RESEARCH CONTENT:
In May 2017, a strain of ransomware called WannaCry infected 32 NHS trusts in England. The NHS's report on the incident noted that all English local authorities reported being unaffected, despite also being connected to the NHS's own national network.
INFOGRAPHIC:
It's easy to see why Business Email Compromise attacks work. Preventing them, however, is not so simple -- especially when attackers rely on cognitive biases. Distinguishing between genuine and fraudulent email communications is challenging enough -- and it's also only part of reducing BEC risk. Here are 8 BEC prevention tips for security leaders.
EGUIDE:
In September 2020, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank, our panel of information and cyber security experts, consideredthe challenges inherent in decentralising the datacentre, and set out to answer the question, how can security professionals ensure such setups are just as secure as the traditional centralised model? Read more in this e-guide.
WHITE PAPER:
Many important considerations and factors go into choosing DIY vs. managed service models for threat detection and response. Each has pros and cons, plus tradeoffs from both a risk and cost perspective. In this guide, decide which path is best for your organization today.
EGUIDE:
The Theatre of Dreams briefly turned into The Theatre of Nightmares last week as Manchester United Football Club suffered a cyber-attack on their systems. This e-Guide dives into more depth about how the attack happened and what Manchester United's cyber security team did, in order to prevent a loss of data and keep a clean sheet.
EZINE:
Artificial intelligence and the opportunities and dangers it introduces into society has been a hotly debated subject in tech circles for many years, but today with the increased use of platforms such as ChatGPT, these debates include a wider section of the public.
EGUIDE:
Once again, in 2019 the cyber threat landscape proved the old biblical adage correct – there is nothing new under the sun. Data breaches were 10 a penny – indeed, in some cases they can actually be bought for pennies. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 cyber crime stories of 2019.
EGUIDE:
2019 was a busy year in the world of cyber security, with big stories around network security, data privacy and protection, and the state of General Data Protection Regulation compliance all hitting the headlines – and that's before we even get started on the issue of cyber crime. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 cyber security stories of 2019.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, we look how a honeypot designed to look like an electricity substation was sold on the dark web to infiltrate a secure operational system. We also take a look at how Google is finding a way into the enterprise cloud and we investigate why simulation models need to co-exist with AI-based models. Read the issue now.
EGUIDE:
In this e-guide, we will explore the links between ransomware attacks, data breaches and identity theft. First, Nicholas Fearn investigates the phenomenon of the double extortion attack, and shares some insider advice on how to stop them, while we'll explore the top five ways data backups can protect against ransomware in the first place.