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Massive attack on the Norwegian healthcare provider, Health South-East RHF

Posted on 07/02/2018

A Norwegian healthcare provider, Health South-East RHF, is investigating an unauthorised intrusion into its IT systems which may have breached the personal data of over half the country’s population. Health South-East RHF delivers healthcare through 15 health trusts and a network of 19 pharmacies, covering nearly three million of the five million inhabitants of Norway. […]

Protect your data: spear-phishing attacks continue to lure organisations

Posted on 29/01/2018

It has been years since the first phishing scams were used to snag the unsuspecting victim, yet still, these scams remain common and very effective even though people are more aware of them. Unlike phishing scams that send out emails in the millions (in the hope that someone bites), spear-phishing scams (as the name […]

Carphone Warehouse issued with massive fine for data breach

Posted on 17/01/2018

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Carphone Warehouse with a £400000 fine- one of the largest fines to date. In 2015 Carphone Warehouse had their computer systems hacked: enabling unauthorised access to the personal data of over three million customers and 1000 employees. Using valid login credentials, intruders were able to access their system […]

It’s an Uber-breach!

Posted on 23/11/2017

Uber has done it again! In 2014 Uber failed to declare a data breach for which they were fined. That lesser breach pales in comparison with the recent one that ‘once again’ they had failed to disclose at the time. Uber concealed the October 2016 breach that has affected 57 million customers and drivers and […]

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Do you know where your data is?

Posted on 05/06/2017

Every day both you and I expand our digital footprint in a multitude of ways. Big Data business continues to grow and our data is collected and analysed in mass. Moreover, enterprises have the increasing need to work across sites and geographical locations, migrating data between clouds. Our data is potentially scattered throughout the internet- […]

Personal data of Welsh NHS employees stolen

Posted on 14/03/2017

Thousands of Welsh NHS employees have had their personal data stolen. The data is processed by a private contractor, Landauer, who’s system has been hacked. The breach is said to have transpired in October last year however, those staff affected have only been informed this month- March 2017. Darren Millar, politician for the Clywd West […]

Galaxkey Wins Bradford MDC Security Contract

Posted on 10/03/2017

Customer Success: Bradford MDC The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (MDC) has selected Galaxkey to enhance their data protection and replace their incumbent encryption solution. Bradford MDC is a public sector organisation responsible for numerous services that benefit residents of the Bradford District within the United Kingdom. Bradford realised that their existing solution needed […]

Mr Trump aspires to use a courier service!

Posted on 19/01/2017

President Barack Obama will soon be succeeded by President Elect Mr Donald Trump. One of the many glaring contrasts existing between the two American leaders is their differences in opinion regarding technology and how and when it should be used. Mr Obama has supported the use of technology, within his government, during his presidency. He […]

Email was not designed to be secure

Posted on 01/12/2016

We have such a misguided perspective of email and email function. We send emails, expecting them to be instantaneous-to arrive with immediate effect. Many of us have experienced email behaving in this way and because of this we know no different. This is not how email was designed to function. Looking back, over a decade, […]

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