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August 14, 2017
Cyber Security: targeting
“Only amateurs attack machines, professionals target people” Bruce Schneier
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June 29, 2017
Cyber Security: attack surface
In my last post I discussed some of the wider aspects of cyber security in an attempt to abstract the discussion from pure IT security. This time around I thought it would be helpful to delve into a couple of concepts that make it easier to focus our limited defences rather than trying to defend against all the threats all of the time. Cyber defence is a zero-sum game and time spent doing one thing means it can’t be spent doing something else.
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June 1, 2017
Cyber Security: let’s talk about terminology
A few years ago I was on the team that developed the UK’s Cyber Doctrine for the Ministry of Defence. One of the first tasks was to agree on a common lexicon, then map similar terms across different organisations and discard any legacy terms to avoid confusion. No other government department had decided to implement a common framework for cyber security, let alone define a common language to be used. This was a bit of a first.
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April 10, 2017
Bake it in, don’t sprinkle it on – a holistic approach to cyber security
Jeremy Jones has recently joined Theta in a newly created role, Head of Cyber Security. In his first post in our new cyber security blog, he outlines his vision for cyber security at Theta.