Prepare today for potentially high-impact OpenSSL bug

The security community has been poring over an apparently critical vulnerability in the OpenSSL open source cryptography library, which is set to be patched on the afternoon of Tuesday 1 November, but... Read more »

Cyber crime officer says French legal challenges to EncroChat are ‘hype’

An officer at the French Gendarmerie’s cyber space command has claimed on social media that a decision by the French Supreme Court over the lawfulness of messages hacked by the police from... Read more »

Security Think Tank: Container security: why so different?

By Bernard Brantley Published: 31 Oct 2022 Containerisation has exploded in recent years because it allows for the optimisation of available resources and the minimisation of costs and overhead associated with accomplishing... Read more »

8 cybersecurity books to read in 2022

Cybersecurity is an important issue for IT and business professionals, as cyber attacks continue to plague governments, businesses and other organizations. There are many different types of cyber attacks that organizations fall... Read more »

How has container security changed since 2020, and have we taken it too far?

With the ongoing growth in the adoption of containers, we looked at what CISOs needed to do to ensure they were secure in a Security Think Tank column for Computer Weekly in... Read more »

Government ups cyber support for elderly, vulnerable web users

The government has awarded over £1m in grants to 17 UK organisations piloting new techniques to boost digital and media literacy among people deemed more at risk of experiencing online abuse or... Read more »

NCSC’s Levy steps down after 20-year intelligence career

Ian Levy, the longstanding technical director of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy fan, is to step down from his post after a 22-year career... Read more »

Will the OCSF create an open and collaborative cyber industry?

IT security professionals rely heavily on telemetry and data logs to identify, tackle and prevent cyber attacks. But the challenge is that there isn’t a simple way for security teams to make... Read more »

NHS to get new national CISO

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has kicked off the recruitment process for a national chief information security officer (CISO) to sit within the Digital Policy Unit (DPU) of NHS... Read more »

LinkedIn adds new features to safeguard user privacy, security

Professional social network LinkedIn has announced plans to roll out a series of enhancements to its platform to protect its community from inauthentic, or even malicious, profiles and activity. Its objective is... Read more »