The optimism bias is an age-old human trait essential to our well being. The optimism bias in cyber security, however, causes security problems… In 2015, financial services giant Prudential ran an experiment they called ‘magnets’. The company labelled a series...
GDPR compliance has become a key goal for businesses around the globe. But those hoping to achieve GDPR compliance are missing the point entirely – and are probably vulnerable to large-scale data breaches as a result. From 25 May 2018, GDPR comes into play. As the...
Today’s cyber security terminology is cryptic and confusing. Which is exactly what criminals want. On Friday, 21st of October 2016, a group of cyber-criminals sent out a warning. They flooded some of the world’s largest websites with unprecedented volumes of traffic,...