Building a Better Defence

As new schemes from hackers get more disruptive and harmful, it is critical to scale up defences, disrupt these attacks and make your organization a lesser target. Alex Holden, founder and CISO... Read more »

Using Cybernetics to Tell the Security Story

Sam Lodhi, CISO of UK's Medicine and Health Products Regulatory Agency, speaks about adapting biological cybernetics to help management understand information security risk better and how cybernetics can be applied to other... Read more »

When a DDoS Attack Isn’t a DDoS Attack

A lesson from down under: A report on unintentionally creating a distributed-denial-of-service attack aimed at oneself highlights the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, a report on interpreting HIPAA privacy... Read more »

Report: SWIFT Screwed Up

Before Bangladesh Bank Heist, SWIFT Allegedly Overlooked Smaller Banks' SecuritySWIFT screwed up. That's the takeaway from a new report into the Brussels-based cooperative, which alleges that the organization overlooked serious concerns relating... Read more »

Inbox Zero: Can Employees Be Persuaded to Abandon Email?

The rise of Web 2.0 platforms and social media programs has the potential to enhance the way colleagues collaborate, but old work habits die hard. Read more »

John Kotter’s Required Reading

The eminent expert on leading change describes how three classics -- including one of Freud's major volumes -- influence his thinking. Read more »

A Zero-Waste Lesson from the Serengeti

Living off the grid, even for a few days, shines a stark light on just how many resources go to waste when moving through a day in the developed world. Read more »

Ransomware Attackers Unleash Feline-Themed Assault

New Hitler-Themed Malware Deletes Files, While Android Victims See CatsObviously, ransomware attackers have no scruples. But the latest attacks go to even further extremes, channeling everything from Hitler to cats, as attackers... Read more »

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Here

A series of analytical reports on the threats posed by Russian hackers and how to create cyber defenses highlight the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Read more »

Extortion Transitions from B2C to B2B

Ransomware and extortion are among the threats that have successfully transitioned from an original B2C business model to targeting enterprises. Trend Mirco's Myla Pilao shares insight on this and other attack trends... Read more »