Insights

We shouldn’t have to tell you that hackers are constantly inventing new ways to get their hands on personal information or cause havoc in a digital environment.

Cyber security is a collective effort, and at the core of any successful strategy are the people who put words into action every day.

The amount of people who haven’t heard about cloud computing are few and far between; the number of misconceptions surrounding cloud cyber security are increasingly common.

A computer is built on ones and zeroes, but it’s opererated by people.

2017 was a landmark year for cyber attacks with hundreds of millions of people affected around the world. According to the Breach Level Index report, nine billion records have been breached since 2013 – with nearly two million of those in the first six months of 2017 alone.

Does your company have a sizeable budget for paying out fines, compensation and the cost of litigation? If you don’t then you really need to consider the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

 Good security people are hard to find, but without them, good security practices are increasingly hard to manage. There is a growing trend for boards to become more closely involved in security, being driven by developments such as the Central Bank of Ireland’s guidance last year urging organisations to become more aware of their cyber risk.

Cybersecurity Post-Brexit and your Risk Programme 

It is an interesting time of year in the run up to Christmas. As I look out the window when I am writing this piece, I’m glad I’m indoors. Just looking outside gives me a chill - it just looks and sounds cold. I get a chill in almost equal measure when I wonder if somewhere out there, cybercriminals are looking back at the year and taking stock of what was most profitable for them and planning the year ahead based on that analysis. 

Becoming certified to ISO 27001

Many Irish organisations have become victim to a new wave of attacks resulting in financial loss for the victim companies. These attacks impersonate various stakeholders in the business, most frequently the CEO, senior management or a supplier. Emails are sent from this stakeholder requesting financial personnel make a payment or change payment details and redirect payments.