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Features 30.05.2023

Anatomy of a Stealthy Cyber Attack: 10 Steps to Take in the Aftermath of a Data Breach

Attack prevention is a much-talked about area of security, but what happens after a breach takes place?

Features 16.05.2023

Turning the Lights on an Energy Sector Under Cyber Attack

There are three categories of hackers particularly interested in targeting the energy sector. Who are they? And what can be done to protect energy?

Blogs & Opinions 12.05.2023

Four Things CEOs Need to Know About DORA

DORA aims to ensure that the financial services industry can withstand and respond to digital risks. Here’s the low-down on the regulation

Features 09.05.2023

Which Jobs Are Safe from Artificial Intelligence? Spoiler: Not Many

Will robots and algorithms replace our jobs? Or are we simply overreacting to the latest tech trend?

Features 04.05.2023

The Pentagon Leaks: An Insider Horror Story

Does your organisation have a ‘Pentagon leaker’? It’s time to find out

Features 02.05.2023

Five Things the Royal Mail Ransom Transcript Leak Taught Us About Ransom Negotiations

The exposure of the leaked ransom negotiation logs may suggest a failed negotiation, but on closer inspection, many consider it a well-played hand by Royal Mail

Features 28.04.2023

Halt and Catch Fire: Why Pausing AI Development Could be a Cybersecurity Disaster

Calls to stop the training of artificial intelligence models could backfire big time. Hear from cybersecurity experts about why.

Features 25.04.2023

The Online Safety Bill: Clauses, Backdoors and a Great Britain Without WhatsApp

The Online Safety Bill has laudable aims, but experts believe it will make UK businesses a huge target by undermining encryption. Phil Muncaster investigates

Blogs & Opinions 19.04.2023

ChatGPT for the Legal Industry: Friend or Foe?

The legal sector has much to gain from using ChatGPT but also much to lose. Lawrence Perret-Hall weighs up the advantages and disadvantages

Features 13.04.2023

Mindfulness: A Weapon Against Cyber Threats?

The human operating system is flawed and leaves people vulnerable to cyber attack. But mindfulness might be a defence mechanism, finds Etashe Linto

Features 06.04.2023

Rating Elon Musk’s Twitter Decisions by How Bad They Are For Cybersecurity

Elon Musk has run amok since buying Twitter in October 2022. Assured Intelligence takes a look at some of the biggest changes made and the subsequent cybersecurity damage factor

Interviews 04.04.2023

A Cyber Insurance Broker Grilling

Insurance exasperating ransomware? An immature sector? Savings instead of insurance? Dan Raywood grills Assured’s head cyber broker, Ed Ventham, about the state of cyber insurance

Blogs & Opinions 31.03.2023

Microsoft Active Directory: What Is It and Why Is It a Gateway to So Many Successful Cyber Attacks?

Ninety percent of cyber attacks exploit Microsoft Active Directory. This statistic alone should be enough to make CEOs wake up to its challenges, argues Guido Grillenmeier

Features 30.03.2023

Healthcare Held to Ransom: Not What the Doctor Ordered

Kate O’Flaherty explores why cyber attacks on healthcare organisations are on the rise and makes a diagnosis for a sector under constant attack

Features 23.03.2023

7 Things the C-suite Needs to Understand About the Metaverse

The majority are utterly clueless when it comes to understanding the metaverse, so we’ve compiled a list of seven need-to-know snippets about the next evolution of the internet

Blogs & Opinions 22.03.2023

Why Being Cyber Insurable is a Company Effort

Cyber insurance is no longer niche, and is a topic that needs to find its way into the boardroom, says Andy Harris

Features 20.03.2023

Women in Cyber: Stories Uncut, Uncensored and Unbelievable

Eleanor Dallaway gets to the heart of the gender gap by telling the uncut, uncensored and unbelievable stories of five people in the cybersecurity industry

Features 17.03.2023

Banking on Vulnerability: Why Financial Institutions are Facing Increasing Cyber Attacks

Cyber attackers are increasingly banking on poor cybersecurity practices in financial institutions, raking in profits thanks to legacy practices and tech.

Features 14.03.2023

Ransomware Response: It’s Time for the World to Join Hands

Government operations are being created to deal with the ransomware epidemic, but will it be enough to turn the tide?

Features 03.03.2023

Five Audacious and Outrageous Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023

Kate O’Flaherty compiles five outrageous cybersecurity predictions for 2023 made by experts with their tongues firmly in their cheeks

Features 23.02.2023

Building on Solid Foundations: Cybersecurity in Architecture

Why are architects and the companies they work with in construction and engineering among those least prepared for a cybersecurity attack?

Features 16.02.2023

Why the Legal Sector is Under Cyber Siege

Large quantities of sensitive data coupled with chronic under-investment in security have made the legal sector a prime target for cyber criminals.

Features 07.02.2023

Post-Breach, Red-Faced CEOs: You’re Fired

Cyber incidents can define a CEO’s career, as can a blush-worthy security faux pas.

Features 07.02.2023

Cyber Risk Real Talk: How to Identify and Address Your Unique Risk

It’s hardly setting the world alight by announcing that determining cyber risk is crucial to a successful cybersecurity response. Kathryn Pick helps to identify how an organisation goes about identifying where that risk lies

Features 01.02.2023

ChatGPT vs. Human Journalism: How Close is AI to Taking Our Jobs?

Eleanor Dallaway challenged Callum Booth to take on ChatGPT in a journalism challenge.

Blogs & Opinions 30.01.2023

This is Assured. We are Assured. I am Assured.

A story about a cybersecurity mag editor landing in a cyber insurance broker…

Features 20.01.2023

Crossing the Cybersecurity Poverty Line

In times of economic instability, the cybersecurity poverty line becomes ever thicker. Dan Raywood offers economically viable advice for cash-strapped businesses