Category: General

• by Ellie Hurst
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You cannot fail to have noticed the coverage of a recent security awareness training event that has polarised opinions. (If you want to read about it in full, I will post a link at the end) Briefly, West Midlands trains, in a bid to very responsibly increase the security awareness of its employees,  tested their […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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UK rail network Merseyrail has confirmed a cyberattack after a ransomware gang used their email system to email employees and journalists about the attack. Merseyrail is a UK rail network that provides train service through sixty-eight stations in the Liverpool City Region in England. Read via Bleeping Computer.

• by Ellie Hurst
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Rest in peace, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. A fitting tribute for Prince Philip from the BBC

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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The vast majority (86%) of critical national infrastructure (CNI) organizations in the UK have experienced cyber-attacks on their operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) in the past 12 months, according to a new study by Bridewell Consulting.   Read via InfoSecurityMag. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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The BBC has reported the theft of 105 electrical devices from its premises over the last two years, according to data obtained following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by litigation firm Griffin Law. The findings have raised fears that confidential information contained in these devices will have fallen into the hands of malicious actors. […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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  Our annual bit of fun for Data Protection Day. This year, we bring you some of the villains of Data Protection along with some guidance, as usual, delivered with tongue firmly in cheek. So join Taggart Macbeth as he guides you through a rogues gallery of offenders. Don’t forget to check out the blog […]

• by Ellie Hurst
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It’s that time of year when everyone goes a little mad and heads off to the internet for Christmas shopping and bargain hunting. This year will likely be a bumper one for online vendors, as lockdown has increased our online shopping propensity and indeed for many, it has been the only way to shop for […]

• by Ellie Hurst
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That datacentre security is a complex subject is not in doubt and, given the trend to move beyond centralised datacentres to distributed environments, this is not going to change. How can security professionals ensure such setups are just as secure as the traditional centralised model? Read Mike’s response in Computer Weekly.

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