CyberSecurity Institute

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Are threats to our power grid real? A June 2015 study by the Congressional Research Service, which provides policy and legal analysis to U.S. lawmakers, specifically identified some…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Analyzing Spear Phishing Attacks In this post, we recommend defenses and key performance indicators for Phase 3:Analyze. Once an attack is detected, it needs to be analyzed to…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: CSO salaries expected to skyrocket According to the 2016 Technology Salary Survey released this month by Robert Half Technology, top CSOs can now expect to earn just under…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Facebook Now Warns Targets of State-Sponsored Hackers When their accounts are compromised by state-sponsored actors, Facebook users will now be prompted to turn on “Login Approvals.” The feature…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Why Network Behavioural Analytics Should be a Critical Part of Your Security Strategy? Network behavioural analysis – a systematic, architectural approach to network security – involves deep packet…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Cisco disrupts major ransomware campaign that brought in $30M annually Cisco researchers, with the help of Level 3 Threat Research Labs and OpenDNS, have managed to strike a…