We're never ones to shy away from a good debate, as you'll know if you've been following us for a while. It's a popular opinion at the moment, if you follow the chat online, to make it illegal to pay the ransom following a hack which, in theory, certainly has some merit... Unless you've been living under a rock recently, you'll know that ransomware attacks are on the rise and despite the hackers supposedly having certain 'ethics' about avoiding essential service providers, it seems that no organisation is safe from attack.

Following the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, it's emerged over the weekend that at least 4 other organisations have also been hit, including an Irish healthcare organisation. It's clear that this increase in ransomware attacks is coming at a time when our security may still be running at lower levels, resulting from the emergency measures taken when everyone started working from home.

Join QSA, James Rees, for the third in our PCI DSS mini series. This time, we're talking about the dark art of scoping. Getting the scoping right for an environment is essential and James is sharing his 3 Golden Rules that should be applied to EVERY PCI DSS project.

Following the hack on the Colonial Pipeline in the US, join Jim as he reviews the situation one week on. We talk about what we know about the hack, what have been the effects, who are the perpetrators and what do we know about them and - most importantly - what can we learn from this and how can we protect ourselves from similar attacks?

A swift followup to our post this morning - news broke earlier that it looks as though a ransom of $5m has now been paid. Here are Jim's thoughts on this...

Grab a coffee and join us for a chat with CyberArk’s Head of Identity Security Marketing, Corey Williams. If you don’t know them already, CyberArk are leaders in identity security and access management. We talk about how the pandemic has changed the way businesses can (and should!) adopt technology to improve business processes and the challenges that come with this, including how to tackle a lack of understanding and improving communication within your organisation.

Join us today as we chat with Stephen Allor, Global Head of Partners at Secure Code Warrior. If you haven’t come across Secure Code Warrior before, it’s a global security company that makes software development better and more secure.