What’s the difference between Information Security and Cyber Security?

“Ah you want the Security Department, this is the Department of Security” I saw a headline the other day, the basic premise of which was suggesting that IT should take full responsibility for cyber security, removing the onus of it from users, thus allowing creatives to be more, well, creative. To be honest, I didn’t […]

Would you trust an MP with your data? [DPA Compliance]

a photograph of the houses of parliament with cartoon speech bubbles saying "you stole my data" "no I didn't" this relates to non DPA compliance in parliament

This week’s missive contains as Ben Elton used to say, “a little bit of politics..” It seems you can’t get away from the deluge of political commentary at present and we apologise if we appear to be adding to the general maelstrom of opinion. It’s not our intention, it’s just that a current political story happens to […]

Data Hack: Was Bezos a Bozo?

Picture of a clown with balloons with text on them that relate to the Bezos hacking events

We doubt it, he probably just needs some awareness training You’ve probably heard about Jeff Bezos’ personal and sensitive media being bandied about by the National Enquirer. No need for us to dwell on that, or comment on the US political machinations that could be behind it. Instead, prompted by an article by Rory Cellan-Jones […]

Don’t Go Chasing Information Security Unicorns

You may have noticed that unicorns are in the news a lot of late. Often, they are referred to in relation to Theresa May’s obviously unachievable Brexit ambitions but these are not the only unicorns in the, erm.. unicorn stable. In fact, they come in many different guises: There are the blockchain unicorns – fantastical […]

“You’ve reached O2, sorry we’re not available right now” – Why was the O2 network down?

A timely reminder with CIA – it’s not all about the C & I On Thursday, 6th December, users of the O2 mobile network suddenly found that they had no internet connection. In addition, and initially contrary to O2’s initial communications, many users found they had zero or sporadic voice connectivity as well. Everyone was asking the […]

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