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Information Security

CISO WaterCooler / Feature / Information Security

· by · 7 Feb, 2017

Load Balancing for security?

Load Balancing (LB), is now popping up on the corporate security agenda! LB is no longer just about managing traffic flows across enterprise routers and servers. In the age of the cloud and software defined networking (SDN), the LB off-loading function has serious possibilities for deflecting DDOS attacks by shifting attack traffic from the corporate…

 

GDPR

CISO WaterCooler / Data Management / Data Security / Feature / Information Security

· by · 1 Feb, 2017

What law is going to catch you with your pants down? (or why you NOW need to understand GDPR as an EU business)

If you’re not sure what the GDPR is or how it will affect your business, now’s the time to start paying attention. This is all about company’s legal liability to protect data they hold on staff, customers and in fact anyone where personal details are stored and the impact (fines £) that are going to ensure if you don’t!

So this encompasses cloud, on premise, IOT and mobile, no matter where you store data, if it meets the criteria of personally identifiable and relevant information then you need to comply. Ignorance will not be an excuse and in fact will put you in a far worse position. Better you can demonstrate your diligence of action and how you have tried to mitigate any risk as a defence. It is good practise to be able to demonstrate that you have attended training, acted on the process recommended from it and tried to do the right thing and you have a far better chance of being treated leniently and worked with rather than against it should the worst happen.

Cyber Security

CISO WaterCooler / Digital Transformation / Feature / Information Security / Role of the CIO

· by · 31 Jan, 2017

Cyber Security is not a Risk

Describing Cyber Security as a risk is a language oddity that keeps appearing at an alarming rate. It is a dangerous and simplistic shortcut: Cyber Security results from the proper application of proportionate Controls to protect an organisation from the Cyber Threats it faces. Cyber Risk results from the absence or inefficiency of such Controls.