RESEARCH CONTENT:
In May 2017, a strain of ransomware called WannaCry infected 32 NHS trusts in England. The NHS's report on the incident noted that all English local authorities reported being unaffected, despite also being connected to the NHS's own national network.
EGUIDE:
In September 2020, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank, our panel of information and cyber security experts, consideredthe challenges inherent in decentralising the datacentre, and set out to answer the question, how can security professionals ensure such setups are just as secure as the traditional centralised model? Read more in this e-guide.
EGUIDE:
In this e-guide, we will explore the links between ransomware attacks, data breaches and identity theft. First, Nicholas Fearn investigates the phenomenon of the double extortion attack, and shares some insider advice on how to stop them, while we'll explore the top five ways data backups can protect against ransomware in the first place.
RESEARCH CONTENT:
Exploring open problems facing cloud infrastructure, this article in our Royal Holloway security series describes the implementation, feasibility and benefits of cloud-native honeypots.
VIDEO:
In this video, Computer Weekly's editor-in-chief, Bryan Glick, discusses what's happening in security according to our 2018 IT Priorities survey taken by over 250 IT decision makers and managers.
EBOOK:
Cyber security was once again top of the agenda for IT leaders in 2021, with a barrage of news and analysis making it hard to separate the wheat from the chaff and the genuine insight from the self-promotional nonsense. However, there were some stand-out cyber security stories in the past 12 months that were indubitably worthy of attention.
EGUIDE:
In this infographic, learn five steps to implement a risk-based security strategy that naturally delivers compliance as a consequence of an improved security posture.
EGUIDE:
Once again, in 2019 the cyber threat landscape proved the old biblical adage correct – there is nothing new under the sun. Data breaches were 10 a penny – indeed, in some cases they can actually be bought for pennies. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 cyber crime stories of 2019.
EGUIDE:
The Theatre of Dreams briefly turned into The Theatre of Nightmares last week as Manchester United Football Club suffered a cyber-attack on their systems. This e-Guide dives into more depth about how the attack happened and what Manchester United's cyber security team did, in order to prevent a loss of data and keep a clean sheet.
EGUIDE:
Attackers have changed their focus from servers to users. As a result, security professionals should refrain from security strategy complacency, especially when it comes to their vulnerability management programs. In this e-guide, learn how to modernize your vulnerability management program to protect your organization and users.
