The Difference Between Cyber Assurance and Cyber Security
What is the Difference Between Cyber Assurance and Cyber Security? The difference between cyber assurance and cyber security is actually pretty simple and lies in their scope and objectives. While cyber security focuses on protecting systems, networks, devices, and data from cyber-attacks, cyber assurance takes that further by assessing and verifying the effectiveness of security […]
Educating the educators: cyber security for teachers
Educating the educators: cyber security for teachers The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT – a recent amalgamation of parts of DCMS and BEIS) has just released its seventh Cyber Security Breaches Survey: an annual data gathering exercise across businesses and charities on their approach to cyber security. In the final of our series […]
Planning for the worst: the value of pessimism
Planning for the worst: the value of pessimism The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT – a recent amalgamation of parts of DCMS and BEIS) has just released its seventh Cyber Security Breaches Survey: an annual data gathering exercise across businesses and charities on their approach to cyber security. In the second of a […]
Prioritising cyber in a cost of living crisis
Prioritising cyber in a cost of living crisis The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT – a recent amalgamation of parts of DCMS and BEIS) has just released its seventh Cyber Security Breaches Survey: an annual data gathering exercise across businesses and charities on their approach to cyber security. In the first of a […]
Why Cyber Attacks May Soon Be Uninsurable: The Growing Threat to Business Security
Why might cyber attacks become uninsurable? As cyber attacks hit a year on year increase of 38% in 2022, Mario Greco, CEO of Zurich Insurance, told the Financial Times that “cyber attacks, rather than natural catastrophes, will become ‘uninsurable’ as the disruption from hacks continues to grow”. This is quite something when you consider that […]
5 Incredibly Useful FAIR™ Quantitative Risk Management Tips For Organisations
TL;DR Fair™ is a methodology for quantifying and managing risk in organisations of any size. It helps organisations specify, describe and analyse their risks; enabling them to be effectively managed. FAIR aids analysts and organisations to express probable likelihoods and impacts in monetary values, which allows business leaders to make informed prioritisation and treatment decisions. […]