ContraRisk » cyber-attack

Information security is often an afterthought in an organisation’s planning and spending. And as a subset of that, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) struggles to get the high-level attentio...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2017/07/csp-0046/

Healthcare organisations globally are facing the same issues. Data breaches are increasing whether through the accidental loss of data or as a result of cyber-attacks. Health organisations are re...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2017/07/csp-0045/

My life isn’t all about cybercrime, ransomware and firewall configurations, I’m glad to say. It just so happens that I’m also a photographer (in fact, that’s what my degree is in), and so...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2017/06/exhibition-lesprit-insolite/

If your image of blockchain technology is entirely linked to crypto-currencies like Bitcoin, think again. Patrick Hubbard of SolarWinds explains that the distributed ledger approach of blockchain...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2017/05/csp-0044/

Do you worry that there are bad people accessing your networks? If you think your systems have already been compromised you’re going to want to know how and by how much. In this interview, Pete...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2017/05/csp-0043/

Well, here we go again. A ‘terrorist’ incident occurs and, right on cue, some clueless government minister is trotted out to moan about encryption in popular apps. This time it’s Amber Rudd...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2017/03/the-uk-governments-security-delusion/

Do too many small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) believe that security is something only big firms need to worry about? In this interview, Colin Tankard, managing director of Digital Pathways...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2016/08/csp-0042/

Privacy in the digital realm has become a hot topic. There has always been a debate about the degree to which law enforcement and intelligence agencies should be allowed to snoop on what many of...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2016/06/csp-0041/

Organisations have lots of security these days – but do they have the right  security? Is the technology being deployed in the most effective way? Traditionally, the approach has always been o...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2016/06/csp-40/

Open source code – in the form of libraries and frameworks – plays an important role in much of today’s software development. But it’s not without its risks. Many people assume that the o...

https://mansfield-devine.com/contrarisk/2016/04/csp-0039/