Cybersecurity News, Advice and Opinion

2015: The Year of The Healthcare Hack?

High-profile data breaches in 2014 have exposed just how extensive - and expensive - cybercrime has become: it’s a billion-dollar industry with no shortage of...

Only 1 in 5 Irish Firms Escape Data Breach

Research conducted by the Irish Computer Society has revealed that Irish firms are increasingly becoming the victims of external hacking incidents: more than half...

Hackers: Who Needs Them When ‘Password1’ Does The Trick?

Once upon a time, in a land far, far, away, an evil villain found a document containing three magic words that would grant him riches beyond his wildest dreams. He...

Third of Passwords Contain Personal Info

Things must be looking up in the online security education arena: according to a Redcentric survey, over 40% of Brits think their passwords are so secure that...

90% Of Data Breaches Are Preventable

2014 was a big year for hackers and their victims, resulting in billion-dollar losses for bosses and long faces all round for IT personnel. What’s worse, however,...

Talk Show Host Exposes Weak Password Practices

Big hacks in recent months – like Sony’s - have attracted global attention, compelling even heads of state like President Obama and PM David Cameron to make public...

BYOD: How to Protect Critical Business Data

It’s an understatement to say that the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) culture is gaining traction: already, 95% of firms allow it to some degree, and it’s a must-have...

Big Brands, Huge Hacks, Enormous Expense

Hacking isn’t quite as old as the hills, but it’s been around for as long as computers themselves, growing from isolated, look-how-clever-I-am snooping stunts into...

Data Security: How to Make Small Fry Out of Big Phish

Have you ever been ‘manually hijacked’? Hopefully not, but this is how Google describes the situation where an individual’s online accounts are manually and...

Businesses Wasting Millions on Password Problems

Our CEO, Mike Newman, was interviewed at The Telegraph on the cost of password problems for businesses.