John McClurg, Senior Vice President and CISO at BlackBerry, discusses the key considerations for CISOs as we enter into a new year, to ensure they operate with a secure strategy to ensure success filters from the top down. Over the past few years, organisations have been busy grappling with the security requirements of managing newly […]

Business leaders are doing more to reduce the widespread impact of cyberattacks on their organisations and this involves revising their cybersecurity strategies, particularly as we enter into a new year and potentially face new threats. Richard Meeus, Director of Security Technology and Strategy EMEA at Akamai, offers expert insight into how taking an ‘assume-breach’ approach […]

Adrian Taylor, Regional VP of Sales at A10 Networks, discusses the key considerations cybersecurity leaders should include in their business strategy to ensure they protect the network and guarantee digital safety. CSOs, CIOs and CISOs have never had it so tough. Alongside their traditional responsibilities, they must now face a cybersecurity threat environment that is growing […]

Chad Skipper, Global Security Technologist at VMware, offers expert advice outlining the comprehensive rulebook that will allow organisations to empower their security teams to face the challenges ahead as we enter into a new year. This year has been a headline year for critical data breaches and cyberattacks, overshadowing defence milestones achieved by security teams […]

Hadi Jaafarawi, Managing Director – Middle East, Qualys, discusses the 10 key elements of a robust ‘platformisation’ approach to cybersecurity so that we can do more with less. Less is more. We all instinctively grasp the wisdom in the adage, but we don’t all live by it. According to IBM, the average enterprise has more […]

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? I am fortunate that I have been able to achieve a number of notable high points in my working career. However, rather than one moment, my most memorable career achievement has to be the people I’ve met and the relationships I’ve built along the way. I’m […]

New research has revealed that over a third (36%) of the UK’s CIOs and CTOs say that rolling out IT security and information safeguarding initiatives are the key strategic priorities for their business in 2023 and beyond. To meet this objective, 30% are actively hiring to boost their stretched IT teams. However, just under half […]

Using data to inform business decisions has led to a new role — the chief data officer. Here, John Salt, Co-founder of OnlyDataJobs, shares the three skills needed to succeed in the chief data officer role and explores the attributes that future candidates will have. The rise of the chief data officer role demonstrates the […]

With the holiday season just around the corner, security teams will be looking to maintain a robust security profile while many staff take annual leave. We hear from Cybereason with some sobering analysis of their recent Organisations at Risk 2022: Ransomware Attackers Don’t Take Holidays study. As the holidays approach, security leaders wanting to give […]

Javvad Malik, Lead Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, shines a spotlight on some of the lessons we can take from the last year and highlights how important it is to have a collaborative security department to lay the foundations to get the wider workforce on board with cybersecurity. With the year coming to a close, […]