Fear and Loathing in Goa – let the weirdness continue

It’s our first night in Goa. We’ve kicked the holiday off with a spot of weirdness at the airport on the way in – but that’s another blog post – and we’re at our hotel now (The Living Room) and things have settled down nicely. Right, let’s get off for a walk down to the…

Are industrial control systems the new frontline for cyber warfare?

This article is my thoughts around how warfare is likely to evolve in the digital age. It has been edited down and published as two different articles on various sites around the net. Following is the full (long) version … Warfare down the millennia has always been about brute force, whether that be the hand-to-hand…

Will the Internet of Things enable your kettle to steal your car?

Following are some of my thoughts around the impact of the Internet Of Things on security and how it has changed the nature of what we consider to be an “endpoint”.   Will the Internet of Things enable your kettle to steal your car? Barry Mattacott, marketing director at security specialist Wick Hill Group, looks…

Scuba Diving Cancun Underwater Museum (MUSA)

I am an unashamed holiday diver. If the water is cold enough that I have to wear rubber then I don’t want to go diving. Consequentially I have never dived in the UK. But I have dived in Egypt, Mexico, Tenerife and Thailand. If you are a holiday diver then you have the pick of…

Defending The Network From The Inept Dunning – Krugger Effect and its impact on Network Security

As you know, I work as a Marketing Director for a Network Security company. You’ll probably be relieved to hear that I don’t get deeply involved in the technology, I am more about what colour it should be. This is a piece based on my own observations that I published on my LinkedIn page some…

Welcome to my blog

How has it come to this? What could possibly have gone so wrong in your life that you have found yourself with nothing better to do than reading my personal blog? Whatever the reason for you finding yourself here, I view it as my gain and extend to you the warmest welcome. I welcome your…