Tag: Failure

  • UK Firm Gets £60K Fine After Pen Test Failure

    Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has sent a warning shot across the bows of the UK’s SMEs, fining one company £60,000 after a cyber-attack took advantage of poorly protected web infrastructure. Video game rental business Boomerang Video failed to follow best practice security steps and subsequently suffered an attack which exposed the personal…

  • Basic Security Practice Failure Leads to Massive RNC Data Leak

    The recent news about a data firm accidentally leaking personal details of voters plays right into the drama of election cycle and political climate filled with leaks and cybersecurity concerns. However, this leak also shows just how vulnerable we all are when our personal information is entrusted – knowingly or not – to a third…

  • Yin and Yang: Two Views on IAM – Active Directory Automation, Success or Failure?

    By Steve Mowll and Chris Williams Point: Effective identity management strategies are business-based, and should rise above technical limitations. Read full news article on The RSA Blog  

  • WannaCry: Ransomware Catastrophe or Failure?

    Wannacry (or WannaCrypt) is being called the “worst cyberattack in history” or at least the “biggest ransomware offensive in history,” Read full news article on dark READING  

  • Failure to Communicate: Why SOCs Fail!

    I’ve had the privilege of working in a few different SOCs at various maturity levels ranging from the stony shores of regulatory compliance – “Yes, we have a security solution”, to the deep shark-infested waters of a global enterprise under frequent attack by nation state-sponsored attack groups. Throughout all of these different engagements, I’ve worked…