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Who owns the risk, who takes responsibility?

IT and other managers routinely make decisions about risk. They have the choice to (i) accept and self-manage that risk, (ii) mitigate it, (iii) avoid it or (iv) to transfer it. The risks associated with cloud computing need similar assessment, although the option to avoid or transfer all the risk to the provider is commercially [...]

New Cyber Security Threats Designed to Compromise Critical Infrastructure

Stuxnet – a cool look at fact versus fiction No-one could have missed the media blitz about the Stuxnet worm in late 2010, but the IT industry is well-known for hyping such events; just think Y2K ‘bug’. So what’s the real story with Stuxnet? Is it an isolated threat to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition [...]

Enterprise security for IT and ICS or SCADA networks

Stuxnet – stress testing for enterprise security  CONNECTING THE DOTS The most secure networks today are multi-layered and don’t rely on a single security technology or vendor. They’re often integrated, with a SIEM system aggregating outputs from applications, operating systems and network solutions to ensure easy data correlation and interpretation. This enables security staff to [...]

Designer Malware and Custom Trojans, the Newest Threats to Cyber Security

Stuxnet – cyber security and SCADA networks DA VINCI CODE OR CYBER SECURITY THREAT? A rumour that Israel was behind Stuxnet gained strength when the word ‘myrtus’ was found in the worm’s code and linked to Queen Esther, said to have saved the Persian Jews from genocide in the 4th century BC. The Israeli theory [...]