All forms of government intervention, such as legislation and regulation, are driven by the need to manage risk, and, where possible, leverage opportunity, for the perceived benefit of the state and its citizens. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation...
Back in December I shared the stage with Dr. Ciaran McMahon and Dr. Jessica Barker as we completed our 2017 grand tour of Europe delivering the Security ABC Workshop at ISC2 London. The workshop’s were really very well attended, with in excess of 100 CISSP’s and non...
CISOs are worried and unhappy and it’s the human factor in their organisations that’s to blame. That’s pretty clear from a recent cross-sector survey of information security professionals by the Ponemon Institute. With over two-thirds thinking that their...
It’s 20 years since management guru Tom Peters coined the phrase ‘personal brand’ – the on-going process of managing our image to influence the way others think of us. Even if we don’t actively do this, we all have a personal brand by default. Like it or not, this is...
If you deliver information security awareness activities to colleagues around the world, then you have probably encountered cultural issues at some point. With a bit of luck this will just be limited to what sandwiches to order for lunch and whether to shake hands or...
I stumbled across a news article, on the BBC website, about Consumer Regulators deciding to snap the lid down on activities by “influencers” on Instagram. Influencers can be both celebrities and non- celebrities. What they have in common are: A significant community...
