Well the fine in the case of the massive outsourcing firm, Capita, who did not adequately protect the information of over 6.5 million victims – £14M. Capita fined £14m for cyber-attack which affected millions – BBC News Here is a recap of the Capita hack from mid-2023: The Capita Data …
Have a written incident response plan!
I have written about this before – write your plans down because when you and your support teams are under stress, during an incident, a well structured plan can be followed and if required adapted, to guide everyone through. Now the National Cyber Security Centre is telling all organisation to …
Apple takes bug-hunting seriously!
Apple is now offering a bounty of up to $2M for information leading to the identification of vulnerabilities in Apple software, firmware and operating systems. A major evolution of Apple Security Bounty, with the industry’s top awards for the most advanced research – Apple Security Research Your Takeaway This is …
Security, Compliance and “AAA” in Action
AAA = Authentication, Authorisation and Accountability AAA is a vital step in any cyber security strategy is: AAA, the first two As gives you the ability to control who has access to your information and what information they are able to see. The third A is accountability – without this …
Hacking UK Businesses
Theo Leggett – the BBC’s International Business Correspondent – has an excellent article looking at how cyber-attacks and threats have impacted British businesses. The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems – BBC News Your Takeaway The article is looking at big businesses but the …
