On August 30th 2019, Judge Paul W. Grimm of the US District Court of Maryland set a precedent that could change the way forensic reports of data breaches are written. Marriott failed to block the release of the PCI Forensic Report that was conducted by external cyber specialists in November 2018, in the wake of …
We can generally gauge the level of preparation and understanding a company has about their own cyber security by the way they respond externally to a cyber incident. There have been some notable examples over the years where cyber security professionals have had to put palm to face on some of the media responses placed …
Discussions at Board level on Cyber Security are generally low on reality and high on rhetoric. This is due to the meeting of two very different worlds. Between a CISO who appears to be claiming Armageddon on a daily basis unless the Board fund all requirements, and a Board who don’t have enough knowledge to …
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As cybercrime adapts to general business circumstances, a likely trend is the targeting of service providers who look after access control for other businesses. As small businesses look for support in moving to the cloud, many cloud solution providers are springing up to act as middle-men between the business and the cloud providers like AWS …
The recent BA and Marriott proposed ICO fines weighing in at just shy of £300m. What other organisations are currently sweating over being tapped on the shoulder by the ICO? Since June 2018, we have had a few notable data breaches worldwide. Each may have EU residents in their number and have the potential to …
After waiting for a year for the UK ICO to start dishing out the GDPR fines, we get two in two days! Marriott International quickly follow British Airways into the dock, with an announcement from the ICO that they intend to fine Marriott International £99m. The fine is on behalf of all European Regulators. The …
After waiting patiently for the UK Information Commissioners Office (ICO) to start the big fines process under GDPR, and expecting the first to be Facebook or similar, British Airways have beaten everybody else to the gate. The UK Information Commissioners office is proposing to fine British airways £183m for their lapse in security in 2018. …
With two US organisations paying over $1m to cyber extortionists in a week, maybe ransomware has finally found its feet in the cyber-crime directory of how to make lots of easy money. When WannaCry hit the world in a blind attack that crippled corporates across the globe, it should have been a time to look …
