How to design and deliver an effective cybersecurity exercise
ISF CEO STEVE Durbin featured in Helpnet Security to share his insights on how to design and develop an effective cyber simluation exercise.
Four Cyber Risk Trends to Watch in 2023 and How Businesses Can Mitigate Them
With cyber security becoming riskier, costlier and more complicated, Steve Durbin explores four key challenges to look out for in 2023.
Security Think Tank: To stop ransomware, preparation is the best medicine
Paul Watts details what you should be focussing on when thinking about business resiliency in the context of ransomware.
Cyber Insurance: An effective use of your scant security budget?
Paul Watts questions whether cyber insurance is a must-have item, an expensive luxury, or the emperor’s new clothes.
Five Ways to Secure the Supply Chain in Times of Conflict
Steve explains the five steps organisations can take to help mitigate potential threats against the supply chain and be better armed.
Three Unintended Consequences of Well-Intentioned Cyber Regulations
Steve explains how you can prepare against unintended consequences of cyber regulations, no matter how well-intentioned they might be.
7 Steps to Combat Cybersecurity Threats in Times of Instability
Steve Durbin outlines steps organisations and security teams can use to understand and prepare for potential threats in times of instability.
Cyber Risks for the Emerging 5G Era
Steve Durbin expands upon the risks, not only to individuals and businesses, but also to nations as 5G technologies transform communications.
The Six Best Practices to Prevent Ransomware Infection
Read Steve Durbin's latest article addressing the most common ransomware attack techniques whilst offering guidance on their prevention.
Is the IT Sector Beset by Fear-Mongering?
Paul Watts features in this Computer Weekly article aimed at helping security professionals lead with knowledge, rather than react with fear.
Why Does Ransomware Still Work?
Paul Watts, distinguished analyst, contributes to how ransomware has managed to retain its high profile in cybercrime for Computer Weekly.
Zero Trust: An Answer to the Ransomware Menace?
By Steve Durbin, Chief Executive of the ISF. Zero trust isn't a silver bullet, but…
Is cyber insurance a worthwhile investment?
Here are five questions to help determine if your company needs cyber coverage. The cyber…
Understanding And Responding To Ransomware Threats
To pay or not to pay? Notwithstanding the ethical and emerging federal legal liability issues…
Demystifying zero trust and how it helps with ransomware
Zero trust is a strategy organisations will need to look at implementing in the same…
Prepare, respond, resume
Dan Norman, senior solutions analyst at the Information Security Forum, guides us through the key…
Giant Group cyber attack prompts renewed calls for statutory regulation of umbrella companies
The speed of the outage and the protracted nature of the recovery bears all of…
Artificial Intelligence: The Future Of Cybersecurity?
The number of devices and associated challenges are far too many. IIoT devices possess limited…
A response to planned data protection changes
As the UK chases a Brexit dividend to open up non-EU markets to UK businesses…
What CISOs need to know about Wi-Fi 6E
Until now, there were limitations on some of the heavier network related devices like virtual…
Commercial Shipping Is the Next Cybersecurity Challenge
there is a misbelief that ships are not vulnerable to cyber incidents, leading to an…
Are 5G Networks Setting The Stage For A New Wave Of Cyberattacks?
...the sheer volume and velocity of 5G networks, combined with the complex infrastructure and heavy…
The transport threat
Ransomware will proliferate over the coming years, with attackers locking individuals into, or out of,…
NCSC head champions UK-Israeli cyber relationship amid spyware accusations
Organisations often have the best of intentions when creating some of these types of software,…
A return to the office is not a return to normal
Perhaps the biggest change that CISOs need to accept is that hybrid working is how…
Questions To Ask To Help You Prepare For A Cyberattack
Develop a holistic backup strategy that covers all systems and core infrastructure services. Steve Durbin,…
Top 5 cybersecurity challenges in the hybrid office
The pandemic has caused a tectonic shift in how we live and work. Many companies…
Time to accept printers will leak data
Though rarely discussed in a cyber context, the prevalence of connected printers and MFPs poses…
Watch this space
Satellites support so much of our business infrastructure, but being in space doesn't make them…
Ransomware Is Everywhere — Here’s What You Need To Consider
Steve Durbin is Chief Executive of Information Security Forum. He is a frequent speaker on the…
How Cyber Security Criminals Exploit the 'Accidental Insider'
In the first of his regular new information security columns for Security Middle East, Daniel…
Eurasia Risks 2021 - Global Cyber Crisis
The first nation state to develop technologies such as AI, 5G, robotics and quantum computing…
Cybercrime to Scale New Heights in 2021: What Can You do About it?
By Steve Durbin, Chief Executive of the ISF With the pandemic precipitating a rapid acceleration…
Five Threat Vectors Destined To Make Waves In 2021
By Steve Durbin, CEO of the Information Security Forum, and Forbes Business Council Member Building…
Ransomware attacks target backup systems, compromising the company ‘insurance policy’
The success of ransomware is reliant on whether or not the target organization has patched…
Conti Gang Hits IoT Chipmaker Advantech with $14M Ransom Demand
Payment of a ransom is also a contentious discussion – in many cases the ransom…
Websites Requiring Security Software Downloads Opened Door to Supply Chain Attack
I, for one, am wary if a website asks me, unprompted, to download anything. It…
CISA Warns Public About Online Holiday Shopping Scams
Also, beware of email “offers” from companies you don’t recognize and even those that you…
Qbot Banking Trojan Now Deploying Egregor Ransomware
Organizations should have an incident response or crisis management plan for ransomware events, knowing who…
CISA: Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector
Privacy should also be a high priority for anyone handling sensitive information, considering the shift…
Imminent Cyberthreat Could Disrupt Hundreds of US Healthcare Systems
Basic cyber hygiene standards need to be met, covering patching and updates, network segmentation, network…
FBI: Hospitals and Healthcare Providers Face Imminent Ransomware Threat
The healthcare services have an outdated approach to security awareness, education, and training... Daniel Norman,…
Why ransomware has become such a huge problem for businesses
Anyone with access to the Dark Web can buy readily available ransomware kits for less than $100.…
Norway Alleges Russia Orchestrated Parliament Email Hack
The attacking state will build user profiles, understand patterns of behavior and then they will…
UHS Hospitals hit by Ryuk ransomware, forced to shut down systems
Attackers will once again turn their attention to disrupting the health service by targeting poorly…
How Criminals Use Artificial Intelligence To Fuel Cyber Attacks
By Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the Information Security Forum, and Forbes Business Council Member…
Suspected Ransomware Takes Out Major US Healthcare Provider
Privacy should also be a high priority for anyone handling sensitive information, considering the shift…
Georgia Election Data Hit in Ransomware Attack
Typically, the success of ransomware is reliant on whether or not the target organization has…
The Future's Biggest Cybercrime Threat May Already Be Here
By Steve Durbin, Managing Director, ISF Current attacks will continue to be refined, and what…
Information Security Forum Releases Updated Guide to Security Best Practices
The Information Security Forum (ISF) has published a major update to its Standard of Good Practice (The…
Vishing and Cybercriminals during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an upshot of all types of scams. In the…
Understanding the CFO’s Cybersecurity Role in the Age of COVID-19
Senior executives understand that today’s global economy is still not adequately protected against cyberattacks, despite…
If Remote Working is the New Norm, How Do We Do it Securely?
“My biggest concern is when remote workers enter phase three since it is unlikely that…
FBI: COVID-19-Themed Business Email Compromise Scams Surge
"Criminals have become more sophisticated by considering the psychological aspects of an attack," says Mark…
As coronavirus spreads, cybersecurity staff contend with increasing attacks, remote workers
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, cybersecurity professionals have never been busier. Despite some reports of cybercriminals…
15 Coronavirus Online Scams to Watch Out For
“Our appetite for information is vast and cybercriminals know this so there may be attachments…
European Electricity Association Confirms Hackers Breached its Office Network
ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators, has announced that it found evidence of…
Security Think Tank: Bug bounties are changing the image of hackers
The traditional picture of a hacker is of a script kiddie in a hoodie hunched…
Five Reasons Why Supply Chain Security Must be on Your Agenda
How do you know that the critical parts inside your servers and devices are not…