Through the back door
Companies are now investing a lot of time and money in securing sensitive information. This is a welcome change, even if these efforts are not always consistent or in the right place. Unfortunately…
Beat Unintended Consequences of GDPR with VPNs
When EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced in May 2018, it was supposed to give citizens more control over their online data. Companies had to tell consumers how their personal…
U.S. Moves to Track Cryptocurrency Transactions
Staying safe while online remains a major concern for most Internet users. Companies of all sizes and across all industries are taking whatever steps necessary to keep their employees safe and…
Mobile devices need protecting too
Attacks on or by end devices that are not on the company premises happen again and again. A VPN is important and indispensable for remote connections to the corporate network, but it is only half the…
Europe’s Smart Cities Put Citizens’ Privacy First
For more than a decade, public authorities around the world have been quietly adding many thousands of remote digital sensors to urban infrastructures. Consequently, all kinds of civic amenities from…
What "state of the art" means in IT security today
State-of-the-art is an expression used frequently but what does it mean? It is intended to express that current technology is being used but this implicitly excludes visionary technology. Often the…
The Spy in Your Pocket
From apps that know our every move, to cookies that track each browsing session and large scale social media privacy breaches – our smartphones are constantly spying on us. These days, most people…
The dawn of a new era – taking responsibility for the security of our own data
IT professionals often face different attitudes to IT security. Private individuals, even if they are occasionally in the public interest, generally believe that they "have nothing to hide" and that…
Industry Perspectives: The Convergence of IT and OT Enhances Security for the Industrial Internet of Things
Traditionally, information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) have played separate roles within organizations. Now, with the emergence of the Industrial Internet of Things and the…
The difference between awareness and action
Do you remember Equifax? Maybe in combination with the word "hack"? The Equifax hack in September 2017 was one of the most momentous attacks in recent history. The hackers stole about 143 million…