Polluting the Privacy Debate

There’s an on-going battle to influence public opinion about the balance between privacy and surveillance. Law enforcement officials tell us we’re in danger. Security experts offer commentary. A movie is coming out about Snowden. Some participants in the debate are trying to help inform the public. Others are polluting the debate by cynically exploiting people’s…

Five Minutes With Lance Spitzner

This month I caught up with Lance Spitzner, Director of SANS Securing The Human. Lance has over 20 years of security experience in cyber threat research, awareness and training.  He invented the concept of honeynets, founded the Honeynet Project and has published three security books. Lance has worked and consulted in over 25 countries and helped more than 350 organizations plan, maintain…

Five Minutes With Bernadette Palmer

This month I caught up with Bernadette Palmer, Head of Head of Communications at The Security Company (International) which is a UK based security awareness agency. Bernadette has more than 18 years experience in communications focusing on behavioural change. How much do you think it has helped you in the security awareness field to have…

The Slippery Slope

Liu Tienan didn’t start out taking millions of dollars in bribes. His first bribe in 2002 was for three thousand dollars. Over time the bribes escalated. When he was caught in 2013 it’s estimated that he accepted nearly six million dollars for abusing his position as Deputy Head of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The…

Baby Steps

There’s great news in the quest for improving security awareness. Help is at hand from a new joint publication from the Research Institute in Science of Cyber Security (RISCS), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and CESG – the UK government’s National Technical Authority for Information Assurance. Awareness Is Only The First Step is a superb précis of best…