Painting the Forth Bridge and Cyber-Security
I recall marvelling as a child that painting the Forth Bridge was a job that never ended. When the team reached the far end it was time to begin again from the now peeling start. Then suddenly, in 2011, improvements in paint technology allowed this continuous effort to pause. The endless cycles of…
Ransomware Attack costs Maersk over $200 Million
Yesterday Microsoft(a) released updates for Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows 2003 to fix a vulnerability that could enable a malware attack on the same scale as the 2017 WannaCry incident. Why does this matter? Forbes(b) reports that the final bill to Maersk for remediating the WannaCry attack was…
Political Campaign Cyber-Hacks: One Key Lesson for Business
Respected cyber security analyst Lenny Zeltser recently analysed the cyber attacks against 2016 and 2018 election campaigns in the United States(a). His analysis is thorough and not too deeply technical - definitely worth 10 minutes to look it over. But, if your cyber security is on a tight budget,…