however Check Point who are a software security company are claiming the group […]

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