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Keeping you informed with the latest developments and news in the cyber security and intelligence sectors.
When did you last audit your suppliers?
Many organisations overlook a proactive approach to supply chain management until they experience a data breach or other cyber incident—which can be a very costly mistake.
When your social media feels like a disappointing pizza delivery - Digital Threat Digest
Ever notice how your favourite social media platform is like a pizza you’ve ordered? By the time its delivered, it’s soggy, cold, and missing half the toppings you’ve asked for.
A guide to payment compliance ahead of the March 2025 PCI DSS changes
With the approaching deadline for PCI DSS 4. 0.
Arrested development - Digital Threat Digest
I am firmly of the opinion that if Google had fired all their feature developers around 2013 then their 2024 offering would be far superior to the unfortunate guff it has become today.
The election spectacle - Digital Threat Digest
Tuesday night saw the celebration of a major political event, a commemoration of political stability and continuity: Guy Fawkes Night.
Five quick wins to reduce your risk of a data breach
What is a data breach? A data breach occurs when sensitive, protected, or confidential information is accessed, shared, or stolen by an unauthorised person.
Ghosts in the machine? - Digital Threat Digest
In the mid-20th century, Gilbert Ryle threw sand in the eye of Cartesian dualism, calling the idea of a separate mind a 'category mistake' and dubbing it the 'ghost in the machine'—essentially suggesting that Descartes had outed himself as harbouring an imaginary friend.
The 'oligarchisation' of politics online - Digital Threat Digest
Everything that I have learned about the US elections this year has been against my will. Don't get me wrong, I am well aware that whoever controls the White House has significant impact around the world, and I will admit that keeping up with American politics makes me a better analyst.
Threat Intelligence and the Hydra of decentralised Extreme Right-Wing organisations
Digital threat intelligence helps us respond to harmful entities and their activities online. As our professional investigation capability evolves, so do the online tactics of threat actors themselves, in something of a perpetual cat and mouse game.
Weather seeding and FEMA patrols: Conspiracy to armed action - Digital Threat Digest
I don’t think many people have escaped the devastating news about the recent hurricanes that have hit the US in recent weeks.
Better the digital devil you know - Digital Threat Digest
For a long time we’ve worked on the assumption that once something is on the internet, it’s there forever.
Fuelling the flames of misinformation - Digital Threat Digest
I remember when I studied the susceptibility to committing crime in my Crime Studies post-grad. According to research, many factors, ranging from cognitive biases, emotional vulnerabilities, to social environments, influence a person’s likelihood of committing a crime.
