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Comment on Small firms lose up to £800 million to cyber crime a year by Mac McInerny

Mac McInerny — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:09 +0000

So now we have top tips on cyber security for small businesses, a practical guide to IT security for the small business (ICO), business continuity guides for small businesses, the Business Continuity Management Toolkit (Cabinet Office), BS25999 and ISO27000, plus more guides and top tips from the ICO.

Pretty much self-defeating.

Comment on How to Secure Mobile Devices by Is “Secure Mobile” an Oxymoron? | Infosec Communicator

Is “Secure Mobile” an Oxymoron? | Infosec Communicator — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:17:10 +0000

[…] How to Secure Mobile Devices (brianpennington.co.uk) […]

Comment on RSA’s January Online Fraud Report 2013 including an excellent summary of Phishing in 2012 by RSA’s April Online Fraud Report 2013, with a focus on the changes in Phishing tactics | Brian Pennington

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:40:16 +0000

[…] The RSA January 2013 Online Fraud Report Summary here. […]

Comment on RSA’s October Online Fraud Report 2012 including summary of Phishing and Social Networking by MTE Explains: How Email Phishing Works and Why Clicking That Unknown Link Can Be A Dangerous Act. « Omnimata

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:29:09 +0000

[…] References: Brian Pennington: Phishing Report […]

Comment on PCI Security Standards Council publishes card production security requirements by Diego

Diego — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:07:13 +0000

Does this “new standard” apply to issuers?

Comment on PCI DSS Resources by PCI Security Standards Council publishes card production security requirements | Brian Pennington

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:02:51 +0000

[…] PCI DSS Resources […]

Comment on RSA’s October Online Fraud Report 2012 including summary of Phishing and Social Networking by MTE Explains: How Email Phishing Works and Why Clicking That Unknown Link Can Be A Dangerous Act. | Tech.

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:56 +0000

[...] References: Brian Pennington: Phishing Report [...]

Comment on Receptionist prosecuted for breaching the Data Protection Act by Jerry Young

Jerry Young — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:29:07 +0000

Good that you have reported on this – a lot of businesses and individuals are still operating as though data protection laws don’t have teeth, they know about them, but rarely do prosecutions get media attention.

Comment on What happens after a data breach? by IT Secure Site » Blog Archive » Weekly Mac Security and Tech News Roundup: 4/5/13

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:11:32 +0000

[...] Brian Pennington has a good outline about what happens after a information breach. [...]

Comment on RSA’s October Online Fraud Report 2012 including summary of Phishing and Social Networking by Mobile Phishing « InfoSight

Mobile Phishing « InfoSight — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:50:08 +0000

[...] years have increased exponentially, targeting every sector from industry to government agencies. RSA’s October Online Fraud Report 2012 described an impressive increase in phishing attacks, up 19% over the second half of 2011. The [...]