by Infospectives | Aug 2, 2015 | Corporate Security, InfoSec
The fourth and final part of a story of budget cuts, blamestorming, breaches and massive bumps in the road to mature security. A story that began here In previous instalments of this story I ‘factionalised’ hundreds of past conversations about real-life...
by Infospectives | Aug 1, 2015 | Corporate Security, InfoSec
A four-part story of budget cuts, blamestorming, breaches and massive bumps in the road to mature security. In the last two parts of the story, using Nick Leeson’s take down of Barings bank as an analogy, i looked at the boom/bust cycle of security spending....
by Infospectives | Jul 30, 2015 | Corporate Security, Featured, InfoSec
A four-part story of budget cuts, blamestorming, breaches and massive bumps in the road to mature security. Wild Speculation & IT Transformation Do you remember Nick Leeson? On February 23rd 1995 he sent a fax telling bosses at Barings Bank he was ill and wanted...
by Sarah Clarke | Jul 15, 2015 | Corporate Security, InfoSec
2003 Server is dead, Flash is mortally wounded, but they’ll stick around like decaying zombies for many years to come. The 500 word snacklets of security opinion and advice don’t usually offer much in the way of practical solutions. Bearing that in mind, Alex...
by Sarah Clarke | May 15, 2015 | Corporate Security, InfoSec
Everybody has at least one. It’s usually orangey red, long in the tooth, semi-regularly reported, infrequently updated and fought about annually. Like Schrödinger’s pussy cat, it’s usually in a box (4 x 4 or 5 x 5) and has known...