by Infospectives | Oct 13, 2016 | Featured, Privacy News & Politics, Security for all
I’ve been lucky enough to have a pretty successful security career and gain a modest following for my writing. Mainly stuff about Information and Cybersecurity GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance). Gratifyingly, my Infospectives blog also received a fair few award...
by Infospectives | Feb 14, 2016 | Corporate Security, InfoSec, Security for all
So it’s happened…Microsoft have made downloading their latest operating system non-optional for most of you It will be downloaded onto any Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 machine with automatic updates enabled, and will automatically initiate the installation (albeit...
by Sarah Clarke | Dec 28, 2015 | Corporate Security, InfoSec, Security for all
Do we ask and can we answer the question “Why?” when talking about security? Not just for our employers, but for our peers, and our kids? If we can’t or we don’t, does it matter? A while ago I saw Jane Franklin share an excerpt from Metro UK....
by Infospectives | Nov 9, 2015 | Featured, InfoSec, Security for all
Maria Korolov, writing for CIO Online, summarised key findings from (ISC)2’s recent report on Women In Security. A report informed by the their 2015 Global Information Security Workforce Study. The standout figure? Only 10% of information security professionals...
by Infospectives | Nov 2, 2015 | InfoSec, Security for all
IoTing ‘things’ is not the problem. It’s the lack of good security in worlds where ‘things’ are made and used. A post inspired by one Dave Waterson (Founder and CEO of SentryBay) published on LinkedIn today: The ascension of man over...
by Sarah Clarke | Oct 4, 2015 | InfoSec, Security for all
It’s a tough trick to put gut reactions in a box, but that’s what I’m trying to do (a tidge unsuccessfully). I’m not now claiming some intellectual high ground, just pausing for thought. Same as a number of the folk I normally go to for...