There is a long and obvious link between cyber security and fraud. Most cyber attacks are done for some sort of financial gain, and most cases of fraud now involve some form of cyber activity. Let’s face it, it seems to be much easier to steal money electronically than to break into a bank. You … Continue reading Why you should go to #CyberFest 21 – Cyber Security and Fraud
Soap
Another week has passed in the soap opera that is our government. The oddly timed release of Hancock’s indiscretion is just the latest in a long line of illegal, immoral or downright disturbing things that have happened. It is like watching Soap, the TV series that ran for four years in the late seventies, with … Continue reading Soap
Hokey Cokey
It’s my granddaughters favourite tune because it’s a party song! She tries putting her left leg in, her left leg out but hasn’t yet grasped which leg is which. She is only two. When it comes on we all have to jump up and dance around and when it stops there is the inevitable shout … Continue reading Hokey Cokey
#CyberFest 21 – Strategy and Innovation
Image thanks to Disruptor League There is something for everyone at #CyberFest this year. We always try to aim for a varied programme that shows the wide ranging and exciting aspects of the region’s cyber security sector. This year is no different. Cyber security continues to be a real issue, with many high profile cyber … Continue reading #CyberFest 21 – Strategy and Innovation
A frosty reception
Image thanks to Irish Times Five years on and the Brexit bandwagon still rumbles on. Despite the Prime MInister's protestations that the B word should not be used it is still on the lips of many of us. Indeed a poll out this week puts the country as divided as ever over the issue with … Continue reading A frosty reception
Sweat your assets
Image form Airplane How have you been coping with this hot weather? The saying goes that horses sweat, men perspire and ladies merely glow but I’ve been sweating throughout (as have most of the ladies that I know!). Don’t knock it though as the ability to sweat has been a significant evolutionary advantage for our … Continue reading Sweat your assets
Why you should go to Cyber Security in a Rapidly Changing World
This is the opening event of #CyberFest 21, the North East’s biggest cyber security festival, back for its fourth year. What a year this has been with many high profile cyber attacks and even more low profile ones as well. It appears that governments are getting to grips with the issue and making significant efforts … Continue reading Why you should go to Cyber Security in a Rapidly Changing World
Singlespeak
Image thanks to Blasting News How Orwellian has this government become? The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has written to publicly funded museums to make it clear that he expected their ‘approach to issues of contested heritage to be consistent with the government’s position.’ A threat of the unveiled kind. It … Continue reading Singlespeak
Digital currencies pose threat
Image thanks to The Guardian ‘Digital currencies pose threat to economy, warns Bank of England’. So said the Guardian. Every day there is some story in the press about cryptocurrencies. Reports of their demise is somewhat premature yet there is always opinion to be had that they will imminently go bust, soar in value, undermine … Continue reading Digital currencies pose threat
Cyber Eyes Wide Open – Part of #CyberFest 21
Every year at #CyberFest we try to do something a little different. I have always been fascinated by the possibility of using cyber security as a creative force and so last year we worked with Creative Fuse North East, CoLab Sunderland and Breeze Creatives to support a creative collaboration between the Faculty of Arts and … Continue reading Cyber Eyes Wide Open – Part of #CyberFest 21
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 