cybersecurity Archives - Code In Motion Ltd

Are your cybersecurity defences in a hopeful, comfortable or provable state?

By Sam Glynn|2020-05-20T11:40:36+00:00May 10th, 2020|Categories: approach, cybersecurity, mindset, risk|Tags: Cybersecurity|

Cybersecurity is a technical topic. If technology is not your primary area of expertise, it can be difficult to assess how your firm's current security measures stack up. My Tri-State Assessment Matrix can help, as it avoids the techie speak and focuses on your gut feeling about three areas - technical defences; human defences; regulatory alignment. How these areas are currently positioned gives a strong indication about how IT security is being managed in your firm.

The 12 steps that regulated firms are taking to go from unsure to secure

By Sam Glynn|2020-06-08T13:55:57+00:00February 28th, 2020|Categories: approach, change, cybersecurity, strategy|Tags: roadmap, w4 methodology|

When IT is your responsibility but not your primary area of expertise, it can be difficult to figure out how to gain the IT capabilities that you want while ensuring you have the IT security that you need. My roadmap, containing 12 steps across 4 phases that I call the W4 Methodology, can help you work through the process in a pragmatic and sane way.

The insider threat

By Sam Glynn|2020-05-05T14:24:39+00:00December 2nd, 2019|Categories: cybersecurity, staff|

Most employees want to get their job done and go home. Most ex-employees want to move on with their lives. But it only takes one to cause havoc for your firm.

Even honest criminals can get your money

By Sam Glynn|2020-01-24T14:35:35+00:00November 26th, 2019|Categories: approach, cybersecurity, incident response planning, risk, staff|

To reduce the risk of being the next victim of a cyber crime, you need to focus on the most common ways these criminals will try to get your money and the basic defences needed to stop them.

Humpty Dumpty, risk management and incident response planning

By Sam Glynn|2019-11-15T09:22:09+00:00November 15th, 2019|Categories: business continuity planning, cybersecurity, incident response planning, risk, staff|

Humpty Dumpty can tell us a lot about risk management, incident response planning and business continuity planning.

Incident Response Planning saved Little Red Riding Hood

By Sam Glynn|2019-11-13T12:41:44+00:00November 13th, 2019|Categories: approach, cybersecurity|

it turns out that Little Red Riding Hood's village had an incident response plan. I'm sure no-one in the village wanted to consider the idea of a wolf eating one of their kids. But they did consider the awful scenario. And they had a plan to recover from the incident.

You need to train Little Red Riding Hood

By Sam Glynn|2019-11-08T15:42:34+00:00November 11th, 2019|Categories: cybersecurity, risk, staff, training|

Back in the 10th century, Little Red Riding Hood and her granny were victims of a simple fraud. How many of your staff could fall victim to a similar fraud in the 21st century?

Your house alarm won’t stop James Bond. So, why do you still use it?

By Sam Glynn|2019-11-05T06:51:44+00:00October 29th, 2019|Categories: approach, cybersecurity, risk|

You try to defend your home against opportunist criminals. Are you doing the same in your firm?

Are you relying on Paddington Bear?

By Sam Glynn|2019-10-01T09:57:28+00:00September 26th, 2019|Categories: approach, cybersecurity, mindset, risk|

What was fit-for-purpose 3 years ago may no longer be fit for purpose now. We knew this when we were 8. Now that we are responsible for the success of our organisations, why have we forgotten this?

Playing golf with a shovel

By Sam Glynn|2019-09-06T08:42:40+00:00September 2nd, 2019|Categories: approach, cybersecurity, it service provider, risk|

Running a professional organisation using technology that is designed for the home is like playing golf with a shovel. From a distance, it all looks fine. But you don't need to get too close to realise things aren't going to go well when there's real competition on the course, or if the weather changes.