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2-Step Vs 2-Factor Authentication – Who Cares About the User Experience?
If you run a business, then the answer is; YOU! Nearly every service and process involve "logging in". It's often taken for granted but we do it on average 45 (1) times per day across laptops, mobile phones, tablets, websites, ATMs, telephone payments and many more...
Watch Now: Chris Windley on Business Live Global
Watch Chris Windley, CEO & Founder of Cyber Security Valley UK, as he discusses how he and his other business comrades can help the hospitality industry get back to business in the 'new normal' we are faced with as business leaders on Business Live Global.
Simple Cyber Essentials Presentation
Recently I presented at a Sterling Networks Event in the Midlands. I knew the audience was going to be a mix of Technical people who would know about these things and non technical people who would not. There is a movement to try and simplify and reduce the cost of an...
Protect and Survive Against Biological War by Chris Windley
You are probably going to have to be 50 or so to remember this but a booklet was issued in the late 70's and early 80's by the Thatcher ( Conservative ) government telling British people how to Protect against and Survive a Nuclear War. We were still in the Cold War (...
Webinar – Protect and Survive 2021 Style: How to be #CovidSafe and #CyberSafe as we Return to the Office
Join the UK Cyber Security Association, Cyber Security Valley UK, CuGrip Goods Ltd and Intrusion Inc for a live webinar on how to be #CovidSafe and #CyberSafe as we slowly return to the office post-lockdown. Title: Protect and Survive 2021 Style: How to be #CovidSafe...
GCHQ Manchester & Northern Cyber
by Chris Windley, CEO of Cyber Security Valley UK. We have mapped out the ecosystem that exists in Cyber Security Valley ( Midlands, Wales and South West ) with GCHQ Cheltenham in the centre but in this article we have GCHQ Manchester at the centre and we are building...
CSV Announces Partnership with US Based INTRUSION, Inc.
Cyber Security Valley UK is pleased to announce a new partnership with INTRUSION, Inc., the company behind INTRUSION Shield, as they expand their presence globally and into the UK cyber security marketplace. As the world becomes more digital and connected,...
Guest Blog from CyberHive: The Legacy of the “SolarWinds” Hack: How do we protect against supply-chain cyber-attacks?
By Alan Platt, COO and Co-founder, CyberHive. 25 January 2021. Much information has been published already about the highly sophisticated “SolarWinds” cyberattack that was uncovered in December 2020. Attackers managed to access highly secure...
The #COVIDSafe and #CyberSafe Offices of the Future
In the Cyber Security Valley UK website we are building a few pages that are dedicated to what are known as Primary and Secondary Protocols ( Thanks to Larry Cole of CuGrip for that description ). This is because we got thinking about how to get companies and people...
Guest Blog by Andy Gibson: The Ticking Cyber Bomb
Despite a gloomy 2020, the market for cyber and information security consulting has arguably grown in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The rise of home working and people working on their own devices or on unsecured networks has only provided more ammunition...
Operational Resilience in the Financial Services World
In the months to come, UK information communications and technology (ICT) experts may find an increasing number of financial services (FS) firms (e.g. banks, insurers and asset managers) or financial market infrastructures (FMIs) (e.g. clearing houses) approach them...
The UK’s Booming Cyber Security Sector
Ahead of his speech at international cyber security conference SINET, Digital Minister Matt Warman said: It’s great to see our cyber security sector going from strength to strength. It plays a vital role in protecting the country’s thriving digital economy and keeping...
Cyber Attack on the Logistics and Supply Chain Industry
Another attack on the Logistics and Supply Chain Industry. " US – WORLDWIDE – Every company in the supply chain should consider one New Year's resolution for 2021, an overhaul of their cyber attack insurance and protocols against such intrusions. " " After the...
270 years on – Midlands Cyber Innovation
The Business Influencer Magazine and Nachural Events and Awards are similar to The Lunar Society in that they bring together leading thinkers, influencers, innovators and business people of the time to meet and talk and do business. The Lunar Society typically met...
Create Trust and Satisfaction by Focusing on Your Leadership Skills
In a world where work is more technology-focussed, trust is more important than ever. The people in your organisation are working with a large amount of sensitive data and you need to trust that they will act with honesty and integrity and not abuse their position of...
List of UK Cyber Security Parks
I stood where the road through the new park joins the road around GCHQ above. What a fantastic development this will be. HOT NEWS - St Modwen named Development Partner for Golden Valley Project. There are actually a number of major Cyber Park Developments going on in...
Right Person, Company, Message and Time
Finding the perfect prospects for a company or organisation is never easy. Data purchased is typically generalised and unqualified You have to clearly understand who the target market e.g. company is and the target person within that target company. Then you have to...
Cyber Security Valley Works at Lightning Speed
Cyber Security Valley UK is working with its technology group to help bring high speed broadband to Cyber Security companies in the ecosystem. Timing is everything and we are in the time of companies abandoning big city Headquarters and opting for flexible working...
Guest Blog by Chris Recker from Trowers & Hamlins LLP: Managing Your Cyber Security Posture in a Pandemic
The Covid pandemic, and the sudden shift to home working, has caused organisations to reflect on, amongst other things, their cyber security posture and the extent to which they have appropriate policies, procedures and systems in place. Organisations have been forced...
