Saturday the 25th of May marked a year since the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force in the EU. Most member states have adapted their national data protection laws to be GDPR equivalent (Portugal, Greece, and Slovenia are in the final stages) and the rules governing how data is collected, stored and […]
The next evolution in mobile networking will arrive in selected cities in the UK and Ireland during 2019 as the major mobile networks introduce their 5G services. 5G builds on previous network infrastructure and will deliver much faster network speeds and vastly reduced latency on mobile. The latter feature will allow 5G networks to support […]
Data breaches are still a threat for all organisations and with the advent of GDPR in the EU, the implications if one occurs go beyond the reputational into the potentially significant financial area. Most of the focus on preventing data breaches is on thwarting attacks from outside, but there is potential for data leakage from […]
Penetration Testing, or Pen Testing, is an essential component in any comprehensive network and application security strategy. Each security component is important, but there has been a tendency to see Pen Testing as an afterthought or as a box-ticking exercise for regulatory reasons. Indeed, organisations that gather credit card information need to comply with the […]
Sticky notes are a wonderful invention. They have lots of useful uses in the office, from quick lists to task descriptions on Kanban boards for agile development teams. Like all ideas, they can also be used for things that are not so good. Such as a convenient way to store passwords for IT systems. The […]
It is two years since the WannaCry ransomware malware spread globally. Figures suggest it infected about 230,000 PC’s in nearly 150 countries. It also forced many organisations to shut down their PC’s and Internet access to prevent infections. Official figures published by the NHS in the UK show that a third of all the hospital […]