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So, what is it we do?

16:09 18 April in analysis, cloud security, consultancy, Cyber security, Incident Response, Management, monitoring, security monitoring, security operations, small business, staff awareness, training by robp

So, what is it you do? I’m often asked by people outside the cyber security industry what is it, in fact, that I do. A reasonable question, and my usual answer is ‘stuff, for people’. Partly that is a hangover from the government days, and partly because consultancy is...

Five cyber security tips for a start-up

17:12 03 April in cloud security, Cyber security, Incident Response, Management, monitoring, Password manager, Patching, Privacy, staff awareness by robp

So you’re a start-up and you’re worried about security. Well, caring about cyber security is a good thing, and doing so right at the beginning means you can start right now and ensure you maintain the good practice as you grow. Retro-fitting good security is...

Security Monitoring Services

18:01 15 March in analysis, attack, cloud security, consultancy, Cyber security, Incident Response, Management, monitoring, security operations, small business, Threats by robp

If you follow me on twitter, or read the blog here, you’ll know that I am very keen on security monitoring. Effective security monitoring means that you can spot bad stuff when it happens and take action promptly to remediate the problem, and importantly, limit...

Directors Cyber Responsibility

10:51 08 March in Cyber security, Management by robp

Back in the old days, when I first started working in this sector, cyber security had a different name – we called it IT security. Now you may or may not like the ‘cyber’ moniker (plenty of my colleagues really dislike it!) but it does...

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Why do we do so badly at security?

07:37 03 September in attack, cloud security, Cyber security, hack, Management, outsourcing, phishing, security operations, Threats, Vulnerability by robp

The year is 2018 and cyber security is not a new topic. So why is it that every day hacking makes the front page? Why are we doing so badly with what is, at this point, not a new problem? There have been a couple of...

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So you’re buying a managed security service

15:31 17 August in Cyber security, Management, monitoring, outsourcing, security monitoring, security operations, small business by robp

Over the years I’ve worked with a number of organisations who are struggling with an outsourced security monitoring service provider. These relationships can fail for a number of reasons, and it’s not always (or even most often) just the fault of the provider. Yes, there...

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GDPR and Security Monitoring

17:16 27 July in consultancy, Management, monitoring, security monitoring, small business by robp

The NCSC, along with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) have produced some useful guidance on security and GDPR. The approach they use distill nicely into four aims; Manage security risk Protect personal data against cyber attack Detect security events Minimise the impact I will write blogs...

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So you’re in charge of cyber security, part the 2nd

16:08 06 May in Cyber security, Incident Response, Management, phishing, small business by robp

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post giving some advice on what you should do first if you find yourself in charge of cyber security at your organisation. You can read it here. I thought I'd follow up on that post, with some...

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Data breaches in the news

17:54 29 April in Cyber security, hack, Incident Response, Management by robp

Data breaches have been in the news a lot recently. We've had the Panama Papers, which have caused so many unflattering headlines for many of our clearly above board and honest guv'nor world leaders. A large amount of data apparently from Qatar National Bank turned...

So, what is it we do?

Five cyber security tips for a start-up

Security Monitoring Services

Directors Cyber Responsibility

Why do we do so badly at security?

So you’re buying a managed security service

GDPR and Security Monitoring

So you’re in charge of cyber security, part the 2nd

Data breaches in the news

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