State intervention – Rescue or ruin?
In recent months, a number of government agencies have been campaigning for state intervention in IT security. This includes an initiative to enforce a minimum level of security for home and small...
Local Laws Start to Fragment Privacy Picture
For well over a decade, the leading technology companies have been able to build hugely profitable businesses on the back of people’s personal data. Now, for the first time, serious questions are...
Urgent, Important or Both: Setting Priorities in IT Security
The fight against cyber threats is often described as an arms race. One side finds new attack vectors, the other side responds with new defense strategies. However, this suggests a greater sense of...
How to Keep IoT Devices Secure
Office environments everywhere are being transformed as more and more Internet of Things (IoT) devices enter the workplace. From intelligent air conditioning units and smart lighting to digital...
The Enemy Camped in Your Server
Last week got off to a sensational start with reports of custom chips discovered in Supermicro serverboards that were designed to smuggle malware into companies. Apple, Amazon and dozens of other top...
The Prize for Smart Cities is to Secure a Sustainable Future
At the beginning of October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its special report on the impact of climate change. The report contains grim warnings for politicians worldwide...
Security risk through USB cable attacks
USB has brought many benefits to computer users. Actually, the inventors and companies involved should be awarded medals. Tangles of cables with incompatible plugs, sockets and formats have steadily...
If future IIoT security lies at the Edge, then so do VPNs
It’s time to stop talking about cloud computing as an emerging technology. So many large enterprises now use cloud services as part of their processing needs that it is safe to say cloud computing...
Software Holds the Key to Connected Car Security
Software is fast becoming the most important component of the modern car. Already, digital engineering advances that enhance attributes like fuel efficiency, engine management and in-car entertainment...
IT Security Costs Money, no IT Security Costs More Money
British Airways, or rather its customers, are the latest victims of a major hack that compromised sensitive personal data. Details of 380,000 credit cards are claimed to have been stolen in the data...