Today I am losing it over the utter stupidity of having a Hospital connected to the web, not talking about client services I am talking about High and Critical Care networks and the stuff that you need to support that……so if you are one of the people advocating this, change my mind You can get the blog here 🙂 https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/troublemaker-ciso-how-much-profit-equals-one-life-p-3288
August 2022 Cyber Attack Stats
I just came across this interesting site which tracks attacks. Well worth taking a look and of course you can follow @paulsparrows on Twitter for the latest updates.
Woman in KSA
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2164026/saudi-arabia A stunning bit of news from the Kingdom. This is an AMAZING country filled with the most AMAZING people and if ever you are given the opportunity to come to the Kingdom, grab it.
Get the Organizational Basics Right
For your Information Security to be successful you need to look at the basics. In construction its a well known fact that your foundation is key, if you don’t have a solid base nothing you build on top will be stable. https://www.inforisktoday.com/blogs/troublemaker-ciso-get-organizational-basics-right-p-3245#.Yt6bQVu_QL0.linkedin
Killware!!??!!
Probing the question of connectedness of critical infrastructure in my usual weird way https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/troublemaker-ciso-killware-p-3207 Thank you to my friends at #ISMG for publishing my #Troublemaker #CISO blog
The Troublemaker is BACK
and this time the Cloud is getting it 🙂 https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/troublemaker-ciso-cloud-isnt-easy-p-3182
CISO Lessons
This is a bit of a dive into the world of the CISO… and my role within #teamercisson
ISMG Profiles in Leadership
Information Security Media Group published the “The Best of CyberEdBoard 2021” and I am very humbled that I made the page…especially given my propensity to go off on a tangent about stuff. The #cyberEdBoard is an amazing community to be a part of.
Really…..
You give mobile phones to inmates and you are under the impression they won’t find a way to misuse them? First mistake, nothing is un-hackable. And this proves it! https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-13/the-unhackable-phones-given-to-prisoners-which-were-then-hacked-to-buy-drugs
The Troublemaker CISO: Getting Hacked
Before we delve deeper into getting hacked, I guess you will need my bonafide’s. I’ve been in the trenches of cybersecurity for over three decades, and I’ve seen it all. From the early days of dial-up internet to the rise of cloud computing, I’ve been there, done that, and got the t-shirt (and the scars). I’ve worked with everyone from tiny startups to massive corporations, and I’ve got the certifications to prove it. I’ve been a consultant, a CISO, and … Continue reading “The Troublemaker CISO: Getting Hacked”
