
Latest episodes
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How is ransomware developing, and is it still one of the most potent threats to cybersecurity? Certainly, it poses significant risks to organisations in both the public and private sectors, and is the threat at [...]
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What happens when a cyber attack hits? What is it like to be in the eye of the storm, and how can security teams prepare? A cyber attack will always be a stressful and worrying [...]
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How do you persuade baristas and chefs that cybersecurity matters? And how do you do this in a highly distributed business with 26,000 people at over 1000 sites in the UK alone? One that operates [...]
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Online hacktivism is not new: it has been around almost as long as the public internet. But the make up, and goals, of hacktivist groups has changed over the years. Today’s hactivist is less likely [...]
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AI brings both risks and challenges to cybersecurity. Bad actors can use AI tools for target reconnaissance, to make phishing attacks more believable and potentially, to find vulnerabilities in the wild. But there are also [...]
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Stress and workplace burnouts are growing problems in the cybersecurity industry. A degree of stress perhaps goes with the territory: cybersecurity is, after all, a fast-paced industry. And responding to a cyber attack is always [...]
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In the online world, do we really know who we are speaking to? The rise of deepfakes is challenging our assumptions about identity, and even how to tell if we are dealing with another human. [...]
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The average mid-sized company now uses over 200 Software as a Service, or SaaS, applications. And worldwide there are some 30,000 SaaS applications to choose from, from general office productivity to industry niches. And the [...]
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The global cybersecurity industry is growing rapidly. But it is also fragmented. This is especially the case in Europe, which has more smaller cybersecurity firms. Even so, the market is worth some $50bn and is [...]
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In this episode, we dive into the world of cyber escape rooms, and “experiential learning”. Will we find out way out? It’s long been a challenge for CISOs to deliver security training, and build security [...]
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As many as 90 per cent of security breaches involve human error or social engineering. So how do we reduce the risks from human behaviour? In this, the second of our short series exploring the [...]
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People pose the greatest risk to cybersecurity. Most cybersecurity breaches either start with, or exploit, human error. People make mistakes. They fall victim to social engineering. Or they fail to set up their systems and [...]