Posted on 31 May 2011 by Thales DIS
When I refer to a whale, I am referring to your boss or, in some cases, you! A whale in information security lingo is a person with significant assets or access and whaling (as outlined by Bob Violino on CIO) is but one of many types of cyber attacks that are evolving. From phishing and pharming to spear phishing, the list goes on.
Posted on 21 September 2011 by Thales DIS
We’re shortly going to be researching CIOs globally on their views on security and authentication. What their concerns and pressure points are, what the barriers to implementing stronger security seem to be and where responsibility for security sits within an organization. However, we’d like YOU to pose the questions.
What would you ask?
Posted on 10 February 2012 by Tim Cawsey
Today, dear reader, our blog is one year old. That’s right – our very first post was 365 days ago on 10th February 2011. We feel we have grown with the blog, expanding our hub to include a telecoms blog and one focused on enterprise security covering a multitude of topics and industries. While ‘Digital […]
Posted on 01 June 2012 by Thales DIS
Now I don’t want to be accused of fear mongering, but I recently came across a website that has an alarming amount of my personal data on file without me knowing. In fact, if you live in the US, it probably has most of yours too. I’m not averse to sharing my name; gender and […]
Posted on 18 June 2012 by Thales DIS
Those with long memories may recall our call-out a few months ago asking for readers’ questions on global CIO’s attitudes towards security. We wanted to find out the burning security issues which are affecting CIOs today and we received a lot of interesting responses from readers and influencers who had their own questions that they […]
Posted on 20 June 2012 by Thales DIS
Smartphones are spreading like wildfire, with Australia, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Saudi Arabia and the UAE all boasting smartphone adoption rates above 50% and, according to Nielsen in February 2012, almost half of all US mobile subscribers now also own smartphones – an increase of 38% compared with 2011. Smartphones are fast replacing feature phones and […]