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Insider Risk: Not An Excuse!
Avis are in the news with 299,006 customers’ information stolen & leaked. Such breaches are not uncommon, sadly. But the spin on this one has me concerned. Avis blame “Insider wrongdoing” for the breach, as if this is some acceptable explanation. To be clear: it is not. Risk management doesn’t stop at the front door.
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PQC Planning: Don’t Put It Off Any Longer…
…but it might not be as onerous as you imagine. Let’s dive right in; there is no time like the future! Why plan now if we cannot implement yet? This is the crux of the matter. And the answer isn’t necessarily obvious. However, consider data that you hold now for which the C&I requirement may
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Exploding Electronics
I’ve had this article in draft for some time, somewhat in despair of it ever seeing the light of day, but the change in legislation[1] around smart devices has some bearing upon it, so here it is finally. Some time ago whilst watching a program on iPlayer on a SmartTV, I was interrupted by a
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Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster; NCSC Bricked My Washing Machine
As we get older, life gets generally both more complex and (it sometimes feels) less exciting. On 2024-04-29, NCSC published this item Smart devices: new law helps citizens to choose secure products. The thinking behind this is entirely reasonable; Internet-connected smart devices should have some basic level of default security, and some defined level &
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AI Transparency Statements
When you read an article now online, do you really know who wrote it? Human or AI? Or some hybrid combination? How would you know? Are you sure? Can you be sure? I read an interesting article by Kester Brewin describing the AI Transparency Statement he created for his latest book. This seems, to me,
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Extension of CVSS-B
The CVSS “Base” Scores (identified since v4 of the definition), or CVSS-B, range from 0 to 10 with 10 being the most severe. Until today, that is.
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