Author: Amanda

Pick up any product and somewhere on its underbelly, you will find a range of what appears to be modern hieroglyphics. These are not strategically placed emoji giving off some hidden meaning, nor are they the hiding place for a particularly awkward Pokemon, they are, of course, certification badges.

These badges are there to give the consumer confidence that a level of testing has been done to ensure that this particular product will not harm the user in any way, assuming that it is used within the guidelines laid down by the manufacturer. The most recognisable of these inscriptions is the ‘Kitemark;, introduced in 1903 as the British Standards Mark for use on tramway rails. As the BSI quote on their website “Having a BSI Kitemark associated with a product or service confirms that it conforms to a particular standard”…

 

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a ‘Kitemark’ style voluntary scheme for Cyber Security, Oh wait, there is!  

 

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In order to preserve your schools cyber reputation, be a bit more like Bilderberg. Lock yourselves away and have a chat under the Chatham House Rule.

Back in early June there were a few news reports that the annual conference of the highly secretive Bilderberg Group was to take place in Austria. The event, first held at the Hotel De Bilderberg in the Netherlands in 1954, describes itself as an "annual conference designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America". This conference, attended by high ranking officials from politics, government, finance, business and the media is held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity, nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor of any other participant may be revealed.

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Working in the cyber industry is to work in an atmosphere of professional pessimism.

As the medical industry puts more and more services online do they need a healthy dose of pessimism just to be on the safe side? 

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Few business people outside of IT departments have any knowledge of current information security threats. Time to have a chat with your IT suppliers.

Last week one of the stalwarts of the IT trade press, Computer Weekly, ran a story stating that few business people outside of IT departments have any knowledge of current information security threats. This isn’t a surprise to me; in fact IT in general is in many organisations still seen as ‘below stairs’. Despite the efforts of Apple in its retail stores that all IT people are open, friendly and cool generation X types, the reality is that It is most IT departments still suffer a bit of an image problem. Therefore any warnings, suggestions, advice and concerns that they raise are potentially somewhat tainted. 

For more information visit the National Cyber Skills Centre: Cyber Insights 

Certes specialise in IT staffing for all sectors and industries. We are now working with the National Cyber Skills Centre in order to provide staffing to companies in need of cyber security. For cyber security jobs Click here.