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Analysis of Risk – how to conduct it, product comparisons, industry best practice.

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What is your password worth?
February 3, 2012, No Comments

However you design and protect your information system, authorised users must be able to identify and authenticate thems ...

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Cyber attack is new global risk
January 22, 2012, No Comments

Every year, the World Economic Forum (WEF), produces a Global Risks Report, highlighting the key themes across the world ...

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Password reminders from power adaptors
January 10, 2012, No Comments

A recent patent filing in the US (2012/0005747) by Apple, sets out a system for two-factor authentication using computer ...

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Backup failure causes retrial
January 5, 2012, No Comments

An appeals court in Miami last week threw out the conviction for murder of Randy Chaviano, the South Florida Sun Sentiel ...

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Ten Rules of Information Security
December 4, 2011, 1 Comment

There are a number of rules, or principles, that I firmly believe should be at the heart of any organisation’s Inf ...

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What is Cyberwar?
September 4, 2011, 1 Comment

Introduction This article is intended as an introduction to Cyberwar, during which we will propose a definition for the ...

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Russia tops list of malware sources.
October 13, 2010, No Comments

Analysis carried out on recent malware attacks detected by the Digital Threat sensor network have revealed, unsurprising ...

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The Human Impact of Cyber Crime
October 4, 2010, No Comments

Internet Security and Anti-Virus retailer Norton recently released an enlightening report into the human impact of cyber ...

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Secure Hiring Practice and Employee Controls
June 1, 2010, 1 Comment

As part of our popular series on assessment and mitigation of risk in an enterprise, I thought I’d put forward som ...

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Information Security Risk Analysis
May 17, 2010, 2 Comments

Following our popular article on Threat vs Vulnerability vs Risk, this article digs a little deeper into Risk Analysis, ...

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Information Security Models for Confidentiality and Integrity
May 17, 2010, 1 Comment

Information Security Models bridge the gap between security policy statements (which explain which users should have acc ...

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Sguil: Intrusion Detection and Analysis
March 16, 2010, 2 Comments

Network Security Monitoring Sguil (pronounced sgwheel) is a Network Security Analysis tool that facilitates the practise ...

Isolation or Influence?
October 31, 2009, No Comments

The world is a dangerous place, but this is a reality with which the digital generation are comfortable. Teenagers today ...

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Is OSX safer than Windows?
July 29, 2009, 1 Comment

A threat is comprised of three components - an actor, their motivation and a vulnerability. Risk requires the presence o ...

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Threat vs Vulnerability vs Risk
June 26, 2009, 6 Comments

There is some debate in the security community surrounding the defintion of Threat, Vulnerability and Risk. ISO, IEC, NI ...