Cyber security | Jane Frankland

March 1, 2017

Humans – your weakest link or your strongest shield?

By JaneFrankland | Cyber security | No Comments

The other day I was in a meeting with one of the UK’s most powerful financial organisations. I’d been invited in to talk to the team about the latest market trends and what I was seeing. We talked about many things like ransomware, the sophistication of today’s attackers, new technology solutions, regulation (like GDPR), and the diversity and talent within our ecosystem. Then I brought up internal threats, specifically people.

I asked them if they’d humour me for a few minutes and they agreed.

“Close your eyes,” I said.

“I want you to step into another’s shoes – someone who works at your company.

Imagine what it feels like to be told that you’re a weak link.

A threat.

A liability.

February 20, 2017

My top 5 breach prevention tips – would these be yours?

By JaneFrankland | Cyber security | No Comments

Working in cyber security for the last 19-years has been an amazing experience. Watching the sophistication of cyber attacks, and the frequency of breaches increase, has not.

I was discussing this with a few senior cyber security leaders the other day. As we talked, we each reeled off a load of statistics, like how Lloyds of London has estimated that cyber attacks cost businesses as much as $400 billion a year, how Juniper research has predicted that the cost of data breaches will increase to $2.1 trillion by 2019, and how the World Economic Forum says the true cost is actually unknown, as industrial espionage grows, and access to confidential data goes undetected.