Christmas cyber lectures kick off tour of schools across Scotland today
From Stornoway to Edinburgh, Inverness to Glasgow, young people across the country are being inspired to choose a career in cyber security as the annual Christmas Cyber Lectures kick off their…
GDPR enforcement extends beyond the fine – think serious brand damage
You might not think so given the somewhat hysterical, scaremongering tone of much recent media coverage but whilst the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, marks a step change in…
Electronic marketing: the implications of privacy law reform
With six months to go until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, many organisations would be forgiven for focusing solely on preparing for compliance. However, for those…
Just one password? Switzerland plans a single online identity for citizens
Consumers in Switzerland will be able to use a single digital identity to buy online products and services under a project unveiled by a consortium of Swiss companies, reports Reuters….
Scottish cyber-security and cyber-resilience experts join forces
The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) has launched a cyber-security and resilience organisation, led by the University of St Andrews. The ‘Cyber Nexus’ is a £420, 000 investment…
Scottish skills programme looks for a new generation of cyber crime fighters
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is launching an initiative to encourage school pupils to choose fighting cyber crime as their ideal career choice. Aimed at young people from S1 to S3,…
Scottish Government unveils cyber resilience action plan
Scotland’s public sector will be better protected against cyber-attacks following the publication of a new action plan, the Government said in a statement. The ‘Public Sector Action Plan on Cyber…
What you should know about the ‘KRACK’ WiFi security weakness
Researchers have published information about Krack, a newfound and serious weakness in WPA2 — the security standard that protects all modern Wi-Fi networks. Belgian researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens,…
Guide to Cyber Security part 4
In the fourth part in the series we’ll look at the confidentiality of your data, the implications of it not being secure and how you can go about making sure…
Why ransomware doesn’t need to be something that impacts your organisation
The day in March this year when the WannaCry malware appeared on the scene, I downloaded a sample of the file from a well-known malware sample site, Virustotal, and put…
