Jan 29Analysing the Gaps in Your Security Awareness StrategyIf you ask me, all successful security awareness strategies start with the gaps and the analysis of those gaps. Seek to understand before you can be understood, and all that jazz. It’s not easy. Right? If you knew where the gaps were, you’d have fixed them (in an ideal world)…Cybersecurity5 min readCybersecurity5 min read
Jan 20Situational awareness vs knowledge retentionIt’s no secret that I’m not book-smart. I am life smart. This means I can navigate through life using my experiences and mistakes. Sure, I’ve read stuff through my eyes, but when it was time for my brain to retain it, it chose not to, instead thinking about something more…Cybersecurity6 min readCybersecurity6 min read
Dec 29, 2022My thoughts on: Telling users to ‘avoid clicking bad links’ still isn’t workingOn the 20th December 2022, NCSC published a blog post titled “ Telling users to ‘avoid clicking bad links’ still isn’t working “, and they’d be right. …Cybersecurity8 min readCybersecurity8 min read
Jan 18, 2021Part two: Secure remote working or secure remote tech?People decision trees As we discussed in part one, there is no one size fits all when it comes to a “secure” remote worker. …Information Security7 min readInformation Security7 min read
Sep 17, 2020Secure remote working or secure remote tech?I know, we all hate the phrase ‘the new normal’, but I guess it’s here to stay. I think we can say we have embraced it and transitioned into remote working pretty well. It wasn’t too much of a headache, and we managed to requisition every available laptop on the…Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read
May 5, 2020From zero to being allowed into Harrods wearing a backpackWe’re all facing the world’s biggest transformation project, and there’s very little any of us can do to go back to the good old days. We must adapt, change and roll with the times. For some, that’s much harder than others! …Change6 min readChange6 min read
Nov 20, 2019Get to know your people and then you can engageHow many of us have seen the profile of our customers? Meet Janet, she works in middle management and has two teenage kids. She listens to radio four on her way to work and spends her weekends hiking with her dog … Businesses spend a lot of time profiling their…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Nov 18, 2019E-learning — is it enough?From many conversations with businesses of all shapes and sizes, across multiple industries, most have started learning and development processes by investing in an e-learning platform which meets regulation. Some make this mandatory, yet don’t follow up with individuals who fail to complete. Some make it part of the probation…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
Nov 17, 2019Welcome gift or Security flaw?It’s nice to give your shiny new starter a welcome gift and make then feel loved and valued, right? Many companies do this; it’s all part of the employee onboarding experience. You want to give then the best possible experience, right from the first minute. How many of you have…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
Oct 1, 2019Presenting Meaningful InformationPresenting audience-appropriate information, in a meaningful way, is crucial to managing your relationships for success. When we talk about presenting, this doesn’t necessarily mean a slideshow with animations and exciting slide transitions. A verbal conversation by the coffee machine is a presentation of sorts. …Presentation Tips5 min readPresentation Tips5 min read
