Posts By: Jacob Charles

Held to ransom

Tony Rowan uncovers the psychology behind hackers and ransomware While ransomware has been around for decades, in 2017 we’ve seen an unprecedented gear change in terms of the scale, severity and impact to businesses of these attacks. Organisations across the globe are continuing to count the cost of the fall out of May’s WannaCry, the… Read more »

The growing threat of laptop bombs

Liron Naor consider what aviation security measures can be put in place to keep travellers safe from IEDs Back in March the aviation industry was hit by yet another blow when UK and US Governments banned laptops and other large electronic devices from being taken as hand luggage on flights. The reason given was that… Read more »

Secrets to security success

Cristian Bojinca reveals the key skills required by the IT industry to ensure a robust infrastructure The security architect job is a well-established role in the IT industry. Security architects normally focus on the measures that are required to protect the enterprise from threats by securing the corporate networks and their core systems but also… Read more »

It’s Good To Talk

Håkan Hansson explains how security guard call outs can be reduced by adding network audio to video surveillance Security guards are highly trained professionals with the lightning reflexes and skills to diffuse potentially dangerous situations. However, at times, it can be a fairly tedious job – standing in a single location just in case something… Read more »

Soft Targets

Lina Kolesnikova examines the increasing challenges being faced by soft targets and what can be done to keep them safe Soft targets are understood as being those that have no state, military, security or political affiliation. They are often symbolic and can include public, commercial and business targets, such as shopping centres, stock exchanges, trade… Read more »

Data Protection

Salvatore Sinno examines how public distrust in personal data use is stunting the Internet of Things market potential in UK The increasing variety of connected devices that people own and regularly interact with nowadays, is taking cyber security as well as its vulnerabilities into a whole new world of opportunity. The cyber threat landscape is… Read more »

UK Security Expo 2017 Preview

UK Security Minister, Ben Wallace MP confirmed to speak at UK Security Expo 2017 Following on from the success of the 2016 agenda, this year’s UK Security Expo will feature an extended educational programme with conferences, technology workshops and live demonstrations covering the entire breadth of the security and counter terror sector. Key themes to… Read more »

Women in security

Paula Mathers examines the apparent shortage of women in the security industry Within the security industry it is common knowledge that female security officers are few and far between. The Office of National Statistics reports that female students obtain higher GCSE and degree results than male students – which could mean that women are more… Read more »

Internet Warzone

Anthony Tucker-Jones talks to Ian Goslin Managing Director, Airbus CyberSecurity, UK about the mounting cyber threats to NATO ATJ: Ian please very briefly tell our readers about your role with Airbus and your background. IG: I joined Airbus in 2012 and now head up the UK arm of Airbus CyberSecurity. Before that, I served in… Read more »

Importance of not oversharing

James Howell explains the importance of getting your company’s internet security in order before the upcoming GDPR law changes Working with third parties is part of everyday business, whether it be large-scale outsourcing, working closely with suppliers or simply using a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. But third-party relationships increase the complexity of data… Read more »